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Quantitative proteome profiling of C. burnetii under tetracycline stress conditions.

ABSTRACT: The recommended antibiotic regimen against Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q fever, is based on a semi-synthetic, second-generation tetracycline, doxycycline. Here, we report on the comparison of the proteomes of a C. burnetii reference strain either cultured under control conditions or under tetracycline stress conditions. Using the MS-driven combined fractional diagonal chromatography proteomics technique, out of the 531 proteins identified, 5 and 19 proteins were found significantly up- and down-regulated respectively, under tetracycline stress. Although the predicted cellular functions of these regulated proteins did not point to known tetracycline resistance mechanisms, our data clearly reveal the plasticity of the proteome of C. burnetii to battle tetracycline stress. Finally, we raise several plausible hypotheses that could further lead to more focused experiments on studying tetracycline resistance in C. burnetii and thus reduced treatment failures of Q fever.

SUBMITTER: Vranakis I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3306420 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quantitative proteome profiling of C. burnetii under tetracycline stress conditions.

Vranakis Iosif I De Bock Pieter-Jan PJ Papadioti Anastasia A Tselentis Yannis Y Gevaert Kris K Tsiotis Georgios G Psaroulaki Anna A

PloS one 20120316 3

The recommended antibiotic regimen against Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q fever, is based on a semi-synthetic, second-generation tetracycline, doxycycline. Here, we report on the comparison of the proteomes of a C. burnetii reference strain either cultured under control conditions or under tetracycline stress conditions. Using the MS-driven combined fractional diagonal chromatography proteomics technique, out of the 531 proteins identified, 5 and 19 proteins were found significant ...[more]

PMID: 22438959

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Quantitative proteome profiling of C. burnetii under tetracycline stress conditions.

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