Proteomic analysis of three Crohn’s Disease-Associated Escherichia coli isolates cultivated on medium supplemented with glucose or sodium propionate

ABSTRACT: Crohn’s disease (CD) is a severe chronic immune-mediated granulomatous inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract. Its pathogenesis mechanisms remain obscure. One of the factors of CD pathogenesis is reduced diversity of gut microbiota which is accompanied by the characteristic increase of representation of Escherichia coli strains, several of which are able to penetrate the mucin layer, adhere to the epithelial cells, cross the epithelial barrier, and colonize macrophages. During the internalization, these E. coli strains can modulate macrophages’ defensive functions in a way that allows them to survive in a presence of such negative factors as low pH, oxidative stress, proteolytic enzymes and antimicrobial solutions. These strains were collectively assigned to the adhesive–invasive group of E. coli (AIEC). Earlier we sequenced 28 E. coli isolates from 10 patients with CD [Rakitina DV et al. Genome analysis of E. coli isolated from Crohn disease patients. BMC Genomics. 2017, 18(1):544. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3917-x] It has been demonstrated that the majority of enteropathogens feature specific metabolic pathways allowing them to use alternative carbon sources which leads to survivability and enhaced competitiveness in the host organism. Previously, we demonstrated that virulent properties of CD isolates are dependent on the carbon source: prolonged growth on propionate containing medium stimulates virulent properties while prolonged growth on glucose reduces these properties to levels indistinguishable from laboratory strain K-12 MG1655 [Pobeguts OV et al. Propionate Induces Virulent Properties of Crohn’s Disease-Associated Escherichia coli. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020, 11:1460. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01460]. Thus, cultivation of E. coli on different growth mediums: M9 supplied with propionate and glucose made it possible to distinguish two states of each CD isolate: active (aAIEC) and inactive (iAIEC). In order to identify the major changes that occur upon change of carbon source, we carried out LC–MS-based proteomic analysis of aAIEC and iAIEC states of three CD isolates of E. coli ZvL2 (RCE07), BruB2 (RCE03) and К5 (RCE06) grown on glucose and propionate.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive Plus

ORGANISM(S): Escherichia Coli

TISSUE(S): Feces

SUBMITTER: Aleksandr Zubov  

LAB HEAD: Gleb Fisunov

PROVIDER: PXD022286 | Pride | 2020-11-17

REPOSITORIES: Pride