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1.
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl ; 68: 837-841, 2016 Nov 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27524086

RESUMO

The aim of this work was to analyze the activity of novel synthetic lactams on preventing biofilm formation on titanium surfaces. Titanium (Ti6Al4V) samples were exposed to Streptococcus mutans cultures in the presence or absence of a synthetic lactam. After 48h incubation, planktonic growth was determined by spectrophotometry. Biofilm was evaluated by crystal violet staining and colony forming units (CFU·ml(-)(1)), followed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results showed that the average of adhered viable cells was approximately 1.5×10(2)CFU/ml in the presence of lactam and 4×10(2)CFU/ml in its absence. This novel compound was considerable active in reducing biofilm formation over titanium surfaces, indicating its potential for the development of antimicrobial drugs targeting the inhibition of the initial stages of bacterial biofilms on dental implants abutments.


Assuntos
Biofilmes/efeitos dos fármacos , Biofilmes/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Lactamas , Streptococcus mutans/fisiologia , Titânio/química , Ligas , Lactamas/química , Lactamas/farmacologia , Microscopia Eletroquímica de Varredura , Streptococcus mutans/ultraestrutura
2.
J Bacteriol ; 187(21): 7471-80, 2005 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16237030

RESUMO

HlyD, a member of the membrane fusion protein family, is essential for the secretion of the RTX hemolytic toxin HlyA from Escherichia coli. Random point mutations affecting HlyA secretion were obtained, distributed in most periplasmic regions of the HlyD molecule. Analysis of the secretion phenotypes of different mutants allowed the identification of regions in HlyD involved in different steps of HlyA translocation. Four mutants, V349-I, T85-I, V334-I and L165-Q, were conditionally defective, a phenotype shown to be linked to the presence of inhibitory concentrations of Ca2+ in extracellular medium. Hly mutant T85-I was defective at an early stage in secretion, while mutants V334-I and L165-Q appeared to accumulate HlyA in the cell envelope, indicating a block at an intermediate step. Mutants V349-I, V334-I, and L165-Q were only partially defective in secretion, allowing significant levels of HlyA to be transported, but in the case of V349-I and L165-Q the HlyA molecules secreted showed greatly reduced hemolytic activity. Hemolysin molecules secreted from V349-I and V334-I are defective in normal folding and can be reactivated in vitro to the same levels as HlyA secreted from the wild-type translocator. Both V349-I and V334-I mutations mapped to the C-terminal lipoyl repeat motif, involved in the switching from the helical hairpin to the extended form of HlyD during assembly of the functional transport channel. These results suggest that HlyD is an integral component of the transport pathway, whose integrity is essential for the final folding of secreted HlyA into its active form.


Assuntos
Análise Mutacional de DNA , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/fisiologia , Escherichia coli/química , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/fisiologia , Dobramento de Proteína , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Cálcio , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/fisiologia , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/química , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/toxicidade , Proteínas Hemolisinas , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/genética , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Mutação Puntual , Transporte Proteico
3.
Vet Parasitol ; 116(1): 51-9, 2003 Aug 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14519327

RESUMO

Protozoal dermatitis was diagnosed in a 6-year-old female Great Dane dog from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The dog died because of a chronic illness with an Ehrlichia-like organism. Numerous apicomplexan parasites were identified histologically in the section of dermal lesions. The protozoan reacted with Toxoplasma gondii polyclonal rabbit serum but not with Neospora caninum or Sarcocystis neurona antibodies. Ultrastructurally, the protozoa was not T. gondii because it had schizont-like structures with merozoites arranged around a prominent residual body, and the merozoites had several rhoptries with electron-dense contents; rhoptries in T. gondii tachyzoites are electron-lucent and a residual body is not found in groups of tachyzoites. This is the first report of unidentified T. gondii-like protozoa in the skin of a dog.


Assuntos
Dermatite/veterinária , Doenças do Cão/parasitologia , Toxoplasma/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Toxoplasmose Animal/parasitologia , Animais , Dermatite/parasitologia , Dermatite/patologia , Doenças do Cão/patologia , Cães , Evolução Fatal , Feminino , Microscopia Eletrônica/veterinária , Toxoplasma/ultraestrutura , Toxoplasmose Animal/patologia
4.
FEMS Microbiol Lett ; 215(1): 121-6, 2002 Sep 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12393211

RESUMO

Bacterial adherence is a complex phenomenon involving specific interactions between receptors, including matricial fibronectin, and bacterial ligands. We show here that fibronectin and outer membrane proteins of Pseudomonas fluorescens were able to inhibit adherence of P. fluorescens to fibronectin-coated wells. We identified at least six fibronectin-binding proteins with molecular masses of 70, 55, 44, 37, 32 and 28 kDa. The presence of native (32 kDa) and heat-modified forms (37 kDa) of OprF was revealed by immuno-analysis and the 44-kDa band was composed of three proteins, their N-terminal sequences showing homologies with Pseudomonas aeruginosa porins (OprD, OprE1 and OprE3).


Assuntos
Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa , Proteínas de Bactérias , Fibronectinas/metabolismo , Porinas/metabolismo , Pseudomonas fluorescens/metabolismo , Aderência Bacteriana , Western Blotting , Porinas/genética , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
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Mol Gen Genet ; 261(1): 122-32, 1999 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10071218

RESUMO

HlyD has a single transmembrane domain (residues 59-80) and a large periplasmic domain, and is essential for the secretion of haemolysin from Escherichia coli. Using an antibody raised against HlyD, the protein was localised to the cell envelope by immunofluorescence and to the cytoplasmic membrane by sucrose gradient analysis. We have examined the stability of this protein in the presence and absence of other putative components of the translocator, HlyB and TolC. HlyD is normally highly stable but in the absence of TolC, the steady-state level of HlyD is greatly reduced and the protein has a half-life at 37 degrees C of 36 min. In the absence of HlyB, HlyD is also unstable and specific degradation products are detected, which co-fractionate with the inner membrane, indicating in this case limited cleavage at specific sites. However, the effect of removing both HlyB and TolC is not additive. On the contrary, in the absence of both HlyB and TolC the half-life of HlyD is approximately 110 min. This result shows that in the presence of HlyB removal of TolC renders HlyD more unstable than it is in the absence of both HlyB and TolC. This suggests that the presence of HlyB induces a structural change in HlyD. In addition, HlyB itself appears to be less stable in the absence of HlyD. These results are consistent with an interaction between HlyD/TolC and HlyB/HlyD. A derivative of HlyD, HlyD22, lacking the 40 N-terminal residues of HlyD assembles into the inner membrane displaying the same stability with and without HlyB as wild type HlyD does. This N-terminal region therefore appears to play no role in stable localisation but is involved in secretion, since HlyD22 is completely secretion defective. Modification of the C-terminus on the other hand completely destabilised the molecule and HlyD was not detectable in the envelope. Secretion of active haemolysin is limited to a brief period during mid to late exponential phase. In contrast, HlyD is apparently synthesised constitutively throughout the growth phase, demonstrating that the production of this component of the translocator is not the limiting factor for growth phase-dependent secretion.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteínas Hemolisinas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras , Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/imunologia , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Proteínas de Transporte/imunologia , Divisão Celular , Fracionamento Celular , Membrana Celular/imunologia , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/citologia , Escherichia coli/genética , Imunofluorescência , Deleção de Genes , Expressão Gênica , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Glutationa Transferase/genética , Meia-Vida , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/imunologia , Mutação , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/genética , Frações Subcelulares/imunologia , Frações Subcelulares/metabolismo
6.
Mol Gen Genet ; 245(4): 431-40, 1994 Nov 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7808392

RESUMO

We have carried out a genetic analysis of Escherichia coli HlyB using in vitro(hydroxylamine) mutagenesis and regionally directed mutagenesis. From random mutagenesis, three mutants, temperature sensitive (Ts) for secretion, were isolated and the DNA sequenced: Gly10Arg close to the N-terminus, Gly408Asp in a highly conserved small periplasmic loop region PIV, and Pro624Leu in another highly conserved region, within the ATP-binding region. Despite the Ts character of the Gly10 substitution, a derivative of HlyB, in which the first 25 amino acids were replaced by 21 amino acids of the lambda Cro protein, was still active in secretion of HlyA. This indicates that this region of HlyB is dispensable for function. Interestingly, the Gly408Asp substitution was toxic at high temperature and this is the first reported example of a conditional lethal mutation in HlyB. We have isolated 4 additional mutations in PIV by directed mutagenesis, giving a total of 5 out of 12 residues substituted in this region, with 4 mutations rendering HlyB defective in secretion. The Pro624 mutation, close to the Walker B-site for ATP binding in the cytoplasmic domain is identical to a mutation in HisP that leads to uncoupling of ATP hydrolysis from the transport of histidine. The expression of a fully functional haemolysin translocation system comprising HlyC,A,B and D increases the sensitivity of E. coli to vancomycin 2.5-fold, compared with cells expressing HlyB and HlyD alone. Thus, active translocation of HlyA renders the cells hyperpermeable to the drug. Mutations in hlyB affecting secretion could be assigned to two classes: those that restore the level of vancomycin resistance to that of E. coli not secreting HlyA and those that still confer hypersensitivity to the drug in the presence of HlyA. We propose that mutations that promote vancomycin resistance will include mutations affecting initial recognition of the secretion signal and therefore activation of a functional transport channel. Mutations that do not alter HlyA-dependent vancomycin sensitivity may, in contrast, affect later steps in the transport process.


Assuntos
Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Adenosina Trifosfatases/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Proteínas de Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli/genética , Genes Bacterianos/genética , Proteínas Hemolisinas/genética , Transportadores de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/metabolismo , Adenosina Trifosfatases/química , Adenosina Trifosfatases/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Ácido Aspártico/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Sequência de Bases , Proteínas de Transporte/química , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , Glicina/genética , Proteínas Hemolisinas/química , Proteínas Hemolisinas/metabolismo , Leucina/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/química , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Mutação Puntual , Prolina/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão , Proteínas Repressoras/genética , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Temperatura , Vancomicina , Proteínas Virais , Proteínas Virais Reguladoras e Acessórias
7.
Vet Parasitol ; 45(3-4): 323-6, 1993 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8447074

RESUMO

Toxoplasma gondii was identified in tissues of two dogs (3 and 10 months of age) from Brazil. Primary lesions consisted of necrotizing intestinal myositis associated with numerous tachyzoites. Parasites in tissues reacted with anti-T. gondii serum but not with Neospora caninum serum.


Assuntos
Doenças do Cão/patologia , Enteropatias Parasitárias/veterinária , Intestino Delgado/patologia , Toxoplasmose Animal/patologia , Animais , Brasil , Doenças do Cão/parasitologia , Cães , Enteropatias Parasitárias/parasitologia , Enteropatias Parasitárias/patologia , Intestino Delgado/parasitologia , Masculino , Toxoplasma/isolamento & purificação , Toxoplasmose Animal/parasitologia , Vísceras/parasitologia , Vísceras/patologia
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