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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 24(3): 384-92, 2010 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20049880

RESUMO

Concerns with water quality have increased in recent years, in part due to the more frequent contamination of water by pathogens like E. coli and L. pneumophila. Current methods for the typing of bacteria in water samples are based on culture of samples on specific media. These techniques are time-consuming, subject to the impact of interferents and do not totally meet all the requirements of prevention. There is a need for accurate and rapid identification of these microorganisms. This report deals with the detection of bacteria, more precisely of Legionella spp., and the development of an analytical strategy for a rapid and unambiguous identification of these pathogens in water from diverse origins. Therefore, a protein mass mapping using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) of whole bacteria combined with a home-made database of bacteria spectra is applied. A large variety of different bacteria and microorganisms is used to approach the actual composition of samples with numerous interferents. The objective is to propose a universal method for sampling preparation before MALDI MS analysis and optimised spectrometric conditions for reproducible intense peaks. Several experimental factors known to influence signal quality such as time and media of culture have been studied. The proposed method gives promising results for a sure differentiation of Legionella species and subspecies and a rapid identification of bacteria which are the most dangerous or difficult to eradicate. This method is easy to perform with an excellent reproducibility. The analytical protocol and the corresponding database were validated on samples from different origins (cooling tower, plumbing hot water).


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Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana/métodos , Legionella/classificação , Legionella/isolamento & purificação , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz/métodos , Microbiologia da Água , Bactérias/química , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana/economia , Legionella/química , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz/economia , Fatores de Tempo
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FEBS J ; 274(22): 5852-64, 2007 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17944935

RESUMO

Natriuretic peptides of various forms are present in animals and plants, and display structural similarities to cyclic antibacterial peptides. Pretreatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 with brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) or C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) increases bacterium-induced glial cell necrosis. In eukaryotes, natriuretic peptides act through receptors coupled to cyclases. We observed that stable analogs of cAMP (dibutyryl cAMP) and cGMP (8-bromo-cGMP) mimicked the effect of brain natriuretic peptide and CNP on bacteria. Further evidence for the involvement of bacterial cyclases in the regulation of P. aeruginosa PAO1 cytotoxicity by natriuretic peptides is provided by the observed doubling of intrabacterial cAMP concentration after exposure to CNP. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from P. aeruginosa PAO1 treated with both dibutyryl cAMP and 8-bromo-cGMP induces higher levels of necrosis than LPS extracted from untreated bacteria. Capillary electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF MS analysis have shown that differences in LPS toxicity are due to specific differences in the structure of the macromolecule. Using a strain deleted in the vfr gene, we showed that the Vfr protein is essential for the effect of natriuretic peptides on P. aeruginosa PAO1 virulence. These data support the hypothesis that P. aeruginosa has a cyclic nucleotide-dependent natriuretic peptide sensor system that may affect virulence by activating the expression of Vfr and LPS biosynthesis.


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Lipopolissacarídeos/biossíntese , Peptídeos Natriuréticos/farmacologia , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/efeitos dos fármacos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , GMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Eletroforese Capilar , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz
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