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Carroll LM, Piacenza N, Cheng RA, Wiedmann M, Guldimann C. A multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium DT104 complex lineage circulating among humans and cattle in the USA lost the ability to produce pertussis-like toxin ArtAB. Microb Genom 2023; 9:mgen001050. [PMID: 37402177 PMCID: PMC10438809 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001050] [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: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Typhimurium definitive type 104 (DT104) can infect both humans and animals and is often multidrug-resistant (MDR). Previous studies have indicated that, unlike most S . Typhimurium, the overwhelming majority of DT104 strains produce pertussis-like toxin ArtAB via prophage-encoded genes artAB . However, DT104 that lack artAB have been described on occasion. Here, we identify an MDR DT104 complex lineage circulating among humans and cattle in the USA, which lacks artAB (i.e. the ‘U.S. artAB -negative major clade’; n =42 genomes). Unlike most other bovine- and human-associated DT104 complex strains from the USA (n =230 total genomes), which harbour artAB on prophage Gifsy-1 (n =177), members of the U.S. artAB -negative major clade lack Gifsy-1, as well as anti-inflammatory effector gogB . The U.S. artAB -negative major clade encompasses human- and cattle-associated strains isolated from ≥11 USA states over a 20-year period. The clade was predicted to have lost artAB , Gifsy-1 and gogB circa 1985–1987 (95 % highest posterior density interval 1979.0–1992.1). When compared to DT104 genomes from other regions of the world (n =752 total genomes), several additional, sporadic artAB , Gifsy-1 and/or gogB loss events among clades encompassing five or fewer genomes were observed. Using phenotypic assays that simulate conditions encountered during human and/or bovine digestion, members of the U.S. artAB -negative major clade did not differ from closely related Gifsy-1/artAB /gogB -harbouring U.S. DT104 complex strains (ANOVA raw P >0.05); thus, future research is needed to elucidate the roles that artAB , gogB and Gifsy-1 play in DT104 virulence in humans and animals.
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- Laura M. Carroll
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, SciLifeLab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Integrated Science Lab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Chair for Food Safety and Analytics, Ludwig-Maximillians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Chair for Food Safety and Analytics, Ludwig-Maximillians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Miura S, Satoh R, Tamamura-Andoh Y, Tokugawa K, Beppu M, Nozaki C, Murata R, Kusumoto M, Uchida I. Intra-macrophage expression of ArtAB toxin gene in Salmonella. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168. [PMID: 35333707 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) definitive phage type 104 (DT104), S. Worthington, and S. bongori produce ArtAB toxin, which catalyses ADP-ribosylation of pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein. ArtAB gene (artAB) is encoded on a prophage in Salmonella, and prophage induction by SOS-inducing agents is associated with increases in ArtAB production in vitro. However, little is known about the expression of artAB in vivo. Here, we showed a significant increase in artAB transcription of DT104 within macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells. Intracellular expression of ArtAB was also observed by immunofluorescence staining. The induced expression of artAB in DT104 and S. bongori was enhanced by treatment of RAW264.7 cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), which stimulates the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS); however, such induction was not observed in S. Worthington. Upregulation of oxyR, a major regulator of oxidative stress, and cI, a repressor of prophage induction, was observed in S. Worthington within RAW264.7 cells treated with PMA but not in the DT104 strain. Although the expression of oxyR was increased, artAB was upregulated in S. bongori, which lacks the cI gene in the incomplete artAB-encoded prophage. Taken together, oxidative stress plays a role in the production of artAB toxins in macrophages, and high expression levels of oxyR and cI are responsible for the low expression of artAB. Therefore, strain variation in the level of artAB expression within macrophages could be explained by differences in the oxidative stress response of bacteria and might be reflected in its virulence.
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- Shou Miura
- Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582, Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan
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- Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582, Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan
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- Division of Bacterial and Parasitic Disease, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0856, Japan
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- Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582, Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan
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- Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582, Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan
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- Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582, Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan
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- Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582, Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan
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- Division of Bacterial and Parasitic Disease, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0856, Japan
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- Veterinary Bacteriology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, 582, Bunkyodai-Midorimachi, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8501, Japan
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Overgaard E, Morris B, Mohammad Mousa O, Price E, Rodriguez A, Cufurovic L, Beard RS, Tinker JK. Cellular Activity of Salmonella Typhimurium ArtAB Toxin and Its Receptor-Binding Subunit. Toxins (Basel) 2021; 13:toxins13090599. [PMID: 34564603 PMCID: PMC8472264 DOI: 10.3390/toxins13090599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2021] [Revised: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Salmonellosis is among the most reported foodborne illnesses in the United States. The Salmonellaenterica Typhimurium DT104 phage type, which is associated with multidrug-resistant disease in humans and animals, possesses an ADP-ribosylating toxin called ArtAB. Full-length artAB has been found on a number of broad-host-range non-typhoidal Salmonella species and serovars. ArtAB is also homologous to many AB5 toxins from diverse Gram-negative pathogens, including cholera toxin (CT) and pertussis toxin (PT), and may be involved in Salmonella pathogenesis, however, in vitro cellular toxicity of ArtAB has not been characterized. artAB was cloned into E. coli and initially isolated using a histidine tag (ArtABHIS) and nickel chromatography. ArtABHIS was found to bind to African green monkey kidney epithelial (Vero) cells using confocal microscopy and to interact with glycans present on fetuin and monosialotetrahexosylganglioside (GM1) using ELISA. Untagged, or native, holotoxin (ArtAB), and the pentameric receptor-binding subunit (ArtB) were purified from E. coli using fetuin and d-galactose affinity chromatography. ArtAB and ArtB metabolic and cytotoxic activities were determined using Vero and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) epithelial cells. Vero cells were more sensitive to ArtAB, however, incubation with both cell types revealed only partial cytotoxicity over 72 h, similar to that induced by CT. ArtAB induced a distinctive clustering phenotype on CHO cells over 72 h, similar to PT, and an elongated phenotype on Vero cells, similar to CT. The ArtB binding subunit alone also had a cytotoxic effect on CHO cells and induced morphological rounding. Results indicate that this toxin induces distinctive cellular outcomes. Continued biological characterization of ArtAB will advance efforts to prevent disease caused by non-typhoidal Salmonella.
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- Elise Overgaard
- Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA; (B.M.); (O.M.M.); (A.R.); (L.C.)
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- Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA; (B.M.); (O.M.M.); (A.R.); (L.C.)
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- Idaho Veterans Research and Education Foundation, Infectious Diseases Section, Boise, ID 83702, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA; (B.M.); (O.M.M.); (A.R.); (L.C.)
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- Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA; (B.M.); (O.M.M.); (A.R.); (L.C.)
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- Biomolecular Research Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA;
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- Biomolecular Sciences Graduate Program, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA;
- Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA; (B.M.); (O.M.M.); (A.R.); (L.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-208-426-5472
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A number of pathogenic bacteria utilize toxins to mediate disease in a susceptible host. The foodborne pathogen Salmonella is one of the most important and well-studied bacterial pathogens. Recently, whole genome sequence characterizations revealed the presence of multiple novel ADP-ribosylating toxins encoded by a variety of Salmonella serovars. In this review, we discuss both the classical (SpvB) and novel (typhoid toxin, ArtAB, and SboC/SeoC) ADP-ribosylating toxins of Salmonella, including the structure and function of these toxins and our current understanding of their contributions to virulence.
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- Rachel A Cheng
- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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