Project description:Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica contains more than 2,600 serovars of which four are of major medical relevance for humans. While the typhoidal serovars (Typhi and Paratyphi A) are human-restricted and cause enteric fever, non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars (Typhimurium and Enteritidis) have a broad host range and predominantly cause gastroenteritis. In this study, we compared the core proteomes of Salmonella Typhi, Paratyphi A, Typhimurium and Enteritidis using contemporary proteomics. Five isolates, covering different geographical origins, and one reference strain per serovar were grown in vitro to the exponential phase. Protein levels of orthologous proteins between serovars were compared and subjected to gene ontology term enrichment and inferred regulatory interactions. Differential expression of the core proteomes of the typhoidal serovars appears mainly related to cell surface components and, for the non-typhoidal serovars, to pathogenicity. Our findings may guide future development of novel diagnostics and vaccines, and understanding of disease progression.
Project description:Many non-typhoidal serovars of Salmonella such as Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) are the leading cause of food-borne gastroenteritis, resulting in millions of infections each year and sometimes death. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is the most common non-typhoidal Salmonella strain isolated from patients around the world and is used as a mouse model to study bacterial pathogenesis and host-microbe interactions. Furthermore, S. Typhimurium is an important pathogen in livestock animals including chickens and cattle. S. Typhimurium utilises a multitude of virulence factors to reach and invade host cells and for its intracellular survival. However, little is known about the mechanism of protein synthesis of these virulence factors at the codon level. Here, we performed RNA-seq and ribosome profiling. Ribosome profiling allows the global mapping of translating ribosomes on the transcriptome and therefore provides direct measure of protein synthesis.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in Salmonella enterica serova Enteritidis and Typhimurium under chlorine treatment
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in Salmonella enterica serova Enteritidis and Typhimurium under chlorine treatment An eighteen chip study using total RNA isolated from three separate cultures of (1) S. Enteritidis in BHI broth (2) S. Typhimurium in BHI broth (3) S. Enteritidis in BHI broth w/ 130 ppm chlorine (4) S. Typhimurium in BHI w/ 130 ppm chlorine (5) S. Enteritidis in BHI broth w/ 390 ppm (6) S. Typhimurium in BHI broth w/ 390 ppm. Each chip measures the expression level of 5,027 ORFs covering the whole genome of S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium.
Project description:Effect of mutation of rfaH on gene expression in Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis PT4 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium 4/74
Project description:This study compares the proteome of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium, Typhi, Enteritidis, Paratyphi A, etc. under the SPI-1- and SPI-2-inducing growth conditions.
Project description:White leghorn layers were infected with Salmonella Enteritidis. The cecum were collected at 7 days post infection for total RNA isolation. The significantly expressed microRNAs between infected and non-infected chickens were identified through Solexa sequencing technology.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify intestinal epithelial responses to various strains of Salmonella enterica. Human intestinal organoids were infected with three serovars of Salmonella; Typhimurium, Enteritidis and Typhi, as well as type 3 secretion system -1 and -2 mutants in Typhimurium in order to identify host responses that were similar and unique to each serovar, and responses that were dependent on these secretion systems.
Project description:Salmonella enterica represent a major disease burden worldwide. While non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) serovars trigger self-limiting diarrhoea, leading to occasional secondary bacteraemia, S. enterica serovar Typhi is responsible for potentially life-threatening Typhoid fever. Dendritic cells (DCs) are key professional antigen presenting cells of the human immune system. The ability of pathogenic bacteria to subvert DC functions and prevent T cell recognition contributes to their survival and dissemination within the host. Here, we adapted Dual RNA-sequencing to define how different Salmonella pathovariants remodel their gene expression in tandem with that of infected DCs. We find DCs harness iron handling pathways to defend against invading Salmonellas, which, the human pathogen S. Typhi is able to circumvent. We show that S. Typhi mounts a robust response to host oxidative stress to avoid host iron-mediated defence mechanisms. In parallel, we provide evidence that invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella employs several strategies to impair DC functions and undertake alternative nutrient scavenging strategies to survive in the hostile intracellular environment.
Project description:Characterization of the zebrafish embryonic host response to systemic bacterial infection with Salmonella typhimurium wild type strain (SL1027) and its isogenic LPS O-antigen mutant Ra (SF1592) by means of a time-resolved global expression analysis.
