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Mutations of the Listeria monocytogenes peptidoglycan N-deacetylase and O-acetylase result in enhanced lysozyme sensitivity, bacteriolysis, and hyperinduction of innate immune pathways.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21768286     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive intracellular pathogen that is naturally resistant to lysozyme. Recently, it was shown that peptidoglycan modification by N-deacetylation or O-acetylation confers resistance to lysozyme in various Gram-positive bacteria, including L. monocytogenes. L. monocytogenes peptidoglycan is deacetylated by the action of N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase (Pgd) and acetylated by O-acetylmuramic acid transferase (Oat). We characterized Pgd(-), Oat(-), and double mutants to determine the specific role of L. monocytogenes peptidoglycan acetylation in conferring lysozyme sensitivity during infection of macrophages and mice. Pgd(-) and Pgd(-) Oat(-) double mutants were attenuated approximately 2 and 3.5 logs, respectively, in vivo. In bone-marrow derived macrophages, the mutants demonstrated intracellular growth defects and increased induction of cytokine transcriptional responses that emanated from a phagosome and the cytosol. Lysozyme-sensitive mutants underwent bacteriolysis in the macrophage cytosol, resulting in AIM2-dependent pyroptosis. Each of the in vitro phenotypes was rescued upon infection of LysM(-) macrophages. The addition of extracellular lysozyme to LysM(-) macrophages restored cytokine induction, host cell death, and L. monocytogenes growth inhibition. This surprising observation suggests that extracellular lysozyme can access the macrophage cytosol and act on intracellular lysozyme-sensitive bacteria.
Authors:
Chris S Rae; Aimee Geissler; Paul C Adamson; Daniel A Portnoy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2011-07-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Infection and immunity     Volume:  79     ISSN:  1098-5522     ISO Abbreviation:  Infect. Immun.     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-08-17     Completed Date:  2011-10-21     Revised Date:  2012-03-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0246127     Medline TA:  Infect Immun     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3596-606     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetylation
Amidohydrolases / genetics,  metabolism*
Animals
Apoptosis
Bacteriolysis
Cytokines / biosynthesis
Female
Immunity, Innate*
Listeria monocytogenes / enzymology*,  genetics,  growth & development,  immunology*
Macrophages / immunology,  metabolism,  microbiology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Muramidase / metabolism*
Mutation
Peptidoglycan / immunology,  metabolism
RNA Interference
RNA, Small Interfering
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Signal Transduction
Transferases / genetics,  metabolism*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
A1063302//PHS HHS; AI27655/AI/NIAID NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cytokines; 0/Peptidoglycan; 0/RNA, Small Interfering; EC 2.-/Transferases; EC 3.2.1.17/Muramidase; EC 3.5.-/Amidohydrolases; EC 3.5.1.33/N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase

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