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1.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29339384

RESUMO

The outer membrane is an essential structural component of Gram-negative bacteria that is composed of lipoproteins, lipopolysaccharides, phospholipids, and integral ß-barrel membrane proteins. A dedicated machinery, called the Lol system, ensures proper trafficking of lipoproteins from the inner to the outer membrane. The LolCDE ABC transporter is the inner membrane component, which is essential for bacterial viability. Here, we report a novel pyrrolopyrimidinedione compound, G0507, which was identified in a phenotypic screen for inhibitors of Escherichia coli growth followed by selection of compounds that induced the extracytoplasmic σE stress response. Mutations in lolC, lolD, and lolE conferred resistance to G0507, suggesting LolCDE as its molecular target. Treatment of E. coli cells with G0507 resulted in accumulation of fully processed Lpp, an outer membrane lipoprotein, in the inner membrane. Using purified protein complexes, we found that G0507 binds to LolCDE and stimulates its ATPase activity. G0507 still binds to LolCDE harboring a Q258K substitution in LolC (LolCQ258K), which confers high-level resistance to G0507 in vivo but no longer stimulates ATPase activity. Our work demonstrates that G0507 has significant promise as a chemical probe to dissect lipoprotein trafficking in Gram-negative bacteria.


Assuntos
Bactérias Gram-Negativas/metabolismo , Lipoproteínas/metabolismo , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/efeitos dos fármacos , Lipoproteínas/genética , Mutação/genética , Transporte Proteico/efeitos dos fármacos , Transporte Proteico/genética
2.
Methods Mol Biol ; 966: 239-258, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23299739

RESUMO

The isolation and characterization of the lipid A domain of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are important methodologies utilized to gain understanding of the Gram-negative cell envelope. Here, we describe protocols often employed by our laboratory for small- and large-scale isolation of lipid A from bacterial cells. Additionally, we describe various methodologies including isolation of radiolabeled lipid A, thin layer chromatography, and various mass spectrometry methods. Tandem mass spectrometry is an integral tool for the structural characterization of lipid A molecules, and both coventional collision induced dissociation (CID) and new ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) methods are described.


Assuntos
Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/isolamento & purificação , Lipídeo A/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/química , Sequência de Carboidratos , Cromatografia em Camada Fina , Lipídeo A/química , Espectrometria de Massas , Dados de Sequência Molecular
3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 109(22): 8722-7, 2012 May 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22589301

RESUMO

Historically, the O1 El Tor and classical biotypes of Vibrio cholerae have been differentiated by their resistance to the antimicrobial peptide polymyxin B. However, the molecular mechanisms associated with this phenotypic distinction have remained a mystery for 50 y. Both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria modify their cell wall components with amine-containing substituents to reduce the net negative charge of the bacterial surface, thereby promoting cationic antimicrobial peptide resistance. In the present study, we demonstrate that V. cholerae modify the lipid A anchor of LPS with glycine and diglycine residues. This previously uncharacterized lipid A modification confers polymyxin resistance in V. cholerae El Tor, requiring three V. cholerae proteins: Vc1577 (AlmG), Vc1578 (AlmF), and Vc1579 (AlmE). Interestingly, the protein machinery required for glycine addition is reminiscent of the gram-positive system responsible for D-alanylation of teichoic acids. Such machinery was not thought to be used by gram-negative organisms. V. cholerae O1 El Tor mutants lacking genes involved in transferring glycine to LPS showed a 100-fold increase in sensitivity to polymyxin B. This work reveals a unique lipid A modification and demonstrates a charge-based remodeling strategy shared between gram-positive and gram-negative organisms.


Assuntos
Glicina/metabolismo , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/metabolismo , Bactérias Gram-Positivas/metabolismo , Lipopolissacarídeos/metabolismo , Vibrio cholerae/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Sequência de Bases , Carbono-Nitrogênio Ligases/genética , Carbono-Nitrogênio Ligases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Parede Celular/química , Parede Celular/metabolismo , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana , Glicina/química , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/química , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/genética , Bactérias Gram-Positivas/química , Bactérias Gram-Positivas/genética , Lipídeo A/química , Lipídeo A/metabolismo , Lipopolissacarídeos/química , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Molecular , Mutação , Polimixina B/farmacologia , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido Nucleico , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz , Vibrio cholerae/química , Vibrio cholerae/genética
4.
Mol Microbiol ; 81(5): 1313-29, 2011 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21752109

RESUMO

Similar to most Gram-negative bacteria, the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of Vibrio cholerae is comprised of lipopolysaccharide. Previous reports have proposed that V. cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 synthesize structurally different lipid A domains, which anchor lipopolysaccharide within the outer membrane. In the current study, intact lipid A species of V. cholerae O1 and O139 were analysed by mass spectrometry. We demonstrate that V. cholerae serogroups associated with human disease synthesize a similar asymmetrical hexa-acylated lipid A species, bearing a myristate (C14:0) and 3-hydroxylaurate (3-OH C12:0) at the 2'- and 3'-positions respectively. A previous report from our laboratory characterized the V. cholerae LpxL homologue Vc0213, which transfers a C14:0 to the 2'-position of the glucosamine disaccharide. Our current findings identify V. cholerae Vc0212 as a novel lipid A secondary hydroxy-acyltransferase, termed LpxN, responsible for transferring the 3-hydroxylaurate (3-OH C12:0) to the V. cholerae lipid A domain. Importantly, the presence of a 3-hydroxyl group on the 3'-linked secondary acyl chain was found to promote antimicrobial peptide resistance in V. cholerae; however, this functional group was not required for activation of the innate immune response.


Assuntos
Aciltransferases/imunologia , Membrana Celular/imunologia , Imunidade Inata , Lipídeo A/biossíntese , Lipopolissacarídeos/imunologia , Vibrio cholerae/imunologia , Membrana Celular/ultraestrutura , Cólera/imunologia , Cólera/microbiologia , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Lipídeo A/química , Lipídeo A/imunologia , Espectrometria de Massas , Antígenos O/análise , Antígenos O/biossíntese , Antígenos O/genética , Polimixina B/farmacologia , Vibrio cholerae/enzimologia
5.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 55(8): 3743-51, 2011 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21646482

RESUMO

The emergence of multidrug resistance among Acinetobacter baumannii is leading to an increasing dependence on the use of polymyxins as last-hope antibiotics. Here, we utilized genetic and biochemical methods to define the involvement of the pmrCAB operon in polymyxin resistance in this organism. Sequence analysis of 16 polymyxin B-resistant strains, including 6 spontaneous mutants derived from strain ATCC 17978 and 10 clinical isolates from diverse sources, revealed that they had independent mutations in the pmrB gene, encoding a sensor kinase, or in the response regulator PmrA. Knockout of the pmrB gene in two mutants and two clinical isolates led to a decrease in the polymyxin B susceptibility of these strains, which could be restored with the cloned pmrAB genes from the mutants but not from the wild type. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis also showed a correlation between the expression of pmrC and polymyxin B resistance. Characterization of lipid A species from the mutant strains, by thin-layer chromatography and mass spectrometry, indicated that the addition of phosphoethanolamine to lipid A correlated with resistance. This addition is performed in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by the product of the pmrC gene, which is a homolog of the pmrC gene from Acinetobacter. Knockout of this gene in the mutant R2 [pmrB(T235I)] reversed resistance as well as phosphoethanolamine modification of lipid A. These results demonstrate that specific alterations in the sequence of the pmrCAB operon are responsible for resistance to polymyxins in A. baumannii.


Assuntos
Acinetobacter baumannii/efeitos dos fármacos , Acinetobacter baumannii/genética , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Etanolaminas/metabolismo , Lipídeo A/metabolismo , Óperon , Polimixinas/farmacologia , Acinetobacter baumannii/isolamento & purificação , Acinetobacter baumannii/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Sequência de Bases , Cromatografia em Camada Fina , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Lipídeo A/química , Espectrometria de Massas , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Fatores de Transcrição/genética
6.
Mol Microbiol ; 79(3): 716-28, 2011 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21255114

RESUMO

The Gram-negative bacteria Vibrio cholerae poses significant public health concerns by causing an acute intestinal infection afflicting millions of people each year. V. cholerae motility, as well as virulence factor expression and outer membrane protein production, has been shown to be affected by bile. The current study examines the effects of bile on V. cholerae phospholipids. Bile exposure caused significant alterations to the phospholipid profile of V. cholerae but not of other enteric pathogens. These changes consisted of a quantitative increase and migratory difference in cardiolipin, decreases in phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine, and the dramatic appearance of an unknown phospholipid determined to be lyso-phosphatidylethanolamine. Major components of bile were not responsible for the observed changes, but long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are minor components of bile, were shown to be incorporated into phospholipids of V. cholerae. Although the bile-induced phospholipid profile was independent of the V. cholerae virulence cascade, we identified another relevant environment in which V. cholerae assimilates unique fatty acids into its membrane phospholipids - marine sediment. Our results suggest that Vibrio species possess unique machinery conferring the ability to take up a wider range of exogenous fatty acids than other enteric bacteria.


Assuntos
Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos/metabolismo , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno , Vibrio cholerae/citologia , Microbiologia da Água , Bile/metabolismo , Ácidos e Sais Biliares/metabolismo , Bilirrubina/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos Insaturados/metabolismo , Sedimentos Geológicos/química , Lecitinas/metabolismo , Fosfolipídeos/química , Fosfolipídeos/isolamento & purificação , Salmonella enterica/metabolismo , Especificidade da Espécie , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray , Vibrio cholerae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Vibrio cholerae/metabolismo , Vibrio cholerae/patogenicidade , Virulência
7.
Mol Microbiol ; 76(6): 1444-60, 2010 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20384697

RESUMO

During its transport to the bacterial surface, the phosphate groups of the lipid A anchor of Escherichia coli and Salmonella lipopolysaccharide are modified by membrane enzymes including ArnT, EptA and LpxT. ArnT and EptA catalyse the periplasmic addition of the positively charged substituents 4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose and phosphoethanolamine respectively. These modifications are controlled by the PmrA transcriptional regulator and confer resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides, including polymyxin. LpxT, however, catalyses the phosphorylation of lipid A at the 1-position forming 1-diphosphate lipid A increasing the negative charge of the bacterial surface. Here, we report that PmrA is involved in the regulation of LpxT. Interestingly, this regulation does not occur at the level of transcription, but rather following the assembly of LpxT into the inner membrane. PmrA-dependent inhibition of LpxT is required for phosphoethanolamine decoration of lipid A, which is shown here to be critical for E. coli to resist the bactericidal activity of polymyxin. Furthermore, although Salmonella lipid A is more prevalently modified with l-4-aminoarabinose, we demonstrate that loss of Salmonella lpxT greatly increases EptA modification. The current work is an example of the complexities associated with the structural remodelling of Gram-negative lipopolysaccharides promoting bacterial survival.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/fisiologia , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Lipídeo A/metabolismo , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Fosfato)/metabolismo , Fosfotransferases/metabolismo , Polimixinas/farmacologia , Salmonella typhimurium/fisiologia , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Deleção de Genes , Estrutura Molecular , Fosforilação , Salmonella typhimurium/efeitos dos fármacos , Salmonella typhimurium/metabolismo
8.
J Biol Chem ; 284(38): 25804-12, 2009 Sep 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19617350

RESUMO

The lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae has been reported to contain a single 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) residue that is phosphorylated. The phosphorylated Kdo sugar further links the hexa-acylated V. cholerae lipid A domain to the core oliogosaccharide and O-antigen. In this report, we confirm that V. cholerae possesses the enzymatic machinery to synthesize a phosphorylated Kdo residue. Further, we have determined that the presence of the phosphate group on the Kdo residue is necessary for secondary acylation in V. cholerae. The requirement for a secondary substituent on the Kdo residue (either an additional Kdo sugar or a phosphate group) was also found to be critical for secondary acylation catalyzed by LpxL proteins from Bordetella pertussis, Escherichia coli, and Haemophilus influenzae. Although three putative late acyltransferase orthologs have been identified in the V. cholerae genome (Vc0212, Vc0213, and Vc1577), only Vc0213 appears to be functional. Vc0213 functions as a myristoyl transferase acylating lipid A at the 2'-position of the glucosamine disaccharide. Generally acyl-ACPs serve as fatty acyl donors for the acyltransferases required for lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis; however, in vitro assays indicate that Vc0213 preferentially utilizes myristoyl-CoA as an acyl donor. This is the first report to biochemically characterize enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of the V. cholerae Kdo-lipid A domain.


Assuntos
Aciltransferases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Lipídeo A/biossíntese , Antígenos O/biossíntese , Açúcares Ácidos/metabolismo , Vibrio cholerae/metabolismo , Acil Coenzima A/genética , Acil Coenzima A/metabolismo , Acilação/fisiologia , Aciltransferases/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Genoma Bacteriano/fisiologia , Lipídeo A/genética , Antígenos O/genética , Fosforilação/fisiologia , Vibrio cholerae/genética
9.
Mol Microbiol ; 67(2): 264-77, 2008 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18047581

RESUMO

One-third of the lipid A found in the Escherichia coli outer membrane contains an unsubstituted diphosphate unit at position 1 (lipid A 1-diphosphate). We now report an inner membrane enzyme, LpxT (YeiU), which specifically transfers a phosphate group to lipid A, forming the 1-diphosphate species. (32)P-labelled lipid A obtained from lpxT mutants do not produce lipid A 1-diphosphate. In vitro assays with Kdo(2)-[4'-(32)P]lipid A as the acceptor shows that LpxT uses undecaprenyl pyrophosphate as the substrate donor. Inhibition of lipid A 1-diphosphate formation in wild-type bacteria was demonstrated by sequestering undecaprenyl pyrophosphate with the cyclic polypeptide antibiotic bacitracin, providing evidence that undecaprenyl pyrophosphate serves as the donor substrate within whole bacteria. LpxT-catalysed phosphorylation is dependent upon transport of lipid A across the inner membrane by MsbA, a lipid A flippase, indicating a periplasmic active site. In conclusion, we demonstrate a novel pathway in the periplasmic modification of lipid A that is directly linked to the synthesis of undecaprenyl phosphate, an essential carrier lipid required for the synthesis of various bacterial polymers, such as peptidoglycan.


Assuntos
Lipídeo A/metabolismo , Periplasma/enzimologia , Fosfatos de Poli-Isoprenil/biossíntese , Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/metabolismo , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Bacitracina/farmacologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Escherichia coli K12/enzimologia , Escherichia coli K12/genética , Lipídeo A/antagonistas & inibidores , Lipídeos de Membrana/metabolismo , Mutação , Peptidil Transferases/metabolismo , Fosfatos/metabolismo , Fosforilação/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosfatos de Poli-Isoprenil/antagonistas & inibidores , Fosfatos de Poli-Isoprenil/metabolismo , Pirofosfatases/genética , Pirofosfatases/metabolismo
10.
J Endotoxin Res ; 12(4): 205-23, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16953973

RESUMO

Lipopolysaccharide or LPS is localized to the outer leaflet of the outer membrane and serves as the major surface component of the bacterial cell envelope. This remarkable glycolipid is essential for virtually all Gram-negative organisms and represents one of the conserved microbial structures responsible for activation of the innate immune system. For these reasons, the structure, function, and biosynthesis of LPS has been an area of intense research. The LPS of a number of bacteria is composed of three distinct regions--lipid A, a short core oligosaccharide, and the O-antigen polysaccharide. The lipid A domain, also known as endotoxin, anchors the molecule in the outer membrane and is the bioactive component recognized by TLR4 during human infection. Overall, the biochemical synthesis of lipid A is a highly conserved process; however, investigation of the lipid A structures of various organisms shows an impressive amount of diversity. These differences can be attributed to the action of latent enzymes that modify the canonical lipid A molecule. Variation of the lipid A domain of LPS serves as one strategy utilized by Gram-negative bacteria to promote survival by providing resistance to components of the innate immune system and helping to evade recognition by TLR4. This review summarizes the biochemical machinery required for the production of diverse lipid A structures of human pathogens and how structural modification of endotoxin impacts pathogenesis.


Assuntos
Infecções Bacterianas/microbiologia , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/metabolismo , Lipopolissacarídeos/biossíntese , Lipopolissacarídeos/química , Animais , Infecções Bacterianas/imunologia , Parede Celular/metabolismo , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/patogenicidade , Humanos , Lipídeo A/biossíntese , Lipídeo A/química , Lipídeo A/imunologia , Lipopolissacarídeos/imunologia , Estrutura Molecular , Antígenos O/biossíntese , Antígenos O/química , Antígenos O/imunologia , Oligossacarídeos/biossíntese , Oligossacarídeos/química , Oligossacarídeos/imunologia , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/imunologia
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