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Identification of gene products involved in the oxidative stress response of Moraxella catarrhalis.

ABSTRACT: Moraxella catarrhalis is subjected to oxidative stress from both internal and environmental sources. A previous study (C. D. Pericone, K. Overweg, P. W. Hermans, and J. N. Weiser, Infect. Immun. 68:3990-3997, 2000) indicated that a wild-type strain of M. catarrhalis was very resistant to killing by exogenous hydrogen peroxide (H?O?). The gene encoding OxyR, a LysR family transcriptional regulator, was identified and inactivated in M. catarrhalis strain O35E, resulting in an increase in sensitivity to killing by H?O? in disk diffusion assays and a concomitant aerobic serial dilution effect. Genes encoding a predicted catalase (KatA) and an alkyl hydroperoxidase (AhpCF) showed dose-dependent upregulation in wild-type cells exposed to H?O?. DNA microarray and real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) analyses identified M. catarrhalis genes whose expression was affected by oxidative stress in an OxyR-dependent manner. Testing of M. catarrhalis O35E katA and ahpC mutants for their abilities to scavenge exogenous H?O? showed that the KatA catalase was responsible for most of this activity in the wild-type parent strain. The introduction of the same mutations into M. catarrhalis strain ETSU-4 showed that the growth of a ETSU-4 katA mutant was markedly inhibited by the addition of 50 mM H?O? but that this mutant could still form a biofilm equivalent to that produced by its wild-type parent strain.

SUBMITTER: Hoopman TC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3028835 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of gene products involved in the oxidative stress response of Moraxella catarrhalis.

Hoopman Todd C TC Liu Wei W Joslin Stephanie N SN Pybus Christine C Brautigam Chad A CA Hansen Eric J EJ

Infection and immunity 20101122 2

Moraxella catarrhalis is subjected to oxidative stress from both internal and environmental sources. A previous study (C. D. Pericone, K. Overweg, P. W. Hermans, and J. N. Weiser, Infect. Immun. 68:3990-3997, 2000) indicated that a wild-type strain of M. catarrhalis was very resistant to killing by exogenous hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). The gene encoding OxyR, a LysR family transcriptional regulator, was identified and inactivated in M. catarrhalis strain O35E, resulting in an increase in sensitivi ...[more]

PMID: 21098105

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Project description:Moraxella catarrhalis is a major cause of acute otitis media in young children and has also been implicated as an important cause of exacerbations in adults with underlying pulmonary disease. Due to the considerable level of antibiotic resistance and the high degree of carriage rates in young children, it is likely that the incidence of M. catarrhalis infections will continue to rise. M. catarrhalis is a strict human respiratory pathogen, and this bacterium uses both transferrin and lactoferrin receptors to fulfill the essential iron requirement for survival in vivo. However, these are the only described iron acquisition systems for this organism. In this report we have demonstrated that M. catarrhalis can also utilize hemin as a sole source of iron for growth. In addition, we have identified and characterized an outer membrane protein with homology (26 to 28% similarity) to other known hemin binding and uptake proteins in related gram-negative organisms (i.e., Bordetella and Yersinia spp.). This newly described M. catarrhalis protein, termed HumA, is capable of directly binding to hemin coupled to a solid-phase matrix. M. catarrhalis HumA expressed on the surface of an Escherichia coli hemA-deficient strain (K-12 EB53) is fully capable of complementing the defect and thus restoring the ability of this strain to grow in the presence of hemin. When M. catarrhalis is grown in the presence of hemin, HumA expression is clearly increased as shown by Western blotting with polyclonal antiserum developed against a HumA peptide. In addition, growth analyses revealed that a HumA-deficient mutant of M. catarrhalis (7169::humA) is restricted for growth in the presence of hemin as the sole iron source compared to the wild-type strain. We conclude that HumA is an essential component of a hemin uptake and utilization system previously undescribed for M. catarrhalis, thus providing another mechanism of iron acquisition that may facilitate persistent colonization of the mucosal surface.

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Identification of gene products involved in the oxidative stress response of Moraxella catarrhalis.

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Identification of gene products involved in the oxidative stress response of Moraxella catarrhalis.

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