Project description:The presence of Donor-Specific anti-HLA Antibodies (DSA) is associated with an increased risk of both acute and chronic antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in kidney allografts. AMR has remained challenging in kidney transplantation and is the major cause of late allograft loss. However, not all patients with DSA develop AMR, leading to the question of whether this represents accommodation, if other protective mechanisms exist or if this is actually a state of pre-rejection. Clinical and histological features, and gene expression profiles of kidney biopsy and blood samples of donor-specific antibody (DSA)+ patients without rejection were compared to antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) patients to elucidate the mechanisms involved in prevention of AMR. Of the 71 DSA+ patients, 46 had diagnosis of AMR and 25 did not show rejection. 50 DSA- patients without rejection were used as control. A subgroup of patients with available biopsy (n=61) and blood samples (n=54) were analyzed by microarrays. Both, DSA+/AMR+ and DSA+/AMR- biopsies showed increased expression of gene transcripts associated with cytotoxic T, natural killer cells, macrophages, interferon-gamma and rejection compared to DSA- biopsies. Regulatory T cell transcripts were up-regulated in DSA+/AMR+ and B cell transcripts in DSA+/AMR- biopsies. Whole blood gene expression analysis showed increased immune activity in only DSA+/AMR+ patients. There were no differentially expressed tolerant genes studied (n=14) in the blood or biopsy specimens of DSA+/AMR- patients. During a median 36 months follow-up, 4 DSA+/AMR- patients developed AMR, 12 continued to have DSAs but 9 lost DSAs. Gene expression profiles did not predict the development of AMR or persistence of DSAs. These results indicate increased immune activity in DSA+/AMR- biopsies despite lack of histologic findings of rejection. All clinically indicated kidney transplant biopsies performed at our institution after January 2009 were reviewed and 263 patients with anti-HLA antibody testing at the time of biopsy were identified. There were 71 DSA+ and 192 DSA- patients (Figure 1). Of the 71 DSA+ patients, 46 had biopsy diagnosis of acute AMR (n=9) or chronic AMR (n=37), and 25 had normal histopathology or minimal non-specific interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy (IFTA). Of the 192 DSA- patients, 50 patients with normal histology and/or mild non-specific IFTA were used as a control group. Clinical and histopathological findings of these 3 groups (DSA+/AMR+, DSA+/AMR- and DSA-) were analyzed. A subgroup of patients who were enrolled in the Institutional Review Board-approved âImmune Monitoring Studyâ who had clinically indicated biopsy (n=61) and whole blood samples (n=54) stored were used for genomic analysis. Twenty-eight biopsy and blood samples from DSA+/AMR+ patients, 13 biopsy and 14 blood samples from DSA+/AMR- patients, and 20 biopsy and 12 blood samples from DSA- patients, were available for microarray analysis.
Project description:This study identified and compared the bacterial diversity and the antimicrobial resistance profile of clinically relevant isolates around a newly developed hospital and university precinct
Project description:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pandemic spread across multiple infectious disease microbes. To provide a new tool to study AMR, here we develop a Klebsiella pneumoniae cell-free gene expression (CFE) system. To characterise the system, we use proteomics to compare this to a Escherichia coli MG1655 CFE model, to identify relative differences and unique proteins. Then we use this native CFE system to profile antimicrobial activity in comparison to whole cell inhibition, to reveal host differences in IC50/MIC50 values. Finally, we use the CFE tool to study AMR variants, at a proof-of-concept level. As an exemplar, we show that RpoB H526L confers a 58-fold increase in CFE resistance to rifampicin – a common genotype frequently observed in rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. In summary, we provide a cell-free synthetic biology strategy for the profiling of antibiotic sensitivity and resistance from K. pneumoniae. While initial processing requires Biosafety Level 2, the final extracts are non-living and suitable for long-term storage, and potentially transfer to a Biosafety Level 1 lab. This bioassay has potential uses for early-stage host-specific antimicrobial development and the testing of AMR variants for structure-activity relationship studies. The data reposited is label-free high-resolution LC-MS proteomics data performed to characterise the proteins in cell-free extract of K. pneumoniae ATCC 13882 and compare to that of E. coli MG1655 to identify common and unique proteins. We also characterised the proteins of K. pneumoniae clinically resistant isolates ST258-T1b and NJST258-1, and compared them to K. pneumoniae ATCC 13882 laboratory strain.
Project description:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pandemic spread across multiple infectious disease microbes. To provide a new tool to study AMR, here we develop a Klebsiella pneumoniae cell-free gene expression (CFE) system. To characterise the system, we use proteomics to compare this to a Escherichia coli MG1655 CFE model, to identify relative differences and unique proteins. Then we use this native CFE system to profile antimicrobial activity in comparison to whole cell inhibition, to reveal host differences in IC50/MIC50 values. Finally, we use the CFE tool to study AMR variants, at a proof-of-concept level. As an exemplar, we show that RpoB H526L confers a 58-fold increase in CFE resistance to rifampicin – a common genotype frequently observed in rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. In summary, we provide a cell-free synthetic biology strategy for the profiling of antibiotic sensitivity and resistance from K. pneumoniae. While initial processing requires Biosafety Level 2, the final extracts are non-living and suitable for long-term storage, and potentially transfer to a Biosafety Level 1 lab. This bioassay has potential uses for early-stage host-specific antimicrobial development and the testing of AMR variants for structure-activity relationship studies. The data reposited is label-free high-resolution LC-MS proteomics data performed to characterise the proteins in cell-free extract of K. pneumoniae ATCC 13882 and compare to that of E. coli MG1655 to identify common and unique proteins. We also characterised the proteins of K. pneumoniae clinically resistant isolates ST258-T1b and NJST258-1, and compared them to K. pneumoniae ATCC 13882 laboratory strain.
2023-11-29 | PXD046861 | Pride
Project description:Whole-genome sequences of Enterobacter isolates obtained from clinically relevant sources
Project description:The presence of Donor-Specific anti-HLA Antibodies (DSA) is associated with an increased risk of both acute and chronic antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in kidney allografts. AMR has remained challenging in kidney transplantation and is the major cause of late allograft loss. However, not all patients with DSA develop AMR, leading to the question of whether this represents accommodation, if other protective mechanisms exist or if this is actually a state of pre-rejection. Clinical and histological features, and gene expression profiles of kidney biopsy and blood samples of donor-specific antibody (DSA)+ patients without rejection were compared to antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) patients to elucidate the mechanisms involved in prevention of AMR. Of the 71 DSA+ patients, 46 had diagnosis of AMR and 25 did not show rejection. 50 DSA- patients without rejection were used as control. A subgroup of patients with available biopsy (n=61) and blood samples (n=54) were analyzed by microarrays. Both, DSA+/AMR+ and DSA+/AMR- biopsies showed increased expression of gene transcripts associated with cytotoxic T, natural killer cells, macrophages, interferon-gamma and rejection compared to DSA- biopsies. Regulatory T cell transcripts were up-regulated in DSA+/AMR+ and B cell transcripts in DSA+/AMR- biopsies. Whole blood gene expression analysis showed increased immune activity in only DSA+/AMR+ patients. There were no differentially expressed tolerant genes studied (n=14) in the blood or biopsy specimens of DSA+/AMR- patients. During a median 36 months follow-up, 4 DSA+/AMR- patients developed AMR, 12 continued to have DSAs but 9 lost DSAs. Gene expression profiles did not predict the development of AMR or persistence of DSAs. These results indicate increased immune activity in DSA+/AMR- biopsies despite lack of histologic findings of rejection.
Project description:This experiment has been annotated by TAIR (http://arabidopsis.org). We examined transcript profiles triggered by three different arabidopsis R genes that recognize distinct Peronospora parasitica isolates. Experimenter name = Thomas Eulgem Experimenter phone = 43 1 4277 54622 Experimenter fax = 43 1 4277 9546 Experimenter department = Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Experimenter address = Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Experimenter address = Dr. Bohrgasse 9 Experimenter address = Vienna Experimenter zip/postal_code = A-1030 Experimenter country = Austria Keywords: strain_or_line_design
Project description:The emergence and spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KPN) infections have worsened the current situation worldwide. Clinically, cotrimoxazole (CTX) and amikacin (AMI) are considered to be the preferred drugs in the treatment of (CR-KPN). But for now, the extensive use of cotrimoxazole (CTX) and amikacin (AMI) During the course of treatment leads to the emergence of cotrimoxazole- and amikacin-resistant infections, which is of great clinical concern. Previous evidence has shown that bacteria with reduced metabolism tend to be resistant to antibiotics, however, the mechanism remains unclear. In the present study, proteomics was performed on the sensitive, cotrimoxazole-resistant, amikacin-resistant and cotrimoxazole/amikacin-both-resistant KPN clinical isolates, and 2266 proteins were identified in total by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) analysis. Further bioinformatic analysis showed down-regulation of tricarboxylic acid cycle pathway and up-regulation of alcohol metabolic or glutathione metabolism processes, which may contribute to ROS clearance and cell survival, in drug-resistant isolates. Finally, combined with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of Amikacin and Cotrimoxazole on different KPN isolates, we identified nine proteins contributed mostly to such an alteration and the survival of bacteria under drug pressure, which could reveal novel mechanisms or pathways involved in drug resistance. These proteins and their pathways might be used as targets for the development of novel therapeutics against antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections.