Salmonella bongori provides insights into the evolution of the Salmonellae.
Salmonella bongori provides insights into the evolution of the Salmonellae.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1002191
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发表时间:
2011-08
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Thomson NR
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文献类型:
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作者:
Fookes M;Schroeder GN;Langridge GC;Blondel CJ;Mammina C;Connor TR;Seth-Smith H;Vernikos GS;Robinson KS;Sanders M;Petty NK;Kingsley RA;Bäumler AJ;Nuccio SP;Contreras I;Santiviago CA;Maskell D;Barrow P;Humphrey T;Nastasi A;Roberts M;Frankel G;Parkhill J;Dougan G;Thomson NR
The genus Salmonella contains two species, S. bongori and S. enterica. Compared to the well-studied S. enterica there is a marked lack of information regarding the genetic makeup and diversity of S. bongori. S. bongori has been found predominantly associated with cold-blooded animals, but it can infect humans. To define the phylogeny of this species, and compare it to S. enterica, we have sequenced 28 isolates representing most of the known diversity of S. bongori. This cross-species analysis allowed us to confidently differentiate ancestral functions from those acquired following speciation, which include both metabolic and virulence-associated capacities. We show that, although S. bongori inherited a basic set of Salmonella common virulence functions, it has subsequently elaborated on this in a different direction to S. enterica. It is an established feature of S. enterica evolution that the acquisition of the type III secretion systems (T3SS-1 and T3SS-2) has been followed by the sequential acquisition of genes encoding secreted targets, termed effectors proteins. We show that this is also true of S. bongori, which has acquired an array of novel effector proteins (sboA-L). All but two of these effectors have no significant S. enterica homologues and instead are highly similar to those found in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). Remarkably, SboH is found to be a chimeric effector protein, encoded by a fusion of the T3SS-1 effector gene sopA and a gene highly similar to the EPEC effector nleH from enteropathogenic E. coli. We demonstrate that representatives of these new effectors are translocated and that SboH, similarly to NleH, blocks intrinsic apoptotic pathways while being targeted to the mitochondria by the SopA part of the fusion. This work suggests that S. bongori has inherited the ancestral Salmonella virulence gene set, but has adapted by incorporating virulence determinants that resemble those employed by EPEC. The bacterial genus Salmonella consists of two species: Salmonella enterica and Salmonella bongori. Salmonella are common causes of food poisoning in humans and can also cause more severe disease such as typhoid fever. Most of the Salmonella that cause disease in humans and animals are members of S. enterica. On the other hand S. bongori, is largely associated with reptiles but can cause disease in humans, albeit rarely. We have determined genomes for S. bongori isolates representing its known diversity. Using this, and existing genome information for a large number of different members of S. enterica, we were able to identify functions found in both species, and therefore likely to be ancestral, and differentiate them from those that have been more recently acquired. This information gives us more perspective on how pathogens evolve over the longer-term and allows us to identify functions that are associated exclusively with isolates that commonly cause disease in humans. Our analysis suggests that when S. bongori and S. enterica diverged they evolved to occupy very different niches.
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影响因子:
3.5
作者:
CHEREPANOV, PP;WACKERNAGEL, W
通讯作者:
WACKERNAGEL, W
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
AbuOun, Manal;Suthers, Patrick F.;Anjum, Muna F.
通讯作者:
Anjum, Muna F.
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Charpentier, X;Oswald, E
通讯作者:
Oswald, E
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.120163297
发表时间:
2000-06-06
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Datsenko, KA;Wanner, BL
通讯作者:
Wanner, BL
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Collier-Hyams, LS;Zeng, H;Neish, AS
通讯作者:
Neish, AS