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Bacterial Stress Response Proteins and Their Influence on the Immune Response

Bacterial Stress Response Proteins and Their Influence on the Immune Response. Amy Thees. How do bacteria adapt to changes in their environment?. Types of stress Physicochemical and chemical Nutritional deprivation Toxic compounds Interactions with other cells Strategies (Adaptation)

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Bacterial Stress Response Proteins and Their Influence on the Immune Response

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  1. Bacterial Stress Response Proteins and Their Influence on the Immune Response Amy Thees

  2. How do bacteria adapt to changes in their environment? • Types of stress • Physicochemical and chemical • Nutritional deprivation • Toxic compounds • Interactions with other cells • Strategies (Adaptation) • Eliminate stressor • Repair damage • Escape

  3. Examples of Bacterial Stress Responses • Heat and cold shock • Envelope and oxidative stress • Oxygen and amino acid scarcity • Osmotic and pH stress • SOS response to DNA damage • Metalloregulation between bacterial homeostasis and resistance • Sporulation • DNA uptake

  4. Infection and Colonization • Adapt metabolism to host environment • Combat innate antimicrobial host defense mechanisms • Iron limitation • Structure and catalytic cofactor • Production of toxic reactive oxygen (ROS) and nitrogen species (RNS) • Ex. Superoxide anion (O2-) , hydroxyl radical (OH-), peroxynitrite (ONOO-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), nitric oxide (NO)

  5. Bacterial Stress Proteins • OxyR • LysR regulator • Transcriptional activator in oxidizing conditions • PerR • Ferric uptake regulator • Peroxide-responsive repressor • Gram positive • Both regulate expression of: • Catalase peroxidase (kat) • Alkyl hydroperoxidereductase (ahp)

  6. Electron shuttles to relieve excess reducing equivalents and redox-active compounds due to ROS damage and oxidative stress • Electron carrier flavoprotein(Fld) • Mobile electron shuttle with flavin mononucleotide (FMN) prostetic group • Back up for ferredoxin (Fd) • Long chain- Anabaena (IsiB) and Escherichia coli (FldA) • Short chain- Pseudomonas aeruginosaand Pseudomonas putida • Annotated as mioC (ortholog in Escherichia coli) • Pseudomonas aeruginosa • Opportunistic human pathogen • Wide metabolic diversity • Large flexible genome- adaptable • FldP- encoded by PA14_22540 gene and 184 amino acids

  7. Figure 1. Primary and secondary structures of FldP from P. aeruginosa. Moyano AJ, Tobares RA, Rizzi YS, Krapp AR, Mondotte JA, et al. (2014) A Long-Chain Flavodoxin Protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Oxidative Stress and Host Bacterial Clearance. PLoS Genet 10(2): e1004163. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosgenetics/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163

  8. Figure 2 FldP from P. aeruginosa is a functional flavodoxin Moyano AJ, Tobares RA, Rizzi YS, Krapp AR, Mondotte JA, et al. (2014) A Long-Chain Flavodoxin Protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Oxidative Stress and Host Bacterial Clearance. PLoS Genet 10(2): e1004163. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosgenetics/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163

  9. Role of FldP in cell survival and ROS accumulation upon exposure to H2O2 Figure 3 Moyano AJ, Tobares RA, Rizzi YS, Krapp AR, Mondotte JA, et al. (2014) A Long-Chain Flavodoxin Protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Oxidative Stress and Host Bacterial Clearance. PLoS Genet 10(2): e1004163. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosgenetics/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163

  10. Role of FldP in cell survival and ROS accumulation upon exposure to H2O2 Figure 3 Moyano AJ, Tobares RA, Rizzi YS, Krapp AR, Mondotte JA, et al. (2014) A Long-Chain Flavodoxin Protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Oxidative Stress and Host Bacterial Clearance. PLoS Genet 10(2): e1004163. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosgenetics/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163

  11. Figure 4. FldP mitigates H2O2-induced cell death in a mutT-deficient P. aeruginosa. Figure 5. FldP decreases the H2O2-induced mutation frequency in mutT-deficient P. aeruginosa. Moyano AJ, Tobares RA, Rizzi YS, Krapp AR, Mondotte JA, et al. (2014) A Long-Chain Flavodoxin Protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Oxidative Stress and Host Bacterial Clearance. PLoS Genet 10(2): e1004163. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosgenetics/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163

  12. Figure 6. Induction and regulation of fldP expression. Figure 7. FldP enhances P. aeruginosa survival within mammalian macrophages and during in vivo infection of Drosophila melanogaster. Moyano AJ, Tobares RA, Rizzi YS, Krapp AR, Mondotte JA, et al. (2014) A Long-Chain Flavodoxin Protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Oxidative Stress and Host Bacterial Clearance. PLoS Genet 10(2): e1004163. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosgenetics/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163

  13. Figure 8. fldP is a component of the P. aeruginosa variable genome. Figure 9. Transcriptional organization of RGP32. Moyano AJ, Tobares RA, Rizzi YS, Krapp AR, Mondotte JA, et al. (2014) A Long-Chain Flavodoxin Protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Oxidative Stress and Host Bacterial Clearance. PLoS Genet 10(2): e1004163. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163 http://127.0.0.1:8081/plosgenetics/article?id=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004163

  14. FldP Protection in Oxidative Stress • Strong induction of fldP gene in response to H2O2 • Role in oxidant response • Enhanced ROS build-up and lower survival of fldPnull mutants exposed to H2O2 • Defense against ROS • Partial protection by FldP overexpression to P.aeruginosa cells deficient in mutTagainst harmful effects and increased mutational burden caused by H2O2 • Contributes to bacterial tolerance to oxidative response of host immune system

  15. Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) • Intracellular macrophage persister • Heat resistant- pasteurization • Johne’s disease in cattle and other ruminants • Controversal causative agent in Crohn’s disease • Slow growing • FurA • Iron homeostasis- binds Fe2+ in E. coli • Potential regulatory component of stress response • Located upstream of katG (catalase peroxidase)

  16. Characterization of MAPΔfurADeletion Mutant Figure 1 Eckelt, E., Meißner, T., Meens, J., Laarmann, K., Nerlich, A., Jarek, M., Goethe, R. (2015). FurA contributes to the oxidative stress response regulation of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 16. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00016

  17. Determination of the FurARegulon of MAP • RNA deep sequencing • Transcriptome- sequence and frequency of RNA molecules at particular time in a specific cell type • Count number of mRNAs encoded by individual genes • Results • 48 genes differentially expressed in mutant strain compared to wt • 13 higher- Table 1 • 35 lower- Table 2 • Orthologous groups • 40% metabolism • 20.75% cellular processes and signaling • 39.62% poorly characterized or uncharacterized • ***No genes related to iron homeostasis***

  18. Figure 2: Regulatory Influence of FurA Figure 3: Response of FurA Regulated AhpD to Oxidative Stress Eckelt, E., Meißner, T., Meens, J., Laarmann, K., Nerlich, A., Jarek, M., Goethe, R. (2015). FurA contributes to the oxidative stress response regulation of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 16. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00016

  19. Induction of Oxidative Burst in Macrophages Eckelt, E., Meißner, T., Meens, J., Laarmann, K., Nerlich, A., Jarek, M., Goethe, R. (2015). FurA contributes to the oxidative stress response regulation of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 16. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00016

  20. Survival of MAP Strains in Macrophages C Eckelt, E., Meißner, T., Meens, J., Laarmann, K., Nerlich, A., Jarek, M., Goethe, R. (2015). FurA contributes to the oxidative stress response regulation of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 16. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00016

  21. Role of FurA for Survival in the Host Eckelt, E., Meißner, T., Meens, J., Laarmann, K., Nerlich, A., Jarek, M., Goethe, R. (2015). FurA contributes to the oxidative stress response regulation of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 16. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00016

  22. Conclusion • FurA acts as repressor for a selective group of genes involved in the response to oxidative stress • Iron-based sensor of ROS • Closely related to PerR • FurA contributes to activation of second group of genes • Macrophage survival

  23. My Grant Proposal • Specific Aim: Characterize the role of PmtA, a bacterial metallothionein protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in macrophage survival and determine whether the mechnism is diminished in PmtA deficient mutant, PW4670. • Hypothesis:

  24. Questions?

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