Project description:To further investigate the homeostatic response of E. faecalis to Fe exposure, we examine the whole-genome transcriptional response of wild-type (WT) exposed to non toxic Fe excess. This experiment correspond the work titled Transcriptomic response of Enterococcus faecalis to iron excess (work in preparation) A four chip study using total RNA recovered from four separate wild-type cultures of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF, two controls samples (N medium growth) and two iron samples (N medium gowth with 0.5 mM Fe-NTA). Each chip measures the expression level of 3,114 genome genes from Enterococcus faecalis strain V583 (A7980-00-01).
Project description:To further investigate the homeostatic response of E. faecalis to Fe exposure, we examine the whole-genome transcriptional response of wild-type (WT) exposed to non toxic Fe excess. This experiment correspond the work titled Transcriptomic response of Enterococcus faecalis to iron excess (work in preparation)
Project description:Analysis of changes in gene expression in Enterococcus faecalis OG1 delta-EF2638 mutant compared to wild-type OG1 strain. The deletion mutant has a growth defect when grown with aeration The mutant presented in this study is described and characterized in Vesic, D. and Kristich, C.J. 2012. A Rex-family transcriptional repressor influnces H2O2 accumulation by Enterococcus faecalis. (submitted for publication) Microarray analysis was done using RNA isolated from two independent cultures of wild-type Enterococcus faecalis OG1 and two independent cultres of Enterococcus faecalis OG1 delta-EF2638 mutant; each RNA sample was subjected to triplicate hybridization (technical replicates) . Microarrays were custom designed to investigate expression of ORFs in Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF genome. The arrays were designed based on the OG1RF annotation generated with the Rapid Annotation Using Subsystem Technology (RAST) server (Aziz et. al. 2008. BMC Genomics 9:75), as described in Frank et al (2012) Infect. Immun. 80:539. The aim was eighteen probe pairs per ORF, each of which is present in triplicate.
Project description:Analysis of changes in gene expression in Enterococcus faecalis OG1 delta-EF2638 mutant compared to wild-type OG1 strain. The deletion mutant has a growth defect when grown with aeration The mutant presented in this study is described and characterized in Vesic, D. and Kristich, C.J. 2012. A Rex-family transcriptional repressor influnces H2O2 accumulation by Enterococcus faecalis. (submitted for publication)
Project description:Enterococcus faecalis, a member of the human gastrointestinal microbiota, is a Gram-positive, opportunistic pathogen associated with hospital-acquired wound, bloodstream, and urinary tract infections. E. faecalis can suppress or evade immune-mediated clearance by macrophages to promote persistent infection, although the exact mechanisms and bacterial factor(s) involved are not well-defined. In this study, we examined E. faecalis factor(s) involved in suppressing macrophage activation, as well the macrophage pathways modulated by E. faecalis to suppress activation. We observed that E. faecalis prevents ERK and p65 phosphorylation and reduces MyD88 expression leading to a reduction in NF-κB activity. We identified E. faecalis lactate dehydrogenase, which is important for lactic acid production by E. faecalis, to be necessary for macrophage suppression and demonstrated that E. faecalis lactate dehydrogenase-mediated immune suppression promotes E. coli survival during polymicrobial wound infection. Taken together, these results suggest that that E. faecalis-derived lactic acid is involved in macrophage subversion and may help to promote the virulence of co-infecting bacteria.
Project description:Young adult N2 Caenorhabditis elegans were infected with Enterococcus faecalis or Enterococcus faecium for 8 h to determine the transcriptional host response to each enterococcal species. Analysis of differential gene expression in C. elegans young adults exposed to four different bacteria: heat-killed Escherichia coli strain OP50 (control), wild-type E. faecalis MMH594, wild-type E. faecium E007, or Bacillus subtilis PY79 (sigF::kan). Samples were analyzed at 8 hours after exposure to the different bacteria. These studies identified C. elegans genes induced by pathogen infection. Brain-heart infusion agar plates (10 ug/ml kanamycin) were used.
Project description:To investigate the transcriptional changes that Enterococcus faecalis undergoes during agar surface-penetration, which promote cell envelope remodeling and tolerance to stress.
Project description:The microarrays experiments was performed with the purpose of identify transcriptional networks activated by copper. This experiment correspond the work tituled Enterococcus faecalis reconfigure the activation of its transcriptional regulatory networks under different copper exposure levels (work in preparation).Mauricio Latorrea,b, Jessica Galloway-PeM-CM-1ac,d,e, Jung Hyeo Rhoc,d, Marko Budinichf, Barbara E. Murrayc,d,e, Alejandro Maassb,f, Mauricio GonzM-CM-!leza,b,f*. a INTA, Laboratorio de BioinformM-CM-!tica y ExpresiM-CM-3n GM-CM-)nica, INTA, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. b Center for Genome Regulation (Fondap 15090007), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. c Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America. d Center for the Study of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America. e Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, United States of America f Mathomics, Center for Mathematical Modeling (UMI2807CNRS), Santiago, Chile. * Corresponding author. Address: El LM-CM--bano 5524, Santiago 11, Chile. Fax: +56 (2) 2214030. A eight chip study (two technical replicates) using total RNA recovered from four separate cultures of: Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF (N medium growth), Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF copM-NM-^T mutant strain (N medium growth), Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF copM-NM-^T mutant low copper treatment (N medium growth + 0.05 mM CuSO4) and Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF copM-NM-^T mutant low copper treatment (N medium growth + 0.5 mM CuSO4). Each chip measures the expression level of 3,114 genome genes from Enterococcus faecalis strain V583 (A7980-00-01).