Brucella suis urease encoded by ure1 but not ure2 is necessary for intestinal infection of BALB/c mice

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bandara, Aloka B ^a   Contreras, Andrea ^a   Contreras Rodriguez, Araceli ^a   Martins, Ana M ^a   Dobrean, Victor ^a   Poff Reichow, Sherry ^a   Rajasekaran, Parthiban ^a   Sriranganathan, Nammalwar ^a   Schurig, Gerhardt G ^a   Boyle, Stephen M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; UREASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRUCELLA SUIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; HIGHER PLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPLEEN; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 34447631698     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-57     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Bacterial ureases: structure, regulation of expression and role in pathogenesis [Review]. CM Collins SEF D'Orazio, Mol Microbiol 1993 9 907 913 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01220.x 7934918
2. Bacterial ureases in infectious diseases. RA Burne YM Chen, Microbes and Infection 2000 2 5 533 542 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00312-9
3. The ecology and pathogenicity of urease-producing bacteria in the urinary tract [Review]. RJC McLean JC Nickel KJ Cheng JW Costerton, Crit Rev Microbiol 1988 16 37 79 3053050
4. Microbial ureases: significance, regulation, and molecular characterization [Review]. HLT Mobley RP Hausinger, Microbiol Rev 1989 53 85 108 2651866
5. Molecular biology of microbial ureases [Review]. HLT Mobley MD Island RP Hausinger, Microbiol Rev 1995 59 451 480 7565414
6. Genetic and physiologic characterization of urease of Actinomyces naeslundii. E Morou-Bermudez RA Burne, Infect Immun 1999 67 504 512 9916052
7. Genus Brucella Meyer and Shaw 173AL. MJ Corbel WJ Brinley Morgan, Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Md, Krieg NR, Holt JG, 1920 1 377 390
8. Molecular Host-Pathogen Interaction in Brucellosis: Current Understanding and Future Approaches to Vaccine Development for Mice and Humans. J Ko GA Splitter, Clin Microbiol Rev 2003 16 1 65 78 12525425 10.1128/CMR.16.1.65-78. 2003
9. The Brucella suis genome reveals fundamental similarities between animal and plant pathogens and symbionts. IT Paulson R Sheshadri KE Nelson, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002 99 13148 13153 12271122 10.1073/pnas.192319099
10. Helicobacter pylori survival in gastric mucosa by generation of a pH gradient. G Chen RL Fournier S Varanasi PA Mahama-Relue, Biophys J 1997 73 1081 1088 9251824
11. The role of internal urease in acid resistance of Helicobacter pylori. DR Scott D Weeks C Hong S Postius K Melchers G Sachs, Gastroenterology 1998 114 58 70 10.1016/S0016-5085(98)70633-X 9428219
12. Cloning and sequencing of a jack bean urease encoding cDNA. PW Riddles V Whan RL Blakeley B Zerner, Gene 1991 108 265 267 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90443-F 1721034
13. The crystal structure of urease from Klebsiella aerogenes. E Jabri MB Carr RP Hausinger PA Karplus, Science 1995 268 998 1004 10.1126/science.7754395 7754395
14. Purification and characterization of Klebsiella aerogenes UreE protein: a nickel-binding protein that functions in urease metallocenter assembly. MH Lee HS Pankratz S Wang RA Scott MG Finnegan MK Johnson JA Ippolito DW Christianson RP Hausinger, Prot Sci 1993 2 1042 1052
15. In vitro activation of urease apoprotein and role of UreD as a chaperone required for nickel metallocenter assembly. IS Park MB Carr RP Hausinger, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994 91 3233 3237 7909161 10.1073/pnas.91.8.3233
16. Hydrolysis of urea by Ureaplasma urealyticum generates a transmembrane potential with resultant ATP synthesis. DG Smith WC Russell WJ Ingledew D Thirkell, J Bacteriol 1993 175 3253 3258 8501029
17. Ammonium/urea-dependent generation of a proton electrochemical potential and synthesis of ATP in Bacillus pasteurii. T Jahns, J Bacteriol 1996 178 403 409 8550459
18. Cloning of Bordetella bronchiseptica urease genes and analysis of colonization by a urease-negative mutant strain in a guinea-pig model. DM Monack S Falkow, Mol Microbiol 1993 10 545 553 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00926.x 7968532
19. Brucellosis: an overview. MJ Corbel, Emerg Infect Dis 1997 3 213 221 9204307
20. Early acidification of phagosomes containing Brucella suis is essential for intracellular survival in murine macrophages. F Porte JP Liautard S Kohler, Infect Immun 1999 67 8 4041 4047 10417172
21. Bioenergetic mechanism for nisin resistance, induced by the acid tolerance response of Listeria monocytogenes. M Bonnet MM Rafi ML Chikindas TJ Montville, Appl Environ Microbiol 2006 72 4 2556 2563 16597957 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2556-2563.2006
22. Basic local alignment search tool. S Altschul W Gish W Miller E Myers D Lipman, J Mol Biol 1990 215 403 410 2231712
23. Biological properties of RB51: a stable rough strain of Brucella abortus. GG Schurig RM Roop T Bagchi SM Boyle D Buhrman N Sriranganathan, Vet Microbiol 1991 28 171 188 10.1016/0378-1135(91)90091-S 1908158
24. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. J Sambrook EF Fritsch T Maniatis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y 2 1989
25. Transformation of Brucella species with suicide and broad host-range plasmids. JR McQuiston GG Schurig N Sriranganathan SM Boyle, Methods Mol Biol 1995 47 143 148 7550728
26. An npt-sacB-sacR cartridge for constructing directed, unmarked mutations in gram-negative bacteria by marker exchange-eviction mutagenesis. JL Ried A Colmer, Gene 1987 57 239 246 10.1016/0378-1119(87)90127-2 3319780
27. pBBR1MCS: a broad-host range cloning vector. ME Kovach RW Phillips PH Elzer RM Roop Jr KM Peterson, BioTechniques 1994 16 800 802 8068328
28. Minimal requirements for growth of Brucella suis and other Brucella species. M Plommet, Zbl Bakt 1991 275 436 450
29. Experimental Design and Analysis. M Lentner T Bishop, Valley Book Company, Blacksburg, VA Second 1993 8457460
30. Identification of the nik gene cluster of Brucella suis: regulation and contribution to urease activity. V Jubier-Maurin A Rodrigue S Ouahrani-Bettache M Layssac M Mandrand-Berthelot S Köhler J Liautard, J Bacteriol 2001 183 2 426 434 11133934 10.1128/JB.183.2.426-434.2001
31. An effective method of RNA extraction from bacteria refractory to disruption, including mycobacteria. JA Mangan KM Sole DA Mitchison PD Butcher, Nucleic Acids Res 1997 25 675 676 9016612 10.1093/nar/25.3.675
32. Differential expression of 10 sigma factor genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. RE Manganelli S Dubnau FR Tyagi I Smith, Mol Microbiol 1999 31 715 724 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01212.x 10027986
33. Differential expression of iron-, carbon-, and oxygen-responsive mycobacterial genes in the lungs of chronically infected mice and tuberculosis patients. J Timm FA Post LG Bekker GB Walther HC Wainwright R Manganelli WT Chan L Tsenova B Gold I Smith G Kaplan JD McKinney, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003 100 14321 14326 14623960 10.1073/pnas.2436197100
34. Protein determination in permeabilized yeast cells using the Coomassie brilliant blue dye binding assay. C Cordeiro A Ponces Freire, Anal Biochem 1994 223 2 321 323 10.1006/abio.1994.1591 7887478
35. Purification and characterization of urease from Helicobacter pylori. BE Dunn GP Campbell GI Perez-Perez MJ Blaser, J Biol Chem 1990 265 16 9464 9469 2188975
36. M Klingenberg, Methods in Enzymatic Analysis Academic Press, New York, Bergmeyer HU, 1974
37. Characterization of the urease operon of Brucella abortus and assessment of its role in virulence of the bacterium. FJ Sangari A Seoane MC Rodriguez J Aguero JM Garcia Lobo, Infect Immun 2007 75 2 774 80 17101645 10.1128/IAI.01244-06
38. On the nature of gene innovation: duplication patterns in microbial genomes. SD Hooper OG Berg, Mol Biol Evol 2003 20 6 945 54 10.1093/molbev/msg101 12716994