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Novel Mechanisms of Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Tannerella forsythia

Novel Mechanisms of Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Tannerella forsythia
连翘坦纳菌肽聚糖合成的新机制
批准号:
8845539
负责人:
Ashu Sharma
金额:
$19.94万
依托单位国家:
美国
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财政年份:
2014
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2014-05-05 至 2017-04-30

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the tooth supporting tissue that leads to tooth loss. The disease results from the inflammation triggered by a group of Gram-negative pathogens that colonize the gingival and sub-gingival locations as polymicrobial biofilms. One of the pathogens present in these biofilms and strongly implicated in periodontitis is Tannerella forsythia. Its role in pathogenesis has been confirmed by reproduction of the disease (periodontal bone destruction) in animal models following infection with the bacterium. Uniquely, T. forsythia requires exogenous MurNAc, an essential peptidoglycan aminosugar, for growth. To date, this has not been observed for other pathogens but is likely due to the absence of genes encoding the key enzyme in its genome for the de novo synthesis of MurNAc from simple sugars. Moreover, despite its clear ability to utilize exogenously supplied MurNAc, the Tannerella genome also lacks homologs of PTS-type MurNAc transporters present in other bacteria. These unique characteristics suggest that novel mechanisms for MurNAc uptake and utilization exist in the bacterium. Surprisingly, T. forsythia can grow in in vitro biofilms in the absence of MurNAc if sialic acid-containing sialoglycoproteins are supplemented instead. We predict that in vivo the MurNAc requirements of the bacterium are fulfilled by scavenging muropeptides and MurNAc released by cohabiting bacteria during their cell wall recycling and during biofilm growth by MurNAc synthesis from sialic acid, which is most likely made available in vivo by the action of bacterial sialidase(s) on host glycoproteins. Thus, the objectives of this study are to define the mechanisms by which T. forsythia transports exogenous MurNAc for peptidoglycan synthesis (Aim1), and discover the metabolic pathways by which MurNAc is synthesized from sialic acid in the bacterium (Aim 2). Overall, this study will provide a basic understanding of the unique physiology of T. forsythia in relation to MurNAc uptake/utilization as well as novel insights into the nutritional requirements of the bacterium in the human oral cavity. This knowledge will aid in designing new antimicrobial agents targeting MurNAc uptake/utilization pathways to control T. forsythia growth. Moreover, the information will be valuable for understanding other bacteria which have not yet been cultivated/identified but might have similar physiological requirements.
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