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Genetic determinants of interbacterial competition during host colonization

宿主定殖过程中细菌间竞争的遗传决定因素

基本信息

批准号：
10612855
负责人：
Alecia Septer
金额：
$ 33.96万
依托单位：
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-07-01 至 2025-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

项目摘要

Project Summary The biological functions of microbiomes are critical to human health. Perturbations of these microbiomes can lead to damaging consequences including improper host development and increased susceptibility to infectious disease. Competitive interactions among microbial populations are predicted to influence the structure and function of microbiomes, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying these interactions remain unclear. Understanding microbiome dynamics is therefore critical to predicting and mitigating dysbiosis and disease risk in humans. Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) are a conserved protein export mechanism found in both pathogenic and beneficial human-associated bacteria. T6SSs act as molecular syringes to translocate toxic effector proteins directly into competitor cells, resulting in inhibition or death. Given their role in interbacterial competition, T6SSs are capable of structuring microbiome communities within a host-associated niche. The goal of this proposal is to understand how T6SS-mediated interactions shape host-associated microbiomes. The results of this work will facilitate the development of strategies to improve host health. Recent findings using the squid light organ as a model system indicate that bacteria can use their T6SS to compete for a limited number of colonization sites in the host. The proposed work will determine the molecular mechanisms underlying T6SS-mediated killing among co-colonizing bacteria, and determine the spatial and temporal dynamics of these competitive interactions in the host, and its effect on structuring the resulting microbiome.

项目摘要微生物组的生物学功能对人类健康至关重要。这些的干扰微生物组可导致破坏性后果，包括宿主发育不当，增加对传染病的易感性。微生物之间的竞争相互作用预计人口会影响微生物组的结构和功能，但这些相互作用的分子机制仍然不清楚。理解因此，微生物组动态对于预测和减轻生态失调和疾病风险至关重要在人类身上。VI型分泌系统（T6SSs）是保守的蛋白质输出机制在致病性和有益的人类相关细菌中都有发现。T6SS作为分子注射器将毒性效应蛋白直接转运到竞争细胞中，导致抑制或者死亡考虑到它们在细菌间竞争中的作用，T6SS能够构建宿主相关生态位内的微生物群落。本提案的目的是了解T6SS介导的相互作用如何塑造宿主相关的微生物组。结果这项工作的一部分将有助于制定改善东道国健康的战略。最近的调查结果使用鱿鱼光器官作为模型系统表明，细菌可以使用它们的T6SS，竞争宿主中有限数量的定殖位点。拟议的工作将决定 T6SS介导的共定殖细菌杀伤的分子机制，以及确定宿主中这些竞争性相互作用的空间和时间动态，以及其对构建所得微生物组的影响。