Project description:As a comparison to tobramycin-treated P. aeruginosa biofilms, we investigated the response of planktonic P. aeruginosa to tobramycin by microarray. Experiment Overall Design: We included 2 control (untreated) cultures and 2 tobramycin-treated cultures. We used mid-exponential phase cultures of P. aeruginosa PA14. Replicate cultures were incubated in the presence or absence of 5 μg/mL tobramycin for 30 minutes at 37°C.
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known to tolerate antibiotic therapy during infection. This prevents clearance of infection and negatively impacts patient outcomes. Here, we report the transcriptome sequence of antibiotic-treated and untreated P. aeruginosa cultures and the differential gene expression observed when treated cells are compared to untreated cells.
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are often co-isolated in persistent infections. The goal of this study was to determine how secreted products that were identified in S. aureus supernatant affect gene expression in P. aeruginosa. Therefore, media control, the indicated products in media, or S. aureus supernatant was added to P. aeruginosa cultures at 25% total volume and gene expression was measured at 20 min and 2 h using RNA-seq. The individual products induced distinct pathways in P. aeruginosa. The products in combination recapitulated much of the differential gene expression seen in P. aeruginosa in response to S. aureus supernatant.
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are often co-isolated in persistent infections. The goal of this study was to determine how secreted products from S. aureus affect gene expression in P. aeruginosa. Therefore, media control or S. aureus supernatant was added to P. aeruginosa cultures at 25% total volume and gene expression was measured at 20 min, 1 h, and 2 h using RNA-seq. Overall, after addition of S. aureus supernatant, there was an upregulation in genes involved in metal deprivation and intermediate metabolite uptake.
Project description:In this experiment the transcriptional response of the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa to sublethal concentrations of NaClO was investigated. To this aim, four independent cultures of P. aeruginosa PAO1 grown in minimal medium BM2 were treated with NaClO (2 ug/ml) for 1 h at 37 C followed by RNA extraction and microarray analysis. Untreated cultures served as controls.
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a virulent opportunistic pathogen responsible for high morbity in COPD, burns , implanted medical devices and cystic fibrosis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a problematic colonizer of the human lung. P. aeruginosa produces a phospholipase C (PlcH) that degrades choline-containing lipids such as phosphatidylcholine and sphingomylein that are found in lung surfactant and in host membranes. In this study, we analyzed gene expression in mutants defective in PlcH production (delta-plcH and delta-gbdR) and the wild type when growing in medium with lung surfactant. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was cultured in liquid cultures with aeration in a defined medium with Survanta, a lung surfactant replacement. Cultures were harvested during mid-exponential phase, and RNA was isolated for microarray analysis. The P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 wild type gene expression was compared to expression profiles from delta-gbdR and delta-plcHR deletion mutants, two mutants defective in PlcH production.
Project description:We used DNA microarrays to investigate the impact of indole and 7-hdroxyindole on P. aeruginosa PAO1.For the microarray experiments, 10 g glass wool (Corning Glass Works, Corning, N.Y.) were used to form biofilms in 250 mL in 1 L Erlenmeyer shake flasks which were inoculated with overnight cultures of P. aeruginosa PAO1 diluted that were 1:100. For P. aeruginosa with 7-hydroxyindole and indole, 500 uM 7-hydroxyindole in 250 uL DMF, 1000 uM indole in 250 uL DMF, or 250 uL DMF alone were added to cells grown in LB. The cells were shaken at 250 rpm and at 37oC for 7 h to form biofilms on the glass wool, and RNA was isolated from the biofilm cells. Keywords: comparison with E. coli signal indole on P. aeruginosa PAO1
Project description:In the present study, we employed Affymetrix Pseudomonas aeruginosa GeneChip arrays to investigate global gene expression profiles during the cellular response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to sodium hypochlorite Experiment Overall Design: We calculated fold change as the ratio between the signal averages of four untreated (control) and five sodium hypochlorite-treated (experimental) cultures for 20 min exposure.