Marker Rescue Studies of the Transfer of Recombinant DNA to Streptococcus gordonii In Vitro, in Foods and Gnotobiotic Rats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6121-6127

  Kharazmi, Mitra ^a   Sczesny, Silke ^b   Blaut, Michael ^b   Hammes, Walter P ^a   Hertel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; PROTEINS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DNA MARKER; PLASMA PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HEAT INACTIVATED HORSE SERUM; NONHUMAN; NPTII GENE; PLASMID; PLASMID MARKER RESCUE SYSTEM; POTATO; RAT; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII LTH 5597; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GERM-FREE LIFE; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; POSIBACTERIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0142072762     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6121-6127.2003     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Anonymous. 1995. Application of risk analysis to food standards issues, p. 1-39. Report of the joint FAO/WHO expert consultation. WHO/FNU/FOS/95.3. [Online.] http://www.who.int/fsf/Documents/applira.pdf.
2. Anonymous. 2001. Review of the work by international organizations on the evaluation of the safety and nutrition aspects of foods derived from biotechnology, p. 1-12. Codex alimentarius commission of joint FAO/WHO CX/ FBT/01/3. [Online.] http: //www.who.int/fsf/GMfood/Task_Force2001/bt01_03e .pdf.
3. Bauer, F., C. Hertel, and W. P. Hammes. 1999. Transformation of Escherichia coli in foodstuffs. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 22:161-168.
4. Baur, B., K. Hanselmann, W. Schlimme, and B. Jenni. 1996. Genetic transformation in freshwater: Escherichia coli is able to develop natural competence. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:3673-3678.
5. Behnke, D. 1981. Plasmid transformation of Streptococcus sanguis (Challis) occurs by circular and linear molecules. Mol. Gen. Genet. 182:490-497.
6. Belitz, H. D., and W. Grosch. 1999. Food chemistry, 2nd ed. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
7. Bräutigam, M., C. Hertel, and W. P. Hammes. 1997. Evidence for natural transformation of Bacillus subtilis in foodstuffs. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 155: 93-98.
8. Cvitkovitch, D. G. 2001. Genetic competence and transformation in oral streptococci. Crit. Rev. Oral Biol. Med. 12:217-243.
9. De Vries, J., P. Meier, and W. Wackernagel. 2001. The natural transformation of the soil bacteria Pseudomonas stutzeri and Acinetobacter sp. by transgenic plant DNA strictly depends on homologous sequences in the recipient cells. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 195:211-215.
10. De Vries, J., and W. Wackernagel. 1998. Detection of nptII (kanamycin resistance) genes in genomes of transgenic plants by marker rescue transformation. Mol. Gen. Genet. 257:606-613.
11. De Vries, J., and W. Wackernagel. 2002. Integration of foreign DNA during natural transformation of Acinetobacter sp. by homology-facilitated illegitimate recombination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:2094-2099.
12. Dobrzanski, W. T., and H. Osowiecki. 1967. Isolation and some properties of the competence factor from group H streptococcus strain challis. J. Gen. Microbiol. 48:299-304.
13. Doerfler, W., and R. Schubbert. 1997. Fremde DNA im Säugersystem. Dtsch. Ärztebl. 94:51-52.
14. Düring, K. 1994. A plant transformation vector with a minimal T-DNA. Transgenic Res. 3:138-140.
15. Gasson, M. J. 2000. Gene transfer from genetically modified food. Curr. Opin. Biotech. 11:505-508.
16. Gebhard, F., and K. Smalla. 1998. Transformation of Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413 by transgenic sugar beet DNA. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1550-1554.
17. Havarstein, L. S., and D. A. Morrison. 1999. Quorum sensing and peptide pheromones in streptococcal competence for genetic transformation, p. 9-26. In G. M. Dunny and S. C. Winans (ed.), Cell-cell signaling in bacteria. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
18. Hohlweg, U., and W. Doerfler. 2001. On the fate of plant or other foreign genes upon the uptake in food or after intramuscular injection in mice. Mol. Genet. Genomics 265:225-233.
19. Hotchkiss, R. D., and H. Ephrussi-Taylor. 1951. Use of serum albumin as source of serum factor in pneumococcal transformation. Fed. Proc. 10:200.
20. Jonas, D. A., I. Elmadfa, K.-H. Engel, K. J. Heller, G. Kozianowski, A. König, D. Müller, J. F. Narbonne, W. Wackernagel, and J. Kleiner. 2001. Safety considerations of DNA in food. Ann. Nutr. Metab. 45:235-254.
21. Kay, E., T. M. Vogel, F. Bertolla, R. Nalin, and P. Simonet. 2002. In situ transfer of antibiotic resistance genes from transgenic (transplastomic) tobacco plants to bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:3345-3351.
22. Kharazmi, M., W. P. Hammes, and C. Hertel. 2002. Construction of a marker rescue system in Bacillus subtilis for detection of horizontal gene transfer in food. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 25:471-477.
23. Lindler, L. E., and F. L. Macrina. 1986. Characterization of genetic transformation in Streptococcus mutans by using a novel high-effeciency plasmid marker rescue system. J. Bacteriol. 166:658-665.
24. Loo, C. Y., D. A. Corliss, and N. Ganeshkumar. 2000. Streptococcus gordonii biofilm formation: identification of genes that code for biofilm phenotypes. J. Bacteriol. 182:1374-1382.
25. Macrina, F. L., C. L. Keeler, Jr., K. R. Jones, and P. H. Wood. 1980. Molecular characterization of unique deletion mutants of the streptococcal plasmid pAMβ1. Plasmid 4:8-16.
26. Martin-Orue, S. M., A. G. O'Donnell, J. Arino, T. Netherwood, H. J. Gilbert, and J. C. Mathers. 2002. Degradation of transgenic DNA from genetically modified soya and maize in human intestinal simulations. Br. J. Nutr. 87: 533-542.
27. Maturin, L., and R. Curtiss. 1977. Degradation of DNA by nucleases in intestinal tract of rats. Science 196:216-218.
28. Mejean, V., and J. P. Claverys. 1993. DNA processing during entry in transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J. Biol. Chem. 268:5594-5599.
29. Mercer, D. K., K. P. Scott, C. M. Melville, L. A. Glover, and H. J. Flint. 2001. Transformation of an oral bacterium via chromosomal integration of free DNA in the presence of human saliva. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 200:163-167.
30. Mercer, D. K., K. P. Scott, W. A. Bruce-Johnson, L. A. Glover, and H. J. Flint. 1999. Fate of free DNA and transformation of the oral bacterium Streptococcus gordonii DL1 by plasmid DNA in human saliva. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:6-10.
31. Metz, P. L. J., and J. P. Nap. 1997. A transgene-centred approach to the biosafety of transgenic plants: overview of selection and reporter genes. Acta Bot. Neerl. 46:25-50.
32. Meyer, R., F. Chardonnens, P. Hübner, and J. Lüthy. 1996. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the quality and safety assurance of food: detection of soya in processed meat products. Z. Lebensm. Unters. Forsch. 203:339-344.
33. Morris, C. 1979. Maize beer in the economics, politics, and religion of the Inca Empire, p. 21-34. In C. F. Gastineau, W. J. Darby, and T. B. Turner (ed.), Fermented food beverages in nutrition. Academic Press, Inc., New York, N.Y.
34. Morrison, D. A., and W. R. Guild. 1972. Transformation and deoxyribonucleic acid size: Extent of degradation on entry varies with size of donor. 112:1157-1168.
35. Nielsen, K. M., J. D. van Elsas, and K. Smalla. 2000. Transformation of Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413 (pFG4ΔnptII) with transgenic plant DNA in soil microcosms and effects of kanamycin on selection of transformants. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:1237-1242.
36. Osowiecki, H., and W. T. Dobrzanski. 1968. Synthetic medium for development of competence and transformation in Streptococcus challis. Pathol. Microbiol. 31:226-332.
37. Pakula, R., and W. Walczak. 1963. On the nature of competence of transformable streptococci. J. Gen. Microbiol. 31:125-133.
38. Pozzi, G., R. A. Musmanno, P. M. J. Lievens, M. R. Oggioni, P. Plevani, and R. Manganelli. 1990. Method and parameters for genetic transformation of Streptococcus sanguis challis. Res. Microbiol. 141:659-670.
39. Prudhomme, M., V. Libante, and J. P. Claverys. 2002. Homologous recombination at the border: insertion-deletions and the trapping of foreign DNA in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 19:2100-2105.
40. Sambrook, J., E. F. Fritsch, and T. Maniatis. 1989. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual, 2nd ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
41. Smith, H. O., D. B. Danner, and R. A. Deich. 1981. Genetic transformation. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 50:41-68.
42. Steinkraus, K. H. 1979. Nutritionally significant indigenous foods involving an alcoholic fermentation, p. 35-59. In C. F. Gastineau, W. J. Darby, and T. B. Turner (ed.), Fermented food beverages in nutrition, Academic Press, Inc., New York, N.Y.
43. Stewart, G. J., and C. A. Carlson. 1986. The biology of natural transformation. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 40:211-235.
44. Straub, J. A., C. Hertel, and W. P. Hammes. 1999. Limits of a PCR-based detection method for genetically modified soya beans in wheat bread production. Z. Lebensm. Unters. Forsch. A 208:77-82.
45. Straub, J. A., C. Hertel, and W. P. Hammes. 1999. The fate of recombinant DNA in thermally treated fermented sausages. Eur. Food Res. Technol. 210:62-67.
46. Tettelin, H., K. E. Nelson, I. T. Paulsen, J. A. Eisen, T. D. Read, S. Peterson, J. Heidelberg, R. T. DeBoy, D. H. Haft, R. J. Dodson, A. S. Durkin, M. Gwinn, J. F. Kolonay, W. C. Nelson, J. D. Peterson, L. A. Umayam, O. White, S. L. Salzberg, M. R. Lewis, D. Radune, E. Holtzapple, H. Khouri, A. M. Wolf, T. R. Utterback, C. L. Hansen, L. A. McDonald, T. V. Feldblyum, S. Angiuoli, T. Dickinson, E. K. Hickey, I. E. Holt, B. J. Loftus, F. Yang, H. O. Smith, J. C. Venter, B. A. Dougherty, D. A. Morrison, S. K. Hollingshead, and C. M. Fraser. 2001. Complete genome sequence of a virulent isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Science 293:498-506.
47. Thomson, J. A. 2001. Horizontal transfer of DNA from GM crops to bacteria and to mammalian cells. J. Food Sci. 66:188-193.
48. Walstra, P., T. J. Geurts, A. Noomen, A. Jellema, and M. A. J. S. van Boekel. 1999. Dairy Technology. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y.
49. Zenz, K. I., H. Neve, A. Geis, and K. J. Heller. 1998. Bacillus subtilis develops competence for uptake of plasmid DNA when growing in milk products. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 21:28-32.