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Commun Biol ; 2: 417, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31754647

RESUMO

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen and represents a clinical challenge because of widespread antibiotic resistance. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is particularly problematic and originates by the horizontal acquisition of mecA encoding PBP2a, an extracellular membrane anchored transpeptidase, which confers resistance to ß-lactam antibiotics by allosteric gating of its active site channel. Herein, we show that dual disruption of PrsA, a lipoprotein chaperone displaying anti-aggregation activity, together with HtrA1, a membrane anchored chaperone/serine protease, resulted in severe and synergistic attenuation of PBP2a folding that restores sensitivity to ß-lactams such as oxacillin. Purified PBP2a has a pronounced unfolding transition initiating at physiological temperatures that leads to irreversible precipitation and complete loss of activity. The concordance of genetic and biochemical data highlights the necessity for extracellular protein folding factors governing MRSA ß-lactam resistance. Targeting the PBP2a folding pathway represents a particularly attractive adjuvant strategy to combat antibiotic resistance.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Serina Peptidase 1 de Requerimento de Alta Temperatura A/genética , Lipoproteínas/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/genética , Proteínas de Ligação às Penicilinas/genética , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Resistência beta-Lactâmica , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Serina Peptidase 1 de Requerimento de Alta Temperatura A/metabolismo , Humanos , Lipoproteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/efeitos dos fármacos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Modelos Moleculares , Proteínas de Ligação às Penicilinas/química , Conformação Proteica , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
2.
Cell Microbiol ; 19(7)2017 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28076662

RESUMO

Bacterial sensing, ingestion, and killing by phagocytic cells are essential processes to protect the human body from infectious microorganisms. The cellular mechanisms involved in intracellular killing, their relative importance, and their specificity towards different bacteria are however poorly defined. In this study, we used Dictyostelium discoideum, a phagocytic cell model amenable to genetic analysis, to identify new gene products involved in intracellular killing. A random genetic screen led us to identify the role of Vps13F in intracellular killing of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Vps13F knock-out (KO) cells exhibited a delayed intracellular killing of K. pneumoniae, although the general organization of the phagocytic and endocytic pathway appeared largely unaffected. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that vps13F KO cells may be functionally similar to previously characterized fspA KO cells, shown to be defective in folate sensing. Indeed, vps13F KO cells showed a decreased chemokinetic response to various stimulants, suggesting a direct or indirect role of Vps13F in intracellular signaling. Overstimulation with excess folate restored efficient killing in vps13F KO cells. Finally, genetic inactivation of Far1, the folate receptor, resulted in inefficient intracellular killing of K. pneumoniae. Together, these observations show that stimulation of Dictyostelium by bacterial folate is necessary for rapid intracellular killing of K. pneumoniae.


Assuntos
Dictyostelium/microbiologia , Dictyostelium/fisiologia , Ácido Fólico/metabolismo , Klebsiella pneumoniae/fisiologia , Fagocitose/genética , Proteínas de Protozoários/genética , Receptor 1 de Folato/genética , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Fagocitose/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Proteínas de Transporte Vesicular/genética
3.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 59(4): 1922-30, 2015 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25583724

RESUMO

The development and maintenance of an arsenal of antibiotics is a major health care challenge. Ceftaroline is a new cephalosporin with activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); however, no reports concerning MRSA ceftaroline susceptibility have been reported in Switzerland. We tested the in vitro activity of ceftaroline against an archived set of 60 MRSA strains from the University Hospital of Geneva collected from 1994 to 2003. Our results surprisingly revealed ceftaroline-resistant strains (MIC, >1 µg/ml in 40/60 strains; EUCAST breakpoints, susceptible [S], ≤1 µg/ml; resistant [R], >1 µg/ml) were present from 1998 to 2003. The detected resistant strains predominantly belonged to sequence type 228 (ST228) (South German clonotype) but also to ST247 (Iberian clonotype). A sequence analysis of these strains revealed missense mutations in the penicillin-binding protein 2A (PBP2A) allosteric domain (N146K or E239K and N146K-E150K-G246E). The majority of our ST228 PBP2A mutations (N146K or E150K) were distinct from ST228 PBP2A allosteric domain mutations (primarily E239K) recently described for MRSA strains collected in Thailand and Spain during the 2010 Assessing Worldwide Antimicrobial Resistance Evaluation (AWARE) global surveillance program. We also found that similar allosteric domain PBP2A mutations (N146K) correlated with ceftaroline resistance in an independent external ST228 MRSA set obtained from the nearby University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, collected from 2003 to 2008. Thus, ceftaroline resistance was observed in our archived strains (including two examples of an MIC of 4 µg/ml for the Iberian ST247 clonotype with the triple mutation N146K/E150K/G246E), at least as far back as 1998, considerably predating the commercial introduction of ceftaroline. Our results reinforce the notion that unknown parameters can potentially exert selective pressure on PBP2A that can subsequently modulate ceftaroline resistance.


Assuntos
Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Cefalosporinas/farmacologia , Infecção Hospitalar/microbiologia , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/efeitos dos fármacos , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto/genética , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana/genética , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Proteínas de Ligação às Penicilinas , Suíça/epidemiologia , Ceftarolina
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Cell Microbiol ; 13(2): 246-58, 2011 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21040356

RESUMO

Bacterial ingestion and killing by phagocytic cells are essential processes to protect the human body from infectious microorganisms. However, only few proteins implicated in intracellular bacterial killing have been identified to date. We used Dictyostelium discoideum, a phagocytic bacterial predator, to study intracellular killing. In a random genetic screen we identified Kil2, a type V P-ATPase as an essential element for efficient intracellular killing of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria. Interestingly, kil2 knockout cells still killed efficiently several other species of bacteria, and did not show enhanced susceptibility to Mycobacterium marinum intracellular replication. Kil2 is present in the phagosomal membrane, and its structure suggests that it pumps cations into the phagosomal lumen. The killing defect of kil2 knockout cells was rescued by the addition of magnesium ions, suggesting that Kil2 may function as a magnesium pump. In agreement with this, kil2 mutant cells exhibited a specific defect for growth at high concentrations of magnesium. Phagosomal protease activity was lower in kil2 mutant cells than in wild-type cells, a phenotype reversed by the addition of magnesium to the medium. Kil2 may act as a magnesium pump maintaining magnesium concentration in phagosomes, thus ensuring optimal activity of phagosomal proteases and efficient killing of bacteria.


Assuntos
Adenosina Trifosfatases/metabolismo , Dictyostelium/microbiologia , Klebsiella pneumoniae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Magnésio/metabolismo , Viabilidade Microbiana/efeitos dos fármacos , Mycobacterium marinum/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Fagossomos/microbiologia , Dictyostelium/metabolismo , Klebsiella pneumoniae/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/genética , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/metabolismo , Mycobacterium marinum/efeitos dos fármacos , Fagossomos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Protozoários/genética , Proteínas de Protozoários/metabolismo
5.
Semin Cell Dev Biol ; 22(1): 77-81, 2011 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21134479

RESUMO

Bacterial infections are complex events. They are studied in a variety of simple model systems, using mammalian or non-mammalian hosts, all of which fail to reproduce fully the situation in infected patients. Each model presents a combination of conceptual, practical, and ethical advantages and disadvantages. In this review, we detail the use of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae as a model to study Pseudomonas aeruginosa. More specifically, our aim is to explore what this additional model system can bring to our understanding of Pseudomonas infections. The study of interactions between Dictyostelium amoebae and Pseudomonas provides a view of the selection pressures exerted by environmental predators on Pseudomonas. It also represents a unique system to assess the virulence of very large numbers of Pseudomonas strains.


Assuntos
Dictyostelium/microbiologia , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/fisiologia , Animais , Ecossistema , Humanos , Modelos Biológicos , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/patogenicidade , Virulência
6.
J Cell Sci ; 123(Pt 19): 3329-35, 2010 Oct 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20826467

RESUMO

Efficient sorting of proteins is essential to allow transport between intracellular compartments while maintaining their specific composition. During endocytosis, membrane proteins can be concentrated in endocytic vesicles by specific interactions between their cytoplasmic domains and cytosolic coat proteins. It is, however, unclear whether they can be excluded from transport vesicles and what the determinants for this sorting could be. Here, we show that in the absence of cytosolic sorting signals, transmembrane domains control the access of surface proteins to endosomal compartments. They act in particular by determining the degree of exclusion of membrane proteins from endocytic clathrin-coated vesicles. When cytosolic endocytosis signals are present, it is the combination of cytosolic and transmembrane determinants that ultimately controls the efficiency with which a given transmembrane protein is endocytosed.


Assuntos
Antígenos CD1/metabolismo , Vesículas Revestidas por Clatrina/metabolismo , Endossomos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/metabolismo , Animais , Antígenos CD1/genética , Células CHO , Vesículas Revestidas por Clatrina/patologia , Cricetinae , Cricetulus , Endocitose , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Engenharia de Proteínas , Sinais Direcionadores de Proteínas/genética , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína/genética , Transporte Proteico/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/genética
7.
BMC Res Notes ; 2: 7, 2009 Jan 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19138423

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Dictyostelium amoebae are frequently used to study the organization and function of the endocytic pathway, and specific protocols are essential to measure the dynamics of endocytic compartments and their internal pH. FINDINGS: We have revisited these classical protocols to measure more accurately endosomal pH, making use of a fluorescent probe (Oregon green) more adequate for very acidic pH values. This pH-sensitive probe was combined with a pH-insensitive marker, in order to visualize simultaneously endosome dynamics and pH changes. Finally, a flow cytometer was used to measure endosomal pH in individual cells. CONCLUSION: Using these simple protocols the endosomal pH of endocytic compartments can be assessed accurately, revealing the extreme acidity of Dictyostelium lysosomes (pH <3.5).

8.
Nat Protoc ; 4(1): 25-30, 2009.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19131953

RESUMO

Dictyostelium amoebae have been used as a host model to measure virulence of a wide range of bacterial pathogens. The simple protocol described here takes advantage of the ability of Dictyostelium to grow and form plaques on a lawn of nonpathogenic bacteria but not on virulent bacteria. This assay can be modulated to measure the virulence of different bacterial pathogens. By adjusting various parameters such as cell numbers or media, a more quantitative measure of bacterial virulence can also be obtained. The entire procedure takes about 5 h to compete, and up to 2 further weeks may be required for plaques to form on the bacterial lawn.


Assuntos
Bactérias/patogenicidade , Bioensaio/métodos , Dictyostelium/microbiologia , Modelos Animais , Animais , Dictyostelium/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Especificidade da Espécie , Virulência
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