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Simonis A, Kreer C, Albus A, Rox K, Yuan B, Holzmann D, Wilms JA, Zuber S, Kottege L, Winter S, Meyer M, Schmitt K, Gruell H, Theobald SJ, Hellmann AM, Meyer C, Ercanoglu MS, Cramer N, Munder A, Hallek M, Fätkenheuer G, Koch M, Seifert H, Rietschel E, Marlovits TC, van Koningsbruggen-Rietschel S, Klein F, Rybniker J. Discovery of highly neutralizing human antibodies targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cell 2023; 186:5098-5113.e19. [PMID: 37918395 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.002] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
Abstract
Drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) poses an emerging threat to human health with urgent need for alternative therapeutic approaches. Here, we deciphered the B cell and antibody response to the virulence-associated type III secretion system (T3SS) in a cohort of patients chronically infected with PA. Single-cell analytics revealed a diverse B cell receptor repertoire directed against the T3SS needle-tip protein PcrV, enabling the production of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) abrogating T3SS-mediated cytotoxicity. Mechanistic studies involving cryoelectron microscopy identified a surface-exposed C-terminal PcrV epitope as the target of highly neutralizing mAbs with broad activity against drug-resistant PA isolates. These anti-PcrV mAbs were as effective as treatment with conventional antibiotics in vivo. Our study reveals that chronically infected patients represent a source of neutralizing antibodies, which can be exploited as therapeutics against PA.
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- Alexander Simonis
- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
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- Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 38124 Braunschweig, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Structural and Systems Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 22607 Hamburg, Germany; Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), 22607 Hamburg, Germany; Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Zentrum (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- CF Centre, Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, University Children's Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Centre for Rare Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; Department of Experimental Pediatric Oncology, University Children's Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Dental Research and Oral Musculoskeletal Biology, Center for Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany
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- CF Centre, Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, University Children's Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Centre for Rare Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Structural and Systems Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 22607 Hamburg, Germany; Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), 22607 Hamburg, Germany; Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Zentrum (DESY), 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- CF Centre, Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, University Children's Hospital Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Centre for Rare Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
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Rosenboom I, Oguz S, Lüdemann IM, Ringshausen FC, Rademacher J, Sedlacek L, Tümmler B, Cramer N. Pseudomonas aeruginosa population genomics among adults with bronchiectasis across Germany. ERJ Open Res 2023; 9:00156-2023. [PMID: 37377651 PMCID: PMC10291309 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00156-2023] [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: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Genome sequencing of 130 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from 110 bronchiectasis patients identified a few dominant clones common in the global bacterial population and numerous rare clones infrequently seen in the environment or other human infections https://bit.ly/3lIfD2X.
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- Ilona Rosenboom
- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hannover, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hannover, Germany
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
- European Reference Network for Rare and Complex Lung Diseases (ERN-LUNG), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Hannover, Germany
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Cramer N, Klockgether J, Tümmler B. Microevolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the airways of people with cystic fibrosis. Curr Opin Immunol 2023; 83:102328. [PMID: 37116385 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2023.102328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
Abstract
The chronic infections of cystic fibrosis (CF) airways with Pseudomonas aeruginosa are a paradigm of how environmental bacteria can conquer, adapt, and persist in an atypical habitat and successfully evade defense mechanisms and chemotherapy in a susceptible host. The within-host evolution of intraclonal diversity has been examined by whole-genome sequencing, phenotyping, and competitive fitness experiments of serial P. aeruginosa isolates collected from CF airways since onset of colonization for a period of up to 40 years. The spectrum of de novo mutations and the adaptation of phenotype and fitness of the bacterial progeny were more influenced by the living conditions in the CF lung than by the clone type of their ancestor and its genetic repertoire.
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- Nina Cramer
- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, D-30625 Hannover, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.
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Kuschnerow P, Munder A, de Buhr N, Mörgelin M, Jirmo AC, Ackermann M, von Köckritz-Blickwede M, Tümmler B, Cramer N. Competitive survival of clonal serial Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis airways in human neutrophils. iScience 2023; 26:106475. [PMID: 37096049 PMCID: PMC10122015 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Chronic airway infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa are the major co-morbidity in most people with cystic fibrosis (CF) sustained by neutrophils as the major drivers of lung inflammation, damage, and remodeling. Phagocytosis assays were performed with clonal consortia of longitudinal P. aeruginosa airway isolates collected from people with CF since the onset of lung colonization until patient's death or replacement by another clone. The extra- and intracellular abundance of individual strains was assessed by deep amplicon sequencing of strain-specific single nucleotide variants in the bacterial genome. The varied microevolution of the accessory genome of the P. aeruginosa clones during mild and severe courses of infection corresponded with a differential persistence of clonal progeny in the neutrophil phagosome. By simultaneously exposing the ancestor and its progeny to the same habitat, the study recapitulated the time lapse of the temporal change of the fitness of the clone to survive in neutrophils.
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- Pia Kuschnerow
- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 2, 30559 Hannover, Germany
- Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 2, 30559 Hannover, Germany
- Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Corresponding author
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Hamed MM, Abdelsamie AS, Rox K, Schütz C, Kany AM, Röhrig T, Schmelz S, Blankenfeldt W, Arce‐Rodriguez A, Borrero‐de Acuña JM, Jahn D, Rademacher J, Ringshausen FC, Cramer N, Tümmler B, Hirsch AKH, Hartmann RW, Empting M. Towards Translation of PqsR Inverse Agonists: From In Vitro Efficacy Optimization to In Vivo Proof-of-Principle. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2204443. [PMID: 36596691 PMCID: PMC9929129 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202204443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is an opportunistic human pathogen, which is involved in a wide range of dangerous infections. It develops alarming resistances toward antibiotic treatment. Therefore, alternative strategies, which suppress pathogenicity or synergize with antibiotic treatments are in great need to combat these infections more effectively. One promising approach is to disarm the bacteria by interfering with their quorum sensing (QS) system, which regulates the release of various virulence factors as well as biofilm formation. Herein, this work reports the rational design, optimization, and in-depth profiling of a new class of Pseudomonas quinolone signaling receptor (PqsR) inverse agonists. The resulting frontrunner compound features a pyrimidine-based scaffold, high in vitro and in vivo efficacy, favorable pharmacokinetics as well as clean safety pharmacology characteristics, which provide the basis for potential pulmonary as well as systemic routes of administration. An X-ray crystal structure in complex with PqsR facilitated further structure-guided lead optimization. The compound demonstrates potent pyocyanin suppression, synergizes with aminoglycoside antibiotic tobramycin against PA biofilms, and is active against a panel of clinical isolates from bronchiectasis patients. Importantly, this in vitro effect translated into in vivo efficacy in a neutropenic thigh infection model in mice providing a proof-of-principle for adjunctive treatment scenarios.
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- Mostafa M. Hamed
- Helmholtz‐Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Helmholtz‐Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
- Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial ProductsInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries ResearchNational Research CentreEl‐Buhouth St.DokkiCairo12622Egypt
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
- Department of Chemical Biology (CBIO)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)Inhoffenstr. 7 Braunschweig38124SaarbrückenGermany
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- Helmholtz‐Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Helmholtz‐Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Helmholtz‐Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Department of Structure and Function of Proteins (SFPR)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)Inhoffenstr. 7 Braunschweig38124SaarbrückenGermany
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- Department of Structure and Function of Proteins (SFPR)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)Inhoffenstr. 7 Braunschweig38124SaarbrückenGermany
- Institute for BiochemistryBiotechnology and BioinformaticsTechnische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweigGermany
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- Institute of MicrobiologyTechnische Universität Braunschweig38106BraunschweigGermany
- Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS)Technische Universität Braunschweig38106BraunschweigGermany
- Departamento de MicrobiologíaFacultad de BiologíaUniversidad de SevillaAv. de la Reina Mercedesno. 6SevillaCP 41012Spain
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- Institute of MicrobiologyTechnische Universität Braunschweig38106BraunschweigGermany
- Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology (BRICS)Technische Universität Braunschweig38106BraunschweigGermany
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- Department for Respiratory MedicineMedizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl‐Neuberg‐Str. 130625HannoverGermany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH)German Center for Lung Research (DZL)30625HannoverGermany
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- Department for Respiratory MedicineMedizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl‐Neuberg‐Str. 130625HannoverGermany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH)German Center for Lung Research (DZL)30625HannoverGermany
- European Reference Network on Rare and Complex Respiratory Diseases (ERN‐ LUNG)FrankfurtGermany
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- Department for Pediatric PneumologyAllergology and NeonatologyMedizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl‐Neuberg‐Str. 130625HannoverGermany
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- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH)German Center for Lung Research (DZL)30625HannoverGermany
- Department for Pediatric PneumologyAllergology and NeonatologyMedizinische Hochschule HannoverCarl‐Neuberg‐Str. 130625HannoverGermany
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- Helmholtz‐Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
- Department of PharmacySaarland University Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Helmholtz‐Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
- Department of PharmacySaarland University Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
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- Helmholtz‐Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)Partner Site Hannover‐Braunschweig Saarbrücken66123SaarbrückenGermany
- Department of PharmacySaarland University Campus E8.166123SaarbrückenGermany
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Cramer N, Nawrot ML, Wege L, Dorda M, Sommer C, Danov O, Wronski S, Braun A, Jonigk D, Fischer S, Munder A, Tümmler B. Competitive fitness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in human and murine precision-cut lung slices. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:992214. [PMID: 36081773 PMCID: PMC9446154 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.992214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Chronic respiratory infections with the gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa are an important co-morbidity for the quality of life and prognosis of people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Such long-term colonization, sometimes lasting up to several decades, represents a unique opportunity to investigate pathogen adaptation processes to the host. Our studies aimed to resolve if and to what extent the bacterial adaptation to the CF airways influences the fitness of the pathogen to grow and to persist in the lungs. Marker-free competitive fitness experiments of serial P. aeruginosa isolates differentiated by strain-specific SNPs, were performed with murine and human precision cut lung slices (PCLS). Serial P. aeruginosa isolates were selected from six mild and six severe CF patient courses, respectively. MPCLS or hPCLS were inoculated with a mixture of equal numbers of the serial isolates of one course. The temporal change of the composition of the bacterial community during competitive growth was quantified by multi-marker amplicon sequencing. Both ex vivo models displayed a strong separation of fitness traits between mild and severe courses. Whereas the earlier isolates dominated the competition in the severe courses, intermediate and late isolates commonly won the competition in the mild courses. The status of the CF lung disease rather than the bacterial genotype drives the adaptation of P. aeruginosa during chronic CF lung infection. This implies that the disease status of the lung habitat governed the adaptation of P. aeruginosa more strongly than the underlying bacterial clone-type and its genetic repertoire.
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- Nina Cramer
- Clinical Research Group ‘Pseudomonas Genomics’, Department for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- *Correspondence: Nina Cramer,
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- Clinical Research Group ‘Pseudomonas Genomics’, Department for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group ‘Pseudomonas Genomics’, Department for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Genomics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Member of Fraunhofer International Consortium for Anti-Infective Research (iCAIR), Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Member of Fraunhofer International Consortium for Anti-Infective Research (iCAIR), Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Member of Fraunhofer International Consortium for Anti-Infective Research (iCAIR), Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Member of Fraunhofer International Consortium for Anti-Infective Research (iCAIR), Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group ‘Pseudomonas Genomics’, Department for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group ‘Pseudomonas Genomics’, Department for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group ‘Pseudomonas Genomics’, Department for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Steinhagen F, Hilbert T, Cramer N, Senzig S, Parcina M, Bode C, Boehm O, Frede S, Klaschik S. Development of a minimal invasive and controllable murine model to study polymicrobial abdominal sepsis. All Life 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/26895293.2021.1909663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Folkert Steinhagen
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Cramer N, Nawrot ML, Wege L, Fischer S, Sommer C, Danov O, Wronski S, Braun A, Munder A, Tümmler B. P150 Competitive fitness experiments of cystic fibrosis isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in human and murine precision-cut lung slices. J Cyst Fibros 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(21)01176-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cramer N, Azhdam D. A 6-month-old infant girl presents with neck stiffness. J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2020; 121:749-750. [PMID: 32224202 DOI: 10.1016/j.jormas.2020.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- N Cramer
- Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, AOB 2400, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pediatrics, 4401, Penn Avenue, 15224 Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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- Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, AOB 2400, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pediatrics, 4401, Penn Avenue, 15224 Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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Cramer N, Fischer S, Hedtfeld S, Dorda M, Tümmler B. Intraclonal competitive fitness of longitudinal cystic fibrosis Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway isolates in liquid cultures. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:2536-2549. [PMID: 31985137 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The metabolically versatile Pseudomonas aeruginosa inhabits biotic and abiotic environments including the niche of cystic fibrosis (CF) airways. This study investigated how the adaptation to CF lungs affects the within-clone fitness of P. aeruginosa to grow and persist in liquid cultures in the presence of the clonal ancestors. Longitudinal clonal P. aeruginosa isolates that had been collected from 12 CF donors since the onset of colonization for up to 30 years was subjected to within-clone competition experiments. The relative quantities of individual strains were determined by marker-free amplicon sequencing of multiplex PCR products of strain-specific nucleotide sequence variants, a novel method that is generally applicable to studies in evolutionary genetics and microbial ecology with real-world strain collections. For 10 of the 12 examined patient courses, P. aeruginosa isolates of the first years of colonization grew faster in the presence of their clonal progeny than alone. Single growth of individual strains showed no temporal trend with colonization time, but in co-culture, the early isolates out-competed their clonal progeny. Irrespective of the genetic make-up of the clone and its genomic microevolution in CF lungs, the early isolates expressed fitness traits to win the within-clone competition that were absent in their progeny.
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- Nina Cramer
- Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Clinical Research Group 'Pseudomonas Genomics', Hannover, Germany.,Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Clinical Research Group 'Pseudomonas Genomics', Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Clinical Research Group 'Pseudomonas Genomics', Hannover, Germany
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- Research Core Unit Genomics, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Clinical Research Group 'Pseudomonas Genomics', Hannover, Germany.,Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Klockgether J, Cramer N, Fischer S, Wiehlmann L, Tümmler B. Long-Term Microevolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Differs between Mildly and Severely Affected Cystic Fibrosis Lungs. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2019; 59:246-256. [PMID: 29470920 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2017-0356oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [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: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Chronic airway infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa determine morbidity in most individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). P. aeruginosa may persist for decades in CF lungs, which provides a rare opportunity to study the long-term within-host evolution of a bacterial airway pathogen. In this work, we sought to resolve the genetic adaptation of P. aeruginosa in CF lungs from the onset of colonization until the patient's death or permanent replacement by another P. aeruginosa clone. We followed the microevolution of the first persisting P. aeruginosa clone by whole-genome sequencing of serial isolates from highly divergent clinical courses of airway infection, i.e., a fatal outcome because of respiratory insufficiency within less than 15 years, or a rather normal daily life 25-35 years after acquisition of P. aeruginosa. Nonneutral mutations predominantly emerged in P. aeruginosa genes relevant for protection against and communication with signals from the lung environment, i.e., antibiotic resistance, cell wall components, and two-component systems. Drastic and loss-of-function mutations preferentially happened during the severe courses of infection, and the bacterial lineages of the mild courses more proficiently incorporated extra metabolic genes into their accessory genome. P. aeruginosa followed different evolutionary paths depending on whether the bacterium had taken up residence in a patient with CF and normal or already compromised lung function.
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- Jens Klockgether
- 1 Clinical Research Group "Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis," Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, and
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- 1 Clinical Research Group "Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis," Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, and
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- 1 Clinical Research Group "Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis," Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, and
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- 1 Clinical Research Group "Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis," Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, and.,2 Research Core Unit Genomics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; and
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- 1 Clinical Research Group "Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis," Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, and.,3 Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Centre for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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Cramer N, Sedlacek L, Tümmler B, Welte T. Low transmission risk of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a bronchiectasis clinic based on the knowledge of bacterial population biology. Eur Respir J 2019; 53:13993003.02191-2018. [PMID: 30635293 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02191-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Nina Cramer
- Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany.,Dept for Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Audic B, Wodrich MD, Cramer N. Mild complexation protocol for chiral Cp xRh and Ir complexes suitable for in situ catalysis. Chem Sci 2018; 10:781-787. [PMID: 30774871 PMCID: PMC6346397 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04385j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Mild complexations of chiral cyclopentadienes with rhodium(i) and iridium(i) precursors enable user-friendly in situ complex formation for catalytic applications.
A practical complexation method for chiral cyclopentadienyl (Cpx) iridium and rhodium complexes is described. The procedure uses the free CpxH with stable and commercially available rhodium(i) and iridium(i) salts without base or additive. The conditions are mild and do not require the exclusion of air and moisture. A salient feature is the suitability for in situ complexations enhancing the user-friendliness of Cpx ligands in asymmetric catalysis. DFT-calculations confirm an intramolecular proton abstraction pathway by either the bound acetate or methoxide. Furthermore, the superior facial selectivity of the proton abstraction step enabled the development of TMS-containing trisubstituted Cpx ligands which display improved enantioselectivities for the benchmarking dihydroisoquinolone synthesis.
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- B Audic
- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design , EPFL SB ISIC LCMD, BCH 5312 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Cramer N, Fischer S, Hedtfeld S, Dorda M, Klockgether J, Wiehlmann L, Tümmler B. P038 Intraclonal competitive fitness of serial Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis lungs. J Cyst Fibros 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(18)30335-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Sun Y, Cramer N. Tailored trisubstituted chiral Cp x Rh III catalysts for kinetic resolutions of phosphinic amides. Chem Sci 2018; 9:2981-2985. [PMID: 29732080 PMCID: PMC5915793 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc05411d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
A trisubstituted chiral Cpx ligand family is introduced.
A trisubstituted chiral Cpx ligand family is introduced. Based on the disubstituted atropchiral Cpx ligand scaffold, the introduction of a bulky third substituent at the central position of the Cp ring leads to substantially increased selectivities for rhodium(iii)-catalyzed kinetic resolutions and allowed for s-factors of up to 50. Their superiority is demonstrated by kinetic resolutions of phosphinic amides providing access to compounds with stereogenic phosphorus(v) atoms. The unreacted acyclic phosphinic amide and the cyclized product are both obtained in good yields and enantioselectivities. The ligand synthesis capitalizes on a late stage modification and expands the accessible ligand Cpx ligand portfolio.
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- Y Sun
- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 , CH-1015 , Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 , CH-1015 , Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Smits G, Audic B, Wodrich MD, Corminboeuf C, Cramer N. A β-Carbon elimination strategy for convenient in situ access to cyclopentadienyl metal complexes. Chem Sci 2017; 8:7174-7179. [PMID: 29081949 PMCID: PMC5635420 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02986a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The electronic and steric properties of tailored cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligands are powerful handles to modulate the catalytic properties of their metal complexes. This requires the individual preparation, purification and storage of each ligand/metal combination. Alternative, ideally in situ, complexation protocols would be of high utility. We disclose a new approach to access Cp metal complexes. Common metal precursors rapidly react with cyclopentadienyl carbinols via β-carbon eliminations to directly give the Cp-metal complexes. An advantage of this is the direct and flexible use of storable pre-ligands. No auxiliary base is required and the Cp complexes can be prepared in situ in the reaction vessel for subsequent catalytic transformations.
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- G Smits
- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA , BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA , BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design , EPFL SB ISIC LCMD , BCH 5312 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design , EPFL SB ISIC LCMD , BCH 5312 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA , BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Kossler D, Cramer N. Neutral chiral cyclopentadienyl Ru(ii)Cl catalysts enable enantioselective [2+2]-cycloadditions. Chem Sci 2017; 8:1862-1866. [PMID: 28553476 PMCID: PMC5430138 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc05092a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Cyclopentadienyl ruthenium(ii) complexes with a large number of available coordination sites are frequently used catalysts for a broad range of transformations. To be able to render these transformations enantioselective, we have designed a chiral neutral CpxRu(ii)Cl complex basing on an atropchiral cyclopentadienyl (Cpx) ligand which is accessed in a streamlined C-H functionalisation approach. The catalyst displays excellent levels of reactivity and enantioselectivity for enantioselective [2+2]-cycloadditions leading to strained chiral cyclobutenes, allowing for catalyst loadings as low as 1 mol%. A very strong counterion effect of a bound chloride anion transforms the corresponding unselective cationic complex into a highly enantioselective neutral version. Moreover, by adding norbornadiene at the end of the reaction the catalyst can be recovered and subsequently reused.
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- D Kossler
- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA , BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA , BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Kourra CMBK, Cramer N. Converting disulfide bridges in native peptides to stable methylene thioacetals. Chem Sci 2016; 7:7007-7012. [PMID: 28451136 PMCID: PMC5355835 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc02285e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Disulfide bridges play a crucial role in defining and rigidifying the three-dimensional structure of peptides. However, disulfides are inherently unstable in reducing environments. Consequently, the development of strategies aiming to circumvent these deficiencies - ideally with little structural disturbance - are highly sought after. Herein, we report a simple protocol converting the disulfide bond of peptides into highly stable methylene thioacetal. The transformation occurs under mild, biocompatible conditions, enabling the conversion of unprotected native peptides into analogues with enhanced stability. The developed protocol is applicable to a range of peptides and selective in the presence of a multitude of potentially reactive functional groups. The thioacetal modification annihilates the reductive lability and increases the serum, pH and temperature stability of the important peptide hormone oxytocin. Moreover, it is shown that the biological activities for oxytocin are retained.
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- C M B K Kourra
- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA , BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA , BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Fischer S, Greipel L, Klockgether J, Dorda M, Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Tümmler B. Multilocus amplicon sequencing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis airways isolates collected prior to and after early antipseudomonal chemotherapy. J Cyst Fibros 2016; 16:346-352. [PMID: 27836448 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Early antimicrobial chemotherapy can prevent or at least delay chronic cystic fibrosis (CF) airways infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. METHODS During a 10-year study period P. aeruginosa was detected for the first time in 54 CF patients regularly seen at the CF centre Hannover. Amplicon sequencing of 34 loci of the P. aeruginosa core genome was performed in baseline and post-treatment isolates of the 15 CF patients who had remained P. aeruginosa - positive after the first round of antipseudomonal chemotherapy. RESULTS Deep sequencing uncovered coexisting alternative nucleotides at in total 33 of 55,284 examined genome positions including six non-synonymous polymorphisms in the lasR gene, a key regulator of quorum sensing. After early treatment 42 of 50 novel nucleotide substitutions had emerged in exopolysaccharide biosynthesis, efflux pump and porin genes. CONCLUSIONS Early treatment selects pathoadaptive mutations in P. aeruginosa that are typical for chronic infections of CF lungs.
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- Sebastian Fischer
- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis', Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis', Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis', Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis', Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis', Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis', Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis', Clinic for Paediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany.
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The incidence of perinatal and neonatal Listeriosis is underestimated due undiagnosed stillbirths, misdiagnosis of NL and underreporting of single case reports. Recent outbreaks reinforce the need for better surveillance and targeted health education in certain population groups especially during pregnancy.
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Fischer S, Klockgether J, Morán Losada P, Chouvarine P, Cramer N, Davenport CF, Dethlefsen S, Dorda M, Goesmann A, Hilker R, Mielke S, Schönfelder T, Suerbaum S, Türk O, Woltemate S, Wiehlmann L, Tümmler B. Intraclonal genome diversity of the major Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones C and PA14. Environ Microbiol Rep 2016; 8:227-234. [PMID: 26711897 PMCID: PMC4819714 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Bacterial populations differentiate at the subspecies level into clonal complexes. Intraclonal genome diversity was studied in 100 isolates of the two dominant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones C and PA14 collected from the inanimate environment, acute and chronic infections. The core genome was highly conserved among clone members with a median pairwise within-clone single nucleotide sequence diversity of 8 × 10(-6) for clone C and 2 × 10(-5) for clone PA14. The composition of the accessory genome was, on the other hand, as variable within the clone as between unrelated clones. Each strain carried a large cargo of unique genes. The two dominant worldwide distributed P. aeruginosa clones combine an almost invariant core with the flexible gain and loss of genetic elements that spread by horizontal transfer.
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- Sebastian Fischer
- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, OE 5210, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, OE 5210, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', OE 6710, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Tümmler B. Habitat-associated skew of clone abundance in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa population. Environ Microbiol Rep 2015; 7:955-960. [PMID: 26419222 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The population structure of the cosmopolitan Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated by genotyping 2921 isolates from 1448 independent habitats with a custom-made 58 binary marker microarray. Of 323 identified clone types, 109 clones made up 82% of the population. The 20 most frequent clones had an absolute share of 44% indicating that the P. aeruginosa population is dominated by few epidemic clonal complexes. The frequency distribution of common clones was different between inanimate habitats and human niches. The three most abundant clones in the environment were rare among isolates from human infection. Conversely, disease-associated isolates either belonged to ubiquitous clones such as C and PA14 or to clones that were uncommon in the environment. The P. aeruginosa population consists of major clones that are just as versatile in their habitat and geographic origin as the whole species and of minor clones with preference for a peculiar niche.
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- Lutz Wiehlmann
- Clinical Research Group, 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group, 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group, 'Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics', Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Pedroni J, Saget T, Donets PA, Cramer N. Enantioselective palladium(0)-catalyzed intramolecular cyclopropane functionalization: access to dihydroquinolones, dihydroisoquinolones and the BMS-791325 ring system. Chem Sci 2015; 6:5164-5171. [PMID: 29142735 PMCID: PMC5667185 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01909e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Taddol-based phosphoramidite ligands enable enantioselective palladium(0)-catalyzed C-H arylation of cyclopropanes. The cyclized products are obtained in high yields and enantioselectivities. The reported method provides efficient access to a broad range of synthetically attractive cyclopropyl containing dihydroquinolones and dihydroisoquinolones as well as allows for an efficient enantioselective construction of the 7-membered ring of the cyclopropyl indolobenzazepine core of BMS-791325.
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory of Asymmetric Catalysis and Synthesis , Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305 , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Greipel L, Cramer N, Klockgether J, Dorda M, Mielke S, Chouvarine P, Wiehlmann L, Tümmler B. WS19.4 Molecular epidemiology of hot-spots of mutation in antimicrobial resistance loci of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis airways. J Cyst Fibros 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(15)30111-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hilker R, Munder A, Klockgether J, Losada PM, Chouvarine P, Cramer N, Davenport CF, Dethlefsen S, Fischer S, Peng H, Schönfelder T, Türk O, Wiehlmann L, Wölbeling F, Gulbins E, Goesmann A, Tümmler B. Interclonal gradient of virulence in thePseudomonas aeruginosapangenome from disease and environment. Environ Microbiol 2014; 17:29-46. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Rolf Hilker
- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology; University of Giessen; Gießen D-35392 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University Hospital Essen; University of Duisburg-Essen; Essen D-45122 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology; University Hospital Essen; University of Duisburg-Essen; Essen D-45122 Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology; University of Giessen; Gießen D-35392 Germany
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- Clinical Research Group; ‘Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Genomics’; Hannover Medical School; OE 6710 Hannover D-30625 Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease (BREATH); German Center for Lung Research; Hannover Germany
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Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Sikorski J, Klockgether J, Davenport C, Winstanley C, Tümmler B. Population biology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in chronic CF and COPD airway infections. Pneumologie 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1376789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the type species of pseudomonads, is an opportunistic pathogen that colonizes a wide range of niches. Current genome sequencing projects are producing previously inconceivable detail about the population biology and evolution of P. aeruginosa. Its pan-genome has a larger genetic repertoire than the human genome, which explains the broad metabolic capabilities of P. aeruginosa and its ubiquitous distribution in aquatic habitats. P. aeruginosa may persist in the airways of individuals with cystic fibrosis for decades. The ongoing whole-genome analyses of serial isolates from cystic fibrosis patients provide the so far singular opportunity to monitor the microevolution of a bacterial pathogen during chronic infection over thousands of generations. Although the evolution in cystic fibrosis lungs is neutral overall, some pathoadaptive mutations are selected during the within-host evolutionary process. Even a single mutation may be sufficient to generate novel complex traits provided that predisposing mutational events have previously occurred in the clonal lineage.
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Cramer N, Klockgether J, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Microevolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis lungs. Mol Cell Pediatr 2014. [PMCID: PMC4715169 DOI: 10.1186/2194-7791-1-s1-a28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Cramer N, Wiehlmann L, Ciofu O, Tamm S, Høiby N, Tümmler B. Molecular epidemiology of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infections in cystic fibrosis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50731. [PMID: 23209821 PMCID: PMC3508996 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 07/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background/Methods The molecular epidemiology of the chronic airway infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) was investigated by cross-sectional analysis of bacterial isolates from 51 CF centers and by longitudinal analysis of serial isolates which had been collected at the CF centers Hanover and Copenhagen since the onset of airway colonization over 30 years. Results Genotyping revealed that the P. aeruginosa population in CF is dominated by a few ubiquitous clones. The five most common clones retrieved from the CF host also belonged to the twenty most frequent clones in the environment and in other human disease habitats. Turnover of clones in CF airways was rare. At the Hanover clinic more than half of the patient cohort was still harbouring the initially acquired clone after twenty years of airway colonization. At the Copenhagen clinic, however, two rare clones replaced the initially acquired individual clones in all but one patient. Conclusion The divergent epidemiology at the two sites is explained by their differential management of hygiene and antipseudomonal chemotherapy. Hygienic measures to prohibit patient-to-patient transmission and the modalities of antipseudomonal chemotherapy modify the epidemiology of the chronic P. aeruginosa infections in CF.
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- Nina Cramer
- Clinical Research Group, Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Clinical Research Group, Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinical Research Group, Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinical Research Group, Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hanover, Germany
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Szmolka A, Cramer N, Nagy B. Comparative genomic analysis of bovine, environmental, and human strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 335:113-22. [PMID: 22827553 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02642.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Revised: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Genomic analyses on versatility of the ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been focusing on clinical strains from humans but much less on animal and environmental strains. Here, we aimed to compare genomic patterns of bovine, environmental, and human strains of P. aeruginosa. A collection of 71 strains, equally representing bovine (non-clinical), environmental (aquatic), and human (clinical) isolates from all main subregions of Hungary was genotyped by PCR microarray. Results were interpreted in comparison with internationally established human clinical and environmental clones, based on single nucleotide polymorphisms, on di- and multiallelic loci (fliC and fpvA) of the conserved core genome, and on genetic markers for the flexible accessory genome. As a result, a total of 33 clones were identified, with one bovine, 10 environmental, and five human clones regarded as new ones. In spite of general clonal diversity, bovine and human clones seemed to be habitat related. Bovine strains were characterized by significant overrepresentation of type III FpvA pyoverdine receptor, while the environmental and human strains showed the dominance of type I FpvA. Genotypes of non-clinical bovine strains of P. aeruginosa differed from those of human clinical strains, supporting the hypothesis about specific groups of strains colonizing specific habitats.
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- Ama Szmolka
- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Klockgether J, Miethke N, Kubesch P, Bohn YS, Brockhausen I, Cramer N, Eberl L, Greipel J, Herrmann C, Herrmann S, Horatzek S, Lingner M, Luciano L, Salunkhe P, Schomburg D, Wehsling M, Wiehlmann L, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Intraclonal diversity of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis airway isolates TBCF10839 and TBCF121838: distinct signatures of transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, adherence and pathogenicity despite an almost identical genome sequence. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:191-210. [PMID: 22882573 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02842.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Microevolution of closely related Pseudomonas aeruginosa was compared in the clone TB strains TBCF10839 and TBCF121838 which had been isolated from two unrelated individuals with cystic fibrosis who had acquired clone TB during a local outbreak. Compared with the strain PAO1 reference sequence the two clone TB genomes shared 23 155 nucleotide exchanges, 32 out-of-frame indels in the coding region and another repertoire of replacement and genomic islands such as PAGI-1, PAGI-2, PAGI-5, LESGI-1 and LES-prophage 4. Only TBCF121838 carried a genomic island known from Ralstonia pickettii. Six of the seven strain-specific sequence variations in the core genome were detected in genes affecting motility, biofilm formation or virulence, i.e. non-synonymous nucleotide substitutions in mexS, PA3729, PA5017, mifR, a frameshift mutation in pilF (TBCF121838) and an intragenic deletion in pilQ (TBCF10839). Despite their almost identical genome sequence the two strains differed strongly from each other in transcriptome and metabolome profiles, mucin adherence and phagocytosis assays. TBCF121838 was susceptible to killing by neutrophils, but TBCF10839 could grow in leucocytes. Microevolution in P. aeruginosa apparently can generate novel complex traits by few or even single mutations provided that predisposing mutational events had occurred before in the clonal lineage.
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- Jens Klockgether
- Klinische Forschergruppe, Zentrum Biochemie und Zentrum Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, OE 6710, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
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Ballarini A, Scalet G, Kos M, Cramer N, Wiehlmann L, Jousson O. Molecular typing and epidemiological investigation of clinical populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using an oligonucleotide-microarray. BMC Microbiol 2012; 12:152. [PMID: 22840192 PMCID: PMC3431270 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen which has the potential to become extremely harmful in the nosocomial environment, especially for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, who are easily affected by chronic lung infections. For epidemiological purposes, discriminating P.aeruginosa isolates is a critical step, to define distribution of clones among hospital departments, to predict occurring microevolution events and to correlate clones to their source. A collection of 182 P. aeruginosa clinical strains isolated within Italian hospitals from patients with chronic infections, i.e. cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and with acute infections were genotyped. Molecular typing was performed with the ArrayTube (AT) multimarker microarray (Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany), a cost-effective, time-saving and standardized method, which addresses genes from both the core and accessory P.aeruginosa genome. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were employed as reference genotyping techniques to estimate the ArrayTube resolution power. Results 41 AT-genotypes were identified within our collection, among which 14 were novel and 27 had been previously described in publicly available AT-databases. Almost 30% of the genotypes belonged to a main cluster of clones. 4B9A, EC2A, 3C2A were mostly associated to CF-patients whereas F469, 2C1A, 6C22 to non CF. An investigation on co-infections events revealed that almost 40% of CF patients were colonized by more than one genotype, whereas less than 4% were observed in non CF patients. The presence of the exoU gene correlated with non-CF patients within the intensive care unit (ICU) whereas the pKLC102-like island appeared to be prevalent in the CF centre. The congruence between the ArrayTube typing and PFGE or MLST was 0.077 and 0.559 (Adjusted Rand coefficient), respectively. AT typing of this Italian collection could be easily integrated with the global P. aeruginosa AT-typed population, uncovering that most AT-genotypes identified (> 80%) belonged to two large clonal clusters, and included 12 among the most abundant clones of the global population. Conclusions The ArrayTube (AT) multimarker array represented a robust and portable alternative to reference techniques for performing P. aeruginosa molecular typing, and allowed us to draw conclusions especially suitable for epidemiologists on an Italian clinical collection from chronic and acute infections.
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Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Ulrich J, Hedtfeld S, Weißbrodt H, Tümmler B. Effective prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cross-infection at a cystic fibrosis centre – Results of a 10-year prospective study. Int J Med Microbiol 2012; 302:69-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2011] [Revised: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 11/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Mainz J, Hentschel J, Schien C, Cramer N, Pfister W, Beck J, Tümmler B. Sinonasal persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa after lung transplantation. J Cyst Fibros 2012; 11:158-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2011.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Revised: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Klockgether J, Cramer N, Wiehlmann L, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Genomic Structure and Diversity. Front Microbiol 2011; 2:150. [PMID: 21808635 PMCID: PMC3139241 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome (G + C content 65–67%, size 5.5–7 Mbp) is made up of a single circular chromosome and a variable number of plasmids. Sequencing of complete genomes or blocks of the accessory genome has revealed that the genome encodes a large repertoire of transporters, transcriptional regulators, and two-component regulatory systems which reflects its metabolic diversity to utilize a broad range of nutrients. The conserved core component of the genome is largely collinear among P. aeruginosa strains and exhibits an interclonal sequence diversity of 0.5–0.7%. Only a few loci of the core genome are subject to diversifying selection. Genome diversity is mainly caused by accessory DNA elements located in 79 regions of genome plasticity that are scattered around the genome and show an anomalous usage of mono- to tetradecanucleotides. Genomic islands of the pKLC102/PAGI-2 family that integrate into tRNALys or tRNAGly genes represent hotspots of inter- and intraclonal genomic diversity. The individual islands differ in their repertoire of metabolic genes that make a large contribution to the pangenome. In order to unravel intraclonal diversity of P. aeruginosa, the genomes of two members of the PA14 clonal complex from diverse habitats and geographic origin were compared. The genome sequences differed by less than 0.01% from each other. One hundred ninety-eight of the 231 single nucleotide substitutions (SNPs) were non-randomly distributed in the genome. Non-synonymous SNPs were mainly found in an integrated Pf1-like phage and in genes involved in transcriptional regulation, membrane and extracellular constituents, transport, and secretion. In summary, P. aeruginosa is endowed with a highly conserved core genome of low sequence diversity and a highly variable accessory genome that communicates with other pseudomonads and genera via horizontal gene transfer.
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- Jens Klockgether
- Klinik für Pädiatrische Pneumologie, Allergologie und Neonatologie, Klinische Forschergruppe Hannover, Germany
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Cramer N, Klockgether J, Wrasman K, Schmidt M, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Microevolution of the major common Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones C and PA14 in cystic fibrosis lungs. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:1690-704. [PMID: 21492363 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02483.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Clones C and PA14 are the worldwide most abundant clonal complexes in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa population. The microevolution of clones C and PA14 was investigated in serial cystic fibrosis (CF) airway isolates collected over 20 years since the onset of colonization. Intraclonal evolution in CF lungs was resolved by genome sequencing of first, intermediate and late isolates and subsequent multimarker SNP genotyping of the whole strain panel. Mapping of sequence reads onto the P. aeruginosa PA14 reference genome unravelled an intraclonal and interclonal sequence diversity of 0.0035% and 0.68% respectively. Clone PA14 diversified into three branches in the patient's lungs, and the PA14 population acquired 15 nucleotide substitutions and a large deletion during the observation period. The clone C genome remained invariant during the first 3 years in CF lungs; however, 15 years later 947 transitions and 12 transversions were detected in a clone C mutL mutant strain. Key mutations occurred in retS, RNA polymerase, multidrug transporter, virulence and denitrification genes. Late clone C and PA14 persistors in the CF lungs were compromised in growth and cytotoxicity, but their mutation frequency was normal even in mutL mutant clades.
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- Nina Cramer
- Klinische Forschergruppe, Klinik für Pädiatrische Pneumologie, Allergologie und Neonatologie, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
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The basic defect in cystic fibrosis (CF) predisposes to chronic bacterial airway infections, particularly with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Airway infections with P. aeruginosa in individuals with CF are unique in that they chronically affect a host who is immunocompetent in terms of cellular and humoral responses but is immunocompromised by impaired airway clearance. The initially acquired P. aeruginosa clone typically persists for many years in the patients' airways and thereby diversifies by de novo point mutations and the composition of its accessory genome. Co-colonizations with 2 or more clones are preferentially observed during the first 3 years of colonization. Upper and lower airways are commonly colonized by the same clone suggesting that the sinuses are the reservoir and gateway for the colonization of the lower airways. Early antipseudomonal chemotherapy has an 80% chance to eradicate the P. aeruginosa clone. This regimen introduced in the late 1980s has shifted the median age of the onset of chronic airways colonization with P. aeruginosa from school age to early adulthood at the most successful CF centres. The measures to prevent and to treat the Pseudomonas infections in CF have been considerably improved during the last 20 years. Highly transmissible epidemic strains, however, that emerge within a clonal lineage remain a major, still unresolved health threat for the CF community.
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- Nina Cramer
- Klinik für Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Neonatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
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Bragonzi A, Paroni M, Nonis A, Cramer N, Montanari S, Rejman J, Di Serio C, Döring G, Tümmler B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa microevolution during cystic fibrosis lung infection establishes clones with adapted virulence. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009; 180:138-45. [PMID: 19423715 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200812-1943oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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RATIONALE During long-term lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains develop mutations leading to clonal expansion. This microevolution is believed to be correlated with a reduced virulence. OBJECTIVES We tested this hypothesis in models of lung infection, using mice with different genetic backgrounds. METHODS From infected airways of six patients with CF, 25 P. aeruginosa clones were isolated during a period of up to 16.3 years and genotypically and phenotypically characterized. Virulence of the 8 early, 6 intermediate, and 11 late CF isolates and 5 environmental strains was assessed by monitoring acute mortality versus survival and P. aeruginosa chronic persistence versus lung clearance in mice of different genetic backgrounds, including CF mice. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Different patients harbored clonally unrelated strains, but early, intermediate, and late P. aeruginosa isolates from single patients were clonally related, allowing comparative in vivo analysis. Although late isolates were attenuated in causing acute mortality in the mouse models, compared with early and intermediate clonal isolates and environmental strains, they did not differ from early and intermediate clonal isolates in their capacity to establish chronic infection and cause extensive inflammation in the murine respiratory tract. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that clonal expansion of P. aeruginosa strains during microevolution within CF lungs leads to populations with altered but not reduced virulence. These P. aeruginosa clones with adapted virulence play a critical role in the pathogenesis of chronic infections and may serve to define virulence determinants as targets for novel therapies.
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- Alessandra Bragonzi
- Infections and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy.
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Mainz JG, Naehrlich L, Schien M, Käding M, Schiller I, Mayr S, Schneider G, Wiedemann B, Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Pfister W, Kahl BC, Beck JF, Tümmler B. Concordant genotype of upper and lower airways P aeruginosa and S aureus isolates in cystic fibrosis. Thorax 2009; 64:535-40. [PMID: 19282318 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.104711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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RATIONALE Lower airway (LAW) infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF). The upper airways (UAW) were shown to be a gateway for acquisition of opportunistic bacteria and to act as a reservoir for them. Therefore, tools for UAW assessment within CF routine care require evaluation. OBJECTIVES The aims of the study were non-invasive assessment of UAW and LAW microbial colonisation, and genotyping of P aeruginosa and S aureus strains from both segments. METHODS 182 patients with CF were evaluated (age 0.4-68 years, median 17 years). LAW specimens were preferably sampled as expectorated sputum and UAW specimens by nasal lavage. P aeruginosa and S aureus isolates were typed by informative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or by spa typing, respectively. RESULTS Of the typable S aureus and P aeruginosa isolates from concomitant UAW- and LAW-positive specimens, 31 of 36 patients were carrying identical S aureus spa types and 23 of 24 patients identical P aeruginosa SNP genotypes in both compartments. Detection of S aureus or P aeruginosa in LAW specimens was associated with a 15- or 88-fold higher likelihood also to identify S aureus or P aeruginosa in a UAW specimen from the same patient. CONCLUSIONS The presence of identical genotypes in UAW and LAW suggests that the UAW play a role as a reservoir of S aureus and P aeruginosa in CF. Nasal lavage appears to be suitable for non-invasive UAW sampling, but further longitudinal analyses and comparison with invasive methods are required. While UAW bacterial colonisation is typically not assessed in regular CF care, the data challenge the need to discuss diagnostic and therapeutic standards for this airway compartment. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT00266474.
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- J G Mainz
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Jena, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Jena, Germany.
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Wiehlmann L, Wagner G, Cramer N, Siebert B, Gudowius P, Morales G, Köhler T, van Delden C, Weinel C, Slickers P, Tümmler B. Population structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:8101-6. [PMID: 17468398 PMCID: PMC1876578 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609213104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The metabolically versatile Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa inhabits terrestrial, aquatic, animal-, human-, and plant-host-associated environments and is an important causative agent of nosocomial infections, particularly in intensive-care units. The population genetics of P. aeruginosa was investigated by an approach that is generally applicable to the rapid, robust, and informative genotyping of bacteria. DNA, amplified from the bacterial colony by circles of multiplex primer extension, is hybridized onto a microarray to yield an electronically portable binary multimarker genotype that represents the core genome by single nucleotide polymorphisms and the accessory genome by markers of genomic islets and islands. The 240 typed P. aeruginosa strains of diverse habitats and geographic origin segregated into two large nonoverlapping clusters and 45 isolated clonal complexes with few or no partners. The majority of strains belonged to few dominant clones widespread in disease and environmental habitats. The most frequent genotype was represented by the sequenced strain PA14. Core and accessory genome were found to be nonrandomly assembled in P. aeruginosa. Individual clones preferred a specific repertoire of accessory segments. Even the most promiscuous genomic island, pKLC102, had integrated preferentially into a subset of clones. Moreover, some physically distant loci of the core genome, including oriC, showed nonrandom associations of genotypes, whereas other segments in between were freely recombining. Thus, the P. aeruginosa genome is made up of clone-typical segments in core and accessory genome and of blocks in the core with unrestricted gene flow in the population.
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- Lutz Wiehlmann
- *Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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- CLONDIAG Chip Technologies GmbH, Löbstedter Strasse 103–105, D-07749 Jena, Germany
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- *Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- *Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- *Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Departamento de Biotecnologia Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Département de Microbiologie et de Médecine Moléculaire, Centre Medical Universitaire, Université de Genève, 9 Avenue Champel, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland; and
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- Département de Microbiologie et de Médecine Moléculaire, Centre Medical Universitaire, Université de Genève, 9 Avenue Champel, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland; and
- Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Universitaire de Genève, Rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
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- *Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- CLONDIAG Chip Technologies GmbH, Löbstedter Strasse 103–105, D-07749 Jena, Germany
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- *Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: or
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Bragonzi A, Wiehlmann L, Klockgether J, Cramer N, Worlitzsch D, Döring G, Tümmler B. Sequence diversity of the mucABD locus in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis. Microbiology (Reading) 2007; 152:3261-3269. [PMID: 17074897 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.29175-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The mucA gene of the muc operon, which is instrumental in the control of the biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharide alginate, is a hotspot of mutation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a micro-organism that chronically colonizes the airways of individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). The mucA, mucB and mucD genes were sequenced in nine environmental isolates from aquatic habitats, and in 37 P. aeruginosa strains isolated from 10 patients with CF, at onset or at a late stage of chronic airway colonization, in order to elucidate whether there was any association between mutation and background genotype. The 61 identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) segregated into 18 mucABD genotypes. Acquired and de novo stop mucA mutations were present in 14 isolates (38 %) of five mucABD genotypes. DeltaG430 was the most frequent and recurrent mucA mutation detected in four genotypes. The classification of strains by mucABD genotype was generally concordant with that by genome-wide SpeI fragment pattern or multilocus SNP genotypes. The exceptions point to intragenic mosaicism and interclonal recombination as major forces for intraclonal evolution at the mucABD locus.
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- Alessandra Bragonzi
- Institute for Experimental Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis, DIBIT - HS Raffaele, Milano, Italy
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Klinische Forschergruppe, OE 6710, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Cramer N, Wiehlmann L, Wagner G, Tümmler B. Molekulare Epidemiologie von Langzeitverläufen einer Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infektion bei Patienten mit cystischer Fibrose. Pneumologie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-967246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Köhler T, Morales G, Wagner G, Siebert B, Delden CV, Tümmler B. Entwicklung eines DNA-Chips zur schnellen Typisierung von Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pneumologie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-967245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wiehlmann L, Cramer N, Köhler T, Morales G, Wagner G, Siebert B, van Delden C, Tummler B. 139 DNA-chip based high throughput analysis of the population structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Cyst Fibros 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(06)80123-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cramer N, Wiehlmann L, Wagner G, Tümmler B. 129 Molecular epidemiology of the longitudinal course of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in Cystic Fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(06)80113-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cramer N, Crombie IK. Five-year age-specific incidence rates. II: The accuracy of calculations of expected number of tumours. J Epidemiol Community Health 1981; 35:146-9. [PMID: 7299340 PMCID: PMC1052142 DOI: 10.1136/jech.35.2.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Five-year age-specific incidence rates were shown to produce small but systematic errors in the calculation of the expected number of tumours in a hypothetical but realistic study population. Underestimates occurred at younger ages (under 55) and overestimates at older ages, with a small overestimate (0.22%) overall. Larger errors (up to 12%) were obtained when there was a rapid change in the single-year age structure of the study population. Interpolation between five-year rates will normally produce an inaccurate set of one-year rates. It is shown, with the example of a logarithmic interpolation, that these rates tend to produce errors of similar size to the five-year rates but with a small underestimate overall (0.37%). However, the interpolated rates produced the smaller errors (up to 1%) when the study population age structure undergoes rapid change. A method is suggested for partially correcting the error in the interpolated rates.
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The effect of population structure on five-year age-specific incidence rates was investigated using the one-year population data from life tables and a theoretical age incidence curve of the form: I = btk - where I is the incidence at age t, and b and k are constants. The five-year incidence rates differed systematically from the one-year rates of the central year of the five-year period. This difference depended on the change with age of both the population size and the incidence rate. Thus at ages 20-24 the five-year rate overestimates the mid-period one-year rate by about 4%, but the overestimate progressively decreases to become an underestimate of 0.5% at ages 75-79. In consequence the one-year and five-year rates produce fitted age incidence curves with different slopes; the value of k in the incidence equation is about 0.7% greater for the one-year rates. The population structures of developed and underdeveloped countries are markedly different and these were found to affect the five-year incidence rates, but never by more than 0.5%. The effect of the irregularities in one-year age structure of real populations on the observed five-year rates is also small, of the order of 0.5%. However, when incidence rates are calculated by recording tumours over several calendar years, these irregularities can create difficulties for the estimation of the appropriate denominator population. The use of the census population, even that of the central year of the observation period, can be in error by over 2%. A good method is to calculate the mean annual population of the observation period, estimating the intercensal year populations by interpolation between flanking censuses.
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