Project description:Transcriptional profiling of E. coli cells comparing control untreated cells with cells treated with iron-supplemented P. aeruginosa spent media. The goal was to identify the effects of P. aeruginosa spent media on E. coli cells, while neutralizing any effects of the P. aeruginosa siderophores
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of E. coli cells comparing control untreated cells with cells treated with P. aeruginosa spent media. The goal was to identify the effects of P. aeruginosa spent media on E. coli cells.
Project description:Transcriptional profiles of uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073 exposed to cranberry-derived proanthocyanidins (PACs) were determined. Our results indicate that bacteria grown on media supplemented with PACs were iron-deprived. To our knowledge, this is the first time that PACs have been shown to induce a state of iron-limitation in this bacterium.
Project description:Comparison of gene expression in wildtype and MyD88-/- C57BL/6J mouse macrophages treated with 10 ng/mL LPS for 2 hours versus media treated control macrophages, and, wildtype and MyD88-/- C57BL/6J mouse macrophages treated with live E. coli bacteria (log phase; 1 bact per 1 macrophage) for 2 hours versus media treated control macrophages. Cells from 4 mice of each geneotype were used and each individual provided its own control. Hybridizations of treated and control samples from each mouse were dye swap replicated. Wildtype macrophages treated with LPS vs control (GSM22617-GSM22623,GSM22625), MyD88-/- macrophages treated with LPS vs control (GSM22626-GSM22632), wldtype macrophages treated with E. coli vs control (GSM22633-GSM22640, and MyD88-/- macrophages treated with E. coli vs control (GSM22641-GSM22648). Keywords: other
Project description:Transcriptional profiles of uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073 exposed to cranberry-derived proanthocyanidins (PACs) were determined. Our results indicate that bacteria grown on media supplemented with PACs were iron-deprived. To our knowledge, this is the first time that PACs have been shown to induce a state of iron-limitation in this bacterium. Cultures of E. coli CFT073 were streaked onto LB agar plates and incubated (37°C, 24 h). A single colony was inoculated into 150 mL of LB broth. Three inoculated flasks contained LB broth alone (controls), and three inoculated flasks were supplemented with cranberry PACs (100 µg/mL). After incubation (37°C, 5 h, 200 rpm to mid-log growth phase), bacteria were harvested for RNA extraction.
Project description:Bacteria access iron, a key nutrient, by producing siderophores or using siderophores produced by other microorganisms. The pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces two siderophores but is also able to pirate enterobactin (ENT), the siderophore produced by Escherichia coli. ENT-Fe complexes are imported across the outer membranes of P. aeruginosa by the two-outer membrane transporters PfeA and PirA. Iron is released from ENT in the P. aeruginosa periplasm by hydrolysis of ENT by the esterase PfeE. We show here that pfeE gene deletion renders P. aeruginosa unable to grow in the presence of ENT because it is unable to access iron via this siderophore. Two-species co-culture under iron-restricted conditions show that P. aeruginosa strongly represses the growth of E. coli as long it is able to produce its own siderophores. Both strains are present in similar proportions in the culture as long as the siderophore-deficient P. aeruginosa strain is able to use ENT produced by E. coli to access iron. If pfeE is deleted, E. coli has the upper hand in the culture and P. aeruginosa growth is repressed. Overall, these data show that PfeE is the Achilles heel of P. aeruginosa in communities with bacteria producing ENT.
