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STUDIES OF METAL-DEPENDENT INTERCELLULAR ADHESION IN STAPHYLOCOCCAL BIOFILMS

金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜中金属依赖性细胞间粘附的研究

基本信息

批准号：
10190957
负责人：
ANDREW B HERR
金额：
$ 33.91万
依托单位：
CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2011-09-01 至 2023-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10190957
关键词：
Address Adhesions Adhesives Adopted Amyloid Amyloid Fibrils Antibiotic Resistance Back Bacteria Biological Assay Biophysics Blood Vessels Catheters Cell Wall Cell surface Cell-Matrix Junction Cells Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)Cessation of life Characteristics Code Communities Crystallization Data Development Dimerization Disease Engineering Event Family Funding Genetic Genus staphylococcus Goals Growth Hospitals Immune response Incidence Infection Interdisciplinary Study Laboratories Lectin Length Mediating Medical Device Membrane Proteins Metals Microbial Biofilms Modeling Molecular Morbidity - disease rate N-terminal Orthologous Gene Pathogenesis Patients Peptides Physiological Positioning Attribute Progress Reports Proteins Proteolytic Processing Publishing Recurrence Reporting Research Research Personnel Research Project Grants Resistance Role Staphylococcal Infections Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis Structure Surface Techniques Temperature Testing Therapeutic Time United States Variant Work Zinc acute care amyloid fibril formation amyloid formation antimicrobial base biophysical analysis chelation chronic infection cohesion cross-species transmission environmental stressor experience genetic manipulation healthcare-associated infections insight medical implant molecular modeling mortality mutant novel strategies polymicrobial biofilm prevent protein B protein folding self assembly single molecule tool

项目摘要

This proposal aims to define the mechanisms by which Staphylococcus epidermidis and S. aureus form both mono-species and mixed-species biofilms, focusing on the cell wall-anchored proteins Aap and SasG. This application builds on the previously funded R01 project in which we defined the structural basis for Zn2+- mediated dimerization of the adhesive B-repeat region of Aap and the determinants for stability of this unusual protein fold. We also showed that Aap contains two B-repeat subtypes with distinct assembly and stability characteristics, allowing us to decipher an `assembly code' for intercellular adhesion in staphylococcal biofilms. Importantly, we have demonstrated that Aap is a multi-functional adhesion protein. In its full-length, auto- inhibited form, it mediates adhesion to host cells, but after proteolytic processing, the inhibition is released and the intercellular adhesion region is unmasked. Aap is capable of two assembly modes: reversible oligomerization (similar to that observed in our crystal structures) and formation of amyloid-like fibrils that are resistant to environmental stresses. Furthermore, recent reports indicate that Aap is capable of heterophilic interactions with other biofilm proteins such as small basic protein (SBP) and the Aap ortholog from S. aureus, SasG. We have shown that S. epidermidis and S. aureus can form robust, synergistic mixed-species biofilms that have important implications for a number of disease states. The goal of this application is to broadly characterize the reversible self-assembly modes and heterophilic interactions involving Aap; the irreversible assembly of Aap into the functional amyloid state; and the mechanism for auto-inhibition that governs the switch between host attachment and intercellular adhesion in the nascent biofilm. We are collaborating with a leader in the field of staphylococcal genetics to express full-length Aap variants on the S. epidermidis cell surface. We will use these strains expressing Aap variants to explicitly test the relative contribution of reversible Aap assembly and amyloid fibril formation in biofilm growth, as well as the role of heterophilic assembly events involving SBP and SasG in the formation of mono-species and mixed-species biofilms. We will test each strain under low- and high-shear conditions in a new flow cell apparatus to mimic biofilms that form in blood vessels or catheters. Relevance: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a major cause of patient morbidity and mortality; a recent CDC report estimated that HAIs cause 75,000 deaths annually in the United States. Staphylococci are the most common infective agents in HAIs. The propensity of Staphylococci to form biofilms—specialized surface-adherent colonies that are resistant to antibiotics—leads to recurrent, hard-to-treat infections. The proposed research will provide insights into how staphylococcal cells are anchored to one another in the biofilm and aid in the development of targeted approaches for antimicrobial therapy.

这项建议旨在定义表皮葡萄球菌和金黄色葡萄球菌形成的机制。单物种和混合物种生物膜，重点是细胞壁锚定蛋白AAP和SasG。这应用程序建立在之前资助的R01项目的基础上，在该项目中，我们定义了锌离子的结构基础- AAP粘附性B-重复区域的介导性二聚化及其稳定性的决定因素蛋白质折叠。我们还发现AAP包含两种不同的B-重复亚型，它们具有明显的组装和稳定性特性，使我们能够破译葡萄球菌生物膜细胞间黏附的“汇编代码”。重要的是，我们已经证明了AAP是一种多功能的黏附蛋白。它的全长，自动- 抑制形式，它介导与宿主细胞的黏附，但在蛋白分解处理后，抑制被释放并细胞间粘附区未被遮盖。AAP支持两种组装模式：可逆齐聚(类似于我们在晶体结构中观察到的)和淀粉样纤维的形成能抵抗环境压力。此外，最近的报告表明，AAP具有异嗜性与其他生物膜蛋白的相互作用，如小碱性蛋白(SBP)和金黄色葡萄球菌的AAP同源基因， SasG.我们已经证明，表皮葡萄球菌和金黄色葡萄球菌可以形成强大的、协同的混合物种生物膜。这对许多疾病状态都有重要影响。此应用程序的目标是广泛地表征涉及AAP的可逆自组装模式和异亲相互作用；不可逆将AAP组装成功能淀粉样蛋白状态；以及控制AAP的自身抑制机制在新生生物膜中，在宿主附着和细胞间黏附之间切换。我们正在与一家葡萄球菌遗传学领域的领先者在表皮葡萄球菌细胞上表达全长AAP变体浮出水面。我们将使用这些表达AAP变体的菌株来明确测试 AAP的可逆组装和淀粉样原纤维在生物膜生长中的形成以及异嗜性的作用涉及SBP和SasG在单一物种和混合物种生物膜形成中的组装事件。我们将在一种新的流动细胞装置中测试每种菌株在低剪切和高剪切条件下的情况，以模拟生物膜在血管或导管中形成。相关性：医疗保健相关感染(HAI)是患者发病率和死亡率的主要原因；a 美国疾病控制与预防中心最近的一份报告估计，禽流感每年在美国造成7.5万人死亡。葡萄球菌是 HAI中最常见的感染性因素。葡萄球菌形成生物膜的倾向-专门化对抗生素具有抗药性的表面附着菌落会导致复发的、难以治疗的感染。这个拟议的研究将为葡萄球菌细胞如何在体内相互锚定提供见解生物被膜和协助开发有针对性的抗菌治疗方法。