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Genetic Characteristics and Phylogeographic Dynamics of Echovirus
Yan Wang , Pir Tariq Shah , Yue Liu , Amina Nawal Bahoussi , Li Xing
J. Microbiol. 2023;61(9):865-877.   Published online September 15, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-023-00078-w
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Echoviruses belong to the genus Enterovirus in the Picornaviridae family, forming a large group of Enterovirus B (EVB) within the Enteroviruses. Previously, Echoviruses were classified based on the coding sequence of VP1. In this study, we performed a reliable phylogenetic classification of 277 sequences isolated from 1992 to 2019 based on the full-length genomes of Echovirus. In this report, phylogenetic, phylogeographic, recombination, and amino acid variability landscape analyses were performed to reveal the evolutional characteristics of Echovirus worldwide. Echoviruses were clustered into nine major clades, e.g., G1–G9. Phylogeographic analysis showed that branches G2–G9 were linked to common strains, while the branch G1 was only linked to G5. In contrast, strains E12, E14, and E16 clustered separately from their G3 and G7 clades respectively, and became a separate branch. In addition, we identified a total of 93 recombination events, where most of the events occurred within the VP1-VP4 coding regions. Analysis of amino acid variation showed high variability in the a positions of VP2, VP1, and VP3. This study updates the phylogenetic and phylogeographic information of Echovirus and indicates that extensive recombination and significant amino acid variation in the capsid proteins drove the emergence of new strains.
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Early gut microbiota in very low and extremely low birth weight preterm infants with feeding intolerance: a prospective case-control study
Ling Liu , Dang Ao , Xiangsheng Cai , Peiyi Huang , Nali Cai , Shaozhu Lin , Benqing Wu
J. Microbiol. 2022;60(10):1021-1031.   Published online August 19, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-022-2180-2
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The potential role of the gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of feeding intolerance (FI) remains unclear. Understanding the role of the gut microbiota could provide a new avenue for microbiota-targeted therapeutics. This study aimed to explore the associations between aberrant gut microbiota and FI in very low or extremely low birth weight (VLBW/ELBW) preterm infants. In this observational case-control study, VLBW/ ELBW infants were divided into two groups: FI group and feeding tolerance (FT) group. 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed to analyze the gut microbial diversity and composition of the infants. The differences in the gut microbiota of the two groups were compared. In total, 165 stool samples were obtained from 44 infants, among which, 31 developed FI and 13 served as controls. Alpha diversity was the highest in the meconium samples of the two groups. LEfSe analysis revealed that the abundances of Peptostreptococcaceae, Clostridiales and Clostridia in the FT group were significantly higher than in the FI group. At the phylum level, the FI group was dominated by Proteobacteria, and the FT group was dominated by Firmicutes. The meconium samples of the FI group had higher proportions of γ-proteobacteria and Escherichia-Shigella and a lower proportion of Bacteroides compared with the FT group. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis demonstrated that aberrant gut bacteria in the FI group were strongly associated with dysregulation of C5-Brancheddibasic- acid-metabolism, protein kinases, and sporulation. These findings reveal candidate microbial markers to prevent FI. Increased relative abundances of γ-proteobacteria and Escherichia-Shigella and decreased abundance of Bacteroides in meconium were associated with an increased risk of FI, while Peptostreptococcaceae, Clostridiales and Clostridia reduced the risk of FI in VLBW/ELBW infants.

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    Maria Di Chiara, Alessandro Lazzaro, Daniela Scribano, Maria Trancassini, Valeria Pietropaolo, Michele Sonnessa, Chiara De Luca, Rita Prota, Elisa Onestà, Gianluigi Laccetta, Gianluca Terrin
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    Stephanie P. Gilley, Meghan L. Ruebel, Sree V. Chintapalli, Clyde J. Wright, Paul J. Rozance, Kartik Shankar
    Frontiers in Endocrinology.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Ling Liu, Chaohong Chen, YeShan Li, Dang Ao, Jiayuan Wu, Nali Cai, Wen Li, Min Xiang
    Frontiers in Microbiology.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Stephanie P. Gilley, Miguel A. Zarate, Lijun Zheng, Purevsuren Jambal, Deaunabah N. Yazza, Sree V. Chintapalli, Paul S. MacLean, Clyde J. Wright, Paul J. Rozance, Kartik Shankar
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  • Investigating prenatal and perinatal factors on meconium microbiota: a systematic review and cohort study
    Jenni Turunen, Mysore V. Tejesvi, Niko Paalanne, Tytti Pokka, Sajeen Bahadur Amatya, Surbhi Mishra, Anna Kaisanlahti, Justus Reunanen, Terhi Tapiainen
    Pediatric Research.2024; 95(1): 135.     CrossRef
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    Brigitta I.R.V. Corebima, Rinawati Rohsiswatmo, Dewi Santosaningsih, Wisnu Barlianto, Kusworini Handono
    Archives of Medical Science.2023; 20(2): 444.     CrossRef
  • Dynamics and Crosstalk between Gut Microbiota, Metabolome, and Fecal Calprotectin in Very Preterm Infants: Insights into Feeding Intolerance
    Luyang Hong, Yihuang Huang, Junyan Han, Shujuan Li, Lan Zhang, Siyuan Jiang, Qi Zhou, Xincheng Cao, Weiyin Yu, Yi Yang, Shangyu Hong, Yufeng Zhou, Weili Yan, Yun Cao
    Nutrients.2023; 15(22): 4849.     CrossRef
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    Hung-Yang Chang, Jen-Shiu Chiang Chiau, Jui-Hsing Chang, Chyong-Hsin Hsu, Chia-Ying Lin, Mary Hsin-Ju Ko, Hung-Chang Lee
    Nutrients.2022; 14(23): 5158.     CrossRef
  • Compositional Differences of Meconium Microbiomes of Preterm and Term Infants, and Infants That Developed Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Feeding Intolerance
    Hyun Mi Kang, Sol Kim, Seok Hwang-Bo, In Hyuk Yoo, Yu-Mi Seo, Moon Yeon Oh, Soo-Ah Im, Young-Ah Youn
    Pathogens.2022; 12(1): 55.     CrossRef
Journal Articles
Assessing the microcystins concentration through optimized protein phosphatase inhibition assay in environmental samples
Kyoung-Hee Oh , Kung-Min Beak , Yuna Shin , Young-Cheol Cho
J. Microbiol. 2022;60(6):602-609.   Published online April 30, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-022-2020-4
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Protein phosphatase (PPase) inhibition assay (PPIA) is widely used to analyze the concentration of microcystins (MCs) because it is comparatively less expensive and faster than other assays. This study aimed to optimize the PPIA by determining a suitable reaction terminator and an optimal methanol concentration in the sample. The most suitable reaction time was 90 min, with the corresponding methanol concentration in the sample being 15% or less. When p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) was used as a substrate, copper chloride solution was suitably used as a reaction terminator, and when 4- methylumbelliferyl phosphate (MUP) was used, a glycine buffer not only increased the measurement sensitivity of the reaction product but also terminated the enzymatic reaction. When PPase 1 and MUP were used as an enzyme and a substrate, respectively, the limit of quantitation for MC-leucine/ arginine (LR) was 0.02 μg/L, whereas it was 0.1 μg/L when pNPP was used as a substrate. The proposed method facilitated the measurement of MC-LR concentration without additional pretreatments, such as concentration or purification; therefore, this method was suitable and feasible for the continuous monitoring of MCs in drinking water.

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    Xiangyu Hu, Zhaomin Wang, Xiao Ye, Ping Xie, Yong Liu
    Environmental Pollution.2024; 342: 123123.     CrossRef
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    Tianliang Wang, Hongzhen Xie, Yuting Cao, Qing Xu, Ning Gan
    Journal of Chromatography A.2022; 1685: 463614.     CrossRef
The relationship between bacterial diversity and organic carbon mineralization in soft rock and sand compound soil
Zhen Guo , Juan Li , Lei Ge , Chenxi Yang , Jichang Han
J. Microbiol. 2020;58(9):750-760.   Published online July 24, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-020-0130-4
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The soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization rate in sandy soil plays an important role in improving soil quality, and a research is needed to determine management practices that optimize the mineralization rate. When sandy soil is improved by adding soft rock, the specific promotion process of bacterium to SOC mineralization remain unclear. To investigate these mechanisms, we selected four treatments with soft rock to sand volume ratios of 0:1 (CK), 1:5 (C1), 1:2 (C2) and 1:1 (C3) to study. The mineralization rate of organic carbon was measured using the lye absorption method. Highthroughput sequencing and scanning electron microscopy were used to determine the bacterial community structure and soil microstructure, respectively. The results showed that the organic carbon content of the sandy soil increased significantly (182.22–276.43%) after using the soft rock treatments. The SOC mineralization rate could be divided into two stages: a rapid decline during days 1–8 and a slow decline during days 8–60. With increased incubation time, the intensity of the cumulative release of organic carbon gradually weakened. Compared with the CK treatment, the SOC mineralization accumulation (Ct) and the potential mineralizable organic carbon content (C0) in the C1, C2, and C3 treatments increased significantly, by 106.98–225.94% and 112.22– 254.08%, respectively. The cumulative mineralization rate (Cr) was 18.11% and 21.38% smaller with treatments C2 and C3, respectively. The SOC mineralization rate constant (k) decreased significantly after the addition of soft rock, while the half-turnover period (Th) changed inversely with k. Compared with the CK treatment, the number of gene copies of the soil bacteria increased by 15.38–272.53% after adding soft rock, with the most significant increase in treatment C3. The bacterial diversity index also increased significantly under treatment C3. The three dominant bacteria were Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Chloroflexi. The correlation between Cr and one of the non-dominant bacteria, Firmicutes, was large, and the bacteria had a significant positive correlation with k. At the same time, the abundance of Firmicutes under treatments C2 and C3 was small. As the proportion of soft rock increased, the soil particles changed from point contact to surface contact, and the adhesion on the surface of the particles gradually increased. Results from this study show that the retention time of SOC can be increased and the carbon sequestration effect is better when the ratio of soft rock to sand is set to 1:2.

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    Xiaojun Liu, Yi Zhang, Peng Li, Lie Xiao
    Soil and Tillage Research.2024; 236: 105949.     CrossRef
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Characterization of the rapamycin-inducible EBV LMP1 activation system
Sang Yong Kim , Jung-Eun Kim , Jiyeon Won , Yoon-Jae Song
J. Microbiol. 2015;53(10):732-738.   Published online October 2, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-015-5455-z
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent infection membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is required for EBV-mediated B lymphocyte transformation into proliferating lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL). LMP1 oligomerizes spontaneously in membrane lipid rafts via its transmembrane domain and constitutively activates signal transduction pathways, including NF-κB, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK), and c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK). Since LMP1 mimics the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR), CD40, it may be effectively utilized to study the effects of constitutive activation of signal transduction pathways on cellular physiology. On the other hand, LMP1 presents a disadvantage in terms of determining the sequential events and factors involved in signaling pathways. A CD40-LMP1 chimeric molecule has been generated to overcome this limitation but does not represent the authentic and physiological nature of LMP1. In the current study, a ligand-dependent activation system for LMP1 using rapamycin-inducible dimerization was generated to delineate the LMP1 signaling pathway.

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Functional properties of the major outer membrane protein in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Yih-Yuan Chen , Han-Chiang Wu , Juey-Wen Lin , Shu-Fen Weng
J. Microbiol. 2015;53(8):535-543.   Published online July 31, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-015-5202-5
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic pathogen that is closely associated with high morbidity and mortality in debilitated and immunocompromised individuals. Therefore, to investigate the pathogenesis mechanism is urgently required. However, there are very few studies to evaluate the functional properties of outer membrane protein, which may contribute to the pathogenesis in S. maltophilia. In this study, three abundant proteins in the outer membrane fraction of S. maltophilia were identified by liquid chromatography- tandem mass spectrometry as OmpW1, MopB, and a hypothetical protein. MopB, a member of the OmpA family, was firstly chosen for functional investigation in this study because many OmpA-family proteins are known to be involved in pathogenesis and offer potential as vaccines. Membrane fractionation analyses demonstrated that MopB was indeed the most abundant outer membrane protein (OMP) in S. maltophilia. For functional studies, the mopB mutant of S. maltophilia (SmMopB) was constructed by insertional mutation. MopB deficiency resulted in a change in the protein composition of OMPs and altered the architecture of the outer membrane. The SmMopB strain exhibited reduced cytotoxicity toward L929 fibroblasts and was more sensitive to numerous stresses, including human serum, sodium dodecyl sulfate, and hydrogen peroxide compared with wildtype S. maltophilia. These results suggest that MopB may be a good candidate for the design of vaccines or anti-MopB drugs for controlling serious nosocomial infections of multidrug- resistant S. maltophilia, especially in immunosuppressed patients.

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Proteomic and Functional Analyses of a Novel Porin-like Protein in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
Hye-Jee Park , Sang-Won Lee , Sang-Wook Han
J. Microbiol. 2014;52(12):1030-1035.   Published online November 29, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-014-4442-0
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Proteomic analysis is a useful technique for postulating and elucidating protein functions. In the present work, a shotgun proteomic analysis was used to identify functions of the PXO_03968 gene (previously known as the ax21) from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), a causal agent for bacterial blight disease in rice. Structural prediction performed on the protein sequence encoded by PXO_03968 reveals that it encodes a putative porin-like protein, possessing a β-barrel domain with 10 β-strands and a signal peptide at the Nterminus. We renamed the gene as an omp1X (outer membrane protein 1 in Xoo), generated its knock out mutant (XooΔomp1X), and compared the protein expression level in the mutant to that in the wild type. A total of 106 proteins displayed more than 1.5-fold difference in expression between the mutant and the wild type strains. COG analysis revealed that these proteins are involved in cell motility as well as signal transduction. In addition, phenotypic analysis demonstrated that motility and biofilm formation in XooΔomp1X are lower than the wild type. These results provide new insights into the functions of outer membrane proteins in Gram-negative bacteria.

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Comparative Proteomics Analysis of Sarcosine Insoluble Outer Membrane Proteins from Clarithromycin Resistant and Sensitive Strains of Helicobacter pylori
Rebecca Smiley , James Bailey , Mahadevan Sethuraman , Norberto Posecion , M. Showkat Ali
J. Microbiol. 2013;51(5):612-618.   Published online October 31, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-013-3029-5
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Helicobacter pylori causes disease manifestations in humans including chronic gastric and peptic ulcers, gastric cancer, and lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Increasing rates of H. pylori clarithromycin resistance has led to higher rates of disease development. Because antibiotic resistance involves modifications of outer membrane proteins (OMP) in other Gram-negative bacteria, this study focuses on identification of H. pylori OMP’s using comparative proteomic analyses of clarithromycin-susceptible and -resistant H. pylori strains. Comparative proteomics analyses of isolated sarcosine-insoluble OMP fractions from clarithromycin-susceptible and -resistant H. pylori strains were performed by 1) one dimensional sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis protein separation and 2) in-gel digestion of the isolated proteins and mass spectrometry analysis by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Iron-regulated membrane protein, UreaseB, EF-Tu, and putative OMP were down-regulated; HopT (BabB) transmembrane protein, HofC, and OMP31 were up-regulated in clarithromycin-resistant H. pylori. Western blotting and real time PCR, respectively, validated UreaseB subunit and EF-Tu changes at the protein level, and mRNA expression of HofC and HopT. This limited proteomic study provides evidence that alteration of the outer membrane proteins’ profile may be a novel mechanism involved in clarithromycin resistance in H. pylori.

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Identification of Conserved Surface Proteins as Novel Antigenic Vaccine Candidates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Xiabing Chen , Zhuofei Xu , Lu Li , Huanchun Chen , Rui Zhou
J. Microbiol. 2012;50(6):978-986.   Published online December 30, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-012-2214-2
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is an important swine respiratory pathogen causing great economic losses worldwide. Identification of conserved surface antigenic proteins is helpful for developing effective vaccines. In this study, a genome-wide strategy combined with bioinformatic and experimental approaches, was applied to discover and characterize surface-associated immunogenic proteins of A. pleuropneumoniae. Thirty nine genes encoding outer membrane proteins (OMPs) and lipoproteins were identified by comparative genomics and gene expression profiling as beinghighly conserved and stably transcribed in the different serotypes of A. pleuropneumoniae reference strains. Twelve of these conserved proteins were successfully expressed in Escherichia coli and their immunogenicity was estimated by homologous challenge in the mouse model, and then three of these proteins (APJL_0126, HbpA and OmpW) were further tested in the natural host (swine) by homologous and heterologous challenges. The results showed that these proteins could induce high titers of antibodies, but vaccination with each protein individually elicited low protective immunity against A. pleuropneumoniae. This study gives novel insights into immunogenicity of the conserved OMPs and lipoproteins of A. pleuropneumoniae. Although none of the surface proteins characterized in this study could individually induce effective protective immunity against A. pleuropneumoniae, they are potential candidates for subunit vaccines in combination with Apx toxins.
Structural and Functional Importance of Outer Membrane Proteins in Vibrio cholerae Flagellum
Wasimul Bari , Kang-Mu Lee , Sang Sun Yoon
J. Microbiol. 2012;50(4):631-637.   Published online August 25, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-012-2116-3
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Vibrio cholerae has a sheath-covered monotrichous flagellum that is known to contribute to virulence. Although the structural organization of the V. cholerae flagellum has been extensively studied, the involvement of outer membrane proteins as integral components in the flagellum still remains elusive. Here we show that flagella produced by V. cholerae O1 El Tor strain C6706 were two times thicker than those from two other Gram-negative bacteria. A C6706 mutant strain (SSY11) devoid of two outer membrane proteins (OMPs), OmpU and OmpT, produced thinner flagella. SSY11 showed significant defects in the flagella-mediated motility as compared to its parental strain. Moreover, increased shedding of the flagella-associated proteins was observed in the culture supernatant of SSY11. This finding was also supported by the observation that culture supernatants of the SSY11 strain induced the production of a significantly higher level of IL-8 in human colon carcinoma HT29 and alveolar epithelial A549 cells than those of the wild-type C6706 strain. These results further suggest a definite role of these two OMPs in providing the structural integrity of the V. cholerae flagellum as part of the surrounding sheath.
Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Modulates the Biogenesis of Outer Membrane Vesicles
Dong Chan Moon , Chul Hee Choi , Jung Hwa Lee , Chi-Won Choi , Hye-Yeon Kim , Jeong Soon Park , Seung Il Kim , Je Chul Lee
J. Microbiol. 2012;50(1):155-160.   Published online February 27, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-012-1589-4
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Acinetobacter baumannii secretes outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) during both in vitro and in vivo growth, but the biogenesis mechanism by which A. baumannii produces OMVs remains undefined. Outer membrane protein A of A. baumannii (AbOmpA) is a major protein in the outer membrane and the C-terminus of AbOmpA interacts with diaminopimelate of peptidoglycan. This study investigated the role of AbOmpA in the biogenesis of A. baumannii OMVs. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were used to analyze OMV biogenesis in A. baumannii ATCC 19606T and an isogenic ΔAbOmpA mutant. OMV production was significantly increased in the ΔAbOmpA mutant compared to wild-type bacteria as demonstrated by quantitation of proteins and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) packaged in OMVs. LPS profiles prepared from OMVs from wild-type bacteria and the ΔAbOmpA mutant had identical patterns, but proteomic analysis showed different protein constituents in OMVs from wild-type bacteria compared to the ΔAbOmpA mutant. In conclusion, AbOmpA influences OMV biogenesis by controlling OMV production and protein composition.

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Immunostimulatory Activity of Dendritic Cells Pulsed with Carbonic Anhydrase IX and Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Bo Ra Kim , Eun Kyoung Yang , Sun Hee Kim , Dong Chan Moon , Hwa Jung Kim , Je Chul Lee , Duk Yoon Kim
J. Microbiol. 2011;49(1):115-120.   Published online March 3, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-011-1037-x
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Dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy is a potent therapeutic modality for treating renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but development of antigens specific for tumor-targeting and anti-tumor immunity is of great interest for clinical trials. The present study investigated the ability of DCs pulsed with a combination of carbonic anhydrase IX (CA9) as an RCC-specific biomarker and Acinetobacter baumannii outer membrane protein A (AbOmpA) as an immunoadjuvant to induce anti-tumor immunity against murine renal cell carcinoma (RENCA) in a murine model. Murine bone-marrow-derived DCs pulsed with a combination of RENCA lysates and AbOmpA were tested for their capacity to induce DC maturation and T cell responses in vitro. A combination of RENCA lysates and AbOmpA up-regulated the surface expression of co-stimulatory molecules, CD80 and CD86, and the antigen presenting molecules, major histocompatibility (MHC) class I and class II, in DCs. A combination of RENCA lysates and AbOmpA also induced interleukin-12 (IL-12) production in DCs. Next, the immunostimulatory activity of DCs pulsed with a combination of CA9 and AbOmpA was determined. A combination of CA9 and AbOmpA up-regulated the surface expression of co-stimulatory molecules and antigen presenting molecules in DCs. DCs pulsed with a combination of CA9 and AbOmpA effectively secreted IL-12 but not IL-10. These cells interacted with T cells and formed clusters. DCs pulsed with CA9 and AbOmpA elicited the secretion of interferon-γ and IL-2 in T cells. In conclusion, a combination of CA9 and AbOmpA enhanced the immunostimulatory activity of DCs, which may effectively induce anti-tumor immunity against human RCC.
Periplasmic Domain of CusA in an Escherichia coli Cu+/Ag+ Transporter Has Metal Binding Sites
Bo-Young Yun , Yongbin Xu , Shunfu Piao , Nahee Kim , Jeong-Hyun Yoon , Hyun-Soo Cho , Kangseok Lee , Nam-Chul Ha
J. Microbiol. 2010;48(6):829-835.   Published online January 9, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-010-0339-8
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The resistance nodulation division (RND)-type efflux systems are utilized in Gram-negative bacteria to export a variety of substrates. The CusCFBA system is the Cu+ and Ag+ efflux system in Escherichia coli, conferring resistance to lethal concentrations of Cu+ and Ag+. The periplasmic component, CusB, which is essential for the assembly of the protein complex, has Cu+ or Ag+ binding sites. The twelve-span membrane protein CusA is a homotrimeric transporter, and has a relatively large periplasmic domain. Here, we constructed the periplasmic domain of CusA by joining two DNA segments and then successfully expressed and purified the protein. Isothermal titration calorimetry experiments revealed Ag+ binding sites with Kds of 10-6-10-5 M. Our findings suggest that the metal binding in the periplasmic domain of CusA might play an important role in the function of the efflux pump.
Overexpression of Outer Membrane Protein OprT and Increase of Membrane Permeability in phoU Mutant of Toluene-Tolerant Bacterium Pseudomonas putida GM730
Kyunghee Lee , Juna Jung , Kwang Kim , Dongwon Bae , Dongbin Lim
J. Microbiol. 2009;47(5):557-562.   Published online October 24, 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-009-0105-y
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Eight toluene-sensitive mutants were previously isolated from the toluene-tolerant bacterium Pseudomonas putida GM730. One of these mutants was TOS6, in which Tn5 had been inserted into phoU. Susceptibility to multiple antibiotics, as well as toluene sensitivity, was increased in the phoU mutant of P. putida GM730. We compared the outer membrane proteins from the phoU mutant and wild-type via two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. A 45 kDa protein was dramatically overexpressed as the result of phoU inactivation, and this protein was identified by peptide mass fingerprinting and microsequencing as a conserved hypothetical protein consisting of 414 amino acids. The protein, designated as OprT, harbors a signal sequence and extended β-sheets, both of which are features common to the bacterial porins. The rate of ethidium bromide accumulation in TOS6 was higher than in GM730, which indicates that the TOS6 membranes may be more permeable to ethidium bromide than are the membranes of GM730. We propose that the toluene sensitivity and increased antibiotic susceptibility observed in the phoU mutant may be attributable to increased membrane permeability.
Identification of a Novel Linear B-Cell Epitope in the M Protein of Avian Infectious Bronchitis Coronaviruses
Junji Xing , Shengwang Liu , Zongxi Han , Yuhao Shao , Huixin Li , Xiangang Kong
J. Microbiol. 2009;47(5):589-599.   Published online October 24, 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-009-0104-z
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This report describes the identification of a novel linear B-cell epitope at the C-terminus of the membrane (M) protein of avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). A monoclonal antibody (MAb) (designated as 15E2) against the IBV M protein was prepared and a series of 14 partially-overlapping fragments of the IBV M gene were expressed with a GST tag. These peptides were subjected to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blotting analysis using MAb 15E2 to identify the epitope. A linear motif, 199FATFVYAK206, which was located at the C-terminus of the M protein, was identified by MAb 15E2. ELISA and western blotting also showed that this epitope could be recognized by IBV-positive serum from chicken. Given that 15E2 showed reactivity with the 199FATFVYAK206 motif, expressed as a GST fusion protein, in both western blotting and in an ELISA, we proposed that this motif represented a linear B-cell epitope of the M protein. The 199FATFVYAK206 motif was the minimal requirement for reactivity as demonstrated by analysis of the reactivity of 15E2 with several truncated peptides that were derived from the motif. Alignment and comparison of the 15E2-defined epitope sequence with the sequences of other coronaviruses indicated that the epitope is well conserved among chicken and turkey coronaviruses. The identified epitope should be useful in clinical applications and as a tool for the further study of the structure and function of the M protein of IBV.

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