香芹酚抑制金黄色葡萄球菌生物被膜的形成

【背景】生物被膜是细菌的一种自我保护形式,可以增强细菌对药物及宿主免疫应答的抵抗力,引起细菌耐药性和持续性感染。【目的】探究香芹酚对金黄色葡萄球菌生物被膜的作用机制,为开发新型抗生物被膜药物提供可靠的理论依据。【方法】通过结晶紫染色法检测香芹酚对供试菌株生物被膜形成的抑制和对成熟生物被膜的清除作用;使用刚果红平板法探究香芹酚对供试菌株生物被膜形成过程中细胞间多糖黏附素(polysaccharide intercellular adhesion,PIA)合成的作用;通过分光光度法检测香芹酚对胞外DNA (extracellular DNA,eDNA)分泌的抑制作用;利用RT-PCR技术检测香芹酚对供试菌株的生物被膜相关基因icaA、cidA和sarA转录水平的影响。【结果】香芹酚对生物被膜形成的抑制和生物被膜的清除均有较强作用效果。256μg/mL香芹酚抑制PIA合成和e DNA释放的效果显著。香芹酚可通过抑制相关基因转录从而抑制生物被膜的形成,当64μg/mL的香芹酚作用后,sarA的转录水平降低了60.44%±2.91%,cidA的转录水平降低了76.48%±1.67%,icaA的转...     

黄芩素抑制金黄色葡萄球菌生物被膜的形成

细菌生物被膜的形成是导致细菌耐药和引起持续性感染的主要原因之一。本文通过检测黄芩素对金黄色葡萄球菌26112菌株（Staphylococcus aureus 26112,SA26112）多糖细胞间黏附素（polysaccharide intercellular adhesion, PIA）的合成和胞外DNA（extracellular DNA,eDNA）释放量的影响,及其对icaA和cidA基因表达量的影响,探讨黄芩素对金黄色葡萄菌生物被膜形成的抑制作用及其机制。结果显示,黄芩素能抑制SA26112生物被膜的形成,其抑杀SA26112的最低抑菌浓度和最低杀菌浓度均为0.04 mg/mL。0.16 mg/mL黄芩素和256 μg/mL环丙沙星单独作用时,均不能杀死其成熟生物被膜内的SA26112细菌,而当二者联用时则可杀死成熟生物被膜内的细菌。黄芩素能显著抑制SA26112菌株PIA的合成、eDNA的释放量及icaA和cidA基因的相对表达量。其中,0.04 mg/mL黄芩素作用SA26112菌株24 h,与对照组相比,eDNA的释放量减少97%,icaA和cidA基因的相对表达量分别减少62%和41%。上述结果表明,黄芩素能抑制SA26112菌株生物被膜的形成,其作用机制可通过降低icaA和cidA的基因表达量,进而影响PIA的合成和eDNA的释放,来抑制金黄色葡萄球菌生物被膜的形成。     

冬凌草甲素对金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜的抑制机制

【背景】金黄色葡萄球菌是一种常见的食源性致病菌,易在食品及加工器具表面形成生物膜,引起食品腐败和疾病的传播,威胁食品安全。【目的】研究冬凌草甲素抑制金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜形成的作用机制。【方法】使用结晶紫染色法和扫描电镜观察冬凌草甲素对金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜形成的抑制作用,刚果红平板法定性检测冬凌草甲素对细胞间多糖黏附素(polysaccharideintercellular adhesion,PIA)合成的影响,分光光度法测定冬凌草甲素对供试菌株胞外DNA (eDNA)释放量的影响,RT-PCR技术检测冬凌草甲素对供试菌株ica A、cid A、agr A和sar A基因表达量的影响。【结果】冬凌草甲素对金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜形成有较强的抑制作用;冬凌草甲素能显著抑制PIA的合成,且呈浓度剂量依赖;冬凌草甲素能抑制供试菌株e DNA的释放量,其中1/4最小抑菌浓度(minimum inhibitory concentration,MIC)的冬凌草甲素作用金黄色葡萄球菌16 h后,与对照组相比,e DNA的释放量降低了48.62%;冬凌草甲素可显著抑制金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜形成相关基因的表达,其中1/2MIC的冬凌草甲素作用金黄色葡萄球菌16 h后,ica A、cid A、agr A和sar A基因的表达量分别比对照降低了91.6%、94.7%、77.6%和70.4%。【结论】冬凌草甲素通过抑制ica A和cid A基因的表达,影响PIA的合成和eDNA的释放,进而干预生物膜的形成。     

金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜形成机制研究进展

金黄色葡萄球菌是医院和社区获得性感染最常见的病原菌之一,而且可形成生物膜,从而导致生物膜相关疾病的产生。患者一旦发生金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜感染,难以彻底治愈。深入研究金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜形成的分子机制和调控网络,对寻找有效的防治、治疗药物和手段具有重要意义。我们就金黄色葡萄球菌生物膜形成过程和调控机制的研究近况做一综述。     

Sampling methods for NMR-based metabolomics of Staphylococcus aureus

To select an appropriate sampling method for comparison of metabolite profiles between planktonic and biofilm Staphylococcus aureus using NMR techniques, we evaluated three methods: quenching-centrifugation (QC), filtration-quenching (FQ) and filtration-quenching-lyophilization (FQL). We found differences in metabolite loss, yield, reproducibility and metabolite profile. QC caused severe metabolite leakage and possible decomposition of nucleotides. FQ achieved high yields and reproducibility, although it had the disadvantages of long filtration and rinse times before quenching. FQL resulted in a loss of a few metabolites and a lower yield due to lyophilization. Although the biomarkers discovered by each method were nearly the same and seemed insensitive to technical variances, we conclude that FQ is the most appropriate sampling method because of its high yield and reproducibility.     

Coaggregation and biofilm formation of Leptospira with Staphylococcus aureus

It is not known how Leptospira react to wound or a cut infected with microbes, such as pathogenic Staphylococcus, or their common habitat on oral or nasal mucosal membranes. In the present study, Staphylococcus aureus MTCC‐737 showed strong co‐aggregation with leptospiral strains (>75%, visual score of + 4) in vitro. All tested strains of Leptospira were able to form biofilm with S. aureus. Scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed intertwined networks of attached cells of L. interrogans and S. aureus, thus providing evidence of a matrix‐like structure. This phenomenon may have implications in Leptospira infection, which occurs via cuts and wounds of the skin.     

CvfA Protein and Polynucleotide Phosphorylase Act in an Opposing Manner to Regulate Staphylococcus aureus Virulence

We previously identified CvfA (SA1129) as a Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor using a silkworm infection model. S. aureus cvfA-deleted mutants exhibit decreased expression of the agr locus encoding a positive regulator of hemolysin genes and decreased hemolysin production. CvfA protein hydrolyzes a 2′,3′-cyclic phosphodiester bond at the RNA 3′ terminus, producing RNA with a 3′-phosphate (3′-phosphorylated RNA, RNA with a 3′-phosphate). Here, we report that the cvfA-deleted mutant phenotype (decreased agr expression and hemolysin production) was suppressed by disrupting pnpA-encoding polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) with 3′- to 5′-exonuclease activity. The suppression was blocked by introducing a pnpA-encoding PNPase with exonuclease activity but not by a pnpA-encoding mutant PNPase without exonuclease activity. Therefore, loss of PNPase exonuclease activity suppressed the cvfA-deleted mutant phenotype. Purified PNPase efficiently degraded RNA with 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate at the 3′ terminus (2′,3′-cyclic RNA), but it inefficiently degraded 3′-phosphorylated RNA. These findings indicate that 3′-phosphorylated RNA production from 2′,3′-cyclic RNA by CvfA prevents RNA degradation by PNPase and contributes to the expression of agr and hemolysin genes. We speculate that in the cvfA-deleted mutant, 2′,3′-cyclic RNA is not converted to the 3′-phosphorylated form and is efficiently degraded by PNPase, resulting in the loss of RNA essential for expressing agr and hemolysin genes, whereas in the cvfA/pnpA double-disrupted mutant, 2′,3′-cyclic RNA is not degraded by PNPase, leading to hemolysin production. These findings suggest that CvfA and PNPase competitively regulate RNA degradation essential for S. aureus virulence.     

The patterns of extracellular protein formation by spontaneously-occurring rifampicin-resistant mutants of Staphylococcus aureus

Spontaneously-occurring rifampicin-resistant mutants of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated on 4% (w/v) Tryptone Soya Agar containing 4 and 40 times the m.i.c. for rifampicin. A number of colonies were selected at each rifampicin concentration and were grown aerobically in 3% (w/v) Tryptone Soya Broth for 24 h at 37 degrees C. In the case of S. aureus RN4220 all the mutants grew to bacterial densities up to approximately 1.7 times more than the parent organism. The corresponding levels of extracellular protein secretion varied over a 5-fold range, all the mutants being less productive than the parent. By contrast, mutants of the wild-type Wood 46 strain achieved bacterial densities of only 45-83% that of the parent whilst exoprotein secretion showed a smaller 1.7-fold variation. However, widely-differing patterns of exoproteins were revealed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the parent and mutant organisms of both strains.     

S1 pocket of a bacterially derived subtilisin-like protease underpins effective tissue destruction

The ovine footrot pathogen, Dichelobacter nodosus, secretes three subtilisin-like proteases that play an important role in the pathogenesis of footrot through their ability to mediate tissue destruction. Virulent and benign strains of D. nodosus secrete the basic proteases BprV and BprB, respectively, with the catalytic domain of these enzymes having 96% sequence identity. At present, it is not known how sequence variation between these two putative virulence factors influences their respective biological activity. We have determined the high resolution crystal structures of BprV and BprB. These data reveal that that the S1 pocket of BprV is more hydrophobic but smaller than that of BprB. We show that BprV is more effective than BprB in degrading extracellular matrix components of the host tissue. Mutation of two residues around the S1 pocket of BprB to the equivalent residues in BprV dramatically enhanced its proteolytic activity against elastin substrates. Application of a novel approach for profiling substrate specificity, the Rapid Endopeptidase Profiling Library (REPLi) method, revealed that both enzymes prefer cleaving after hydrophobic residues (and in particular P1 leucine) but that BprV has more restricted primary substrate specificity than BprB. Furthermore, for P1 Leu-containing substrates we found that BprV is a significantly more efficient enzyme than BprB. Collectively, these data illuminate how subtle changes in D. nodosus proteases may significantly influence tissue destruction as part of the ovine footrot pathogenesis process.     

Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin induces apoptosis in endothelial cells

The internalization of Staphylococcus aureus by cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells was recently shown to induce apoptosis. We examined the role of alpha-toxin, a major pore-forming toxin secreted by S. aureus, in causing apoptosis in vitro. Purified alpha-toxin, at sublytic concentrations, induced apoptosis in endothelial cell monolayers. Comparisons of two alpha-toxin (hla)-positive S. aureus strains and their isogenic hla-deficient mutants in the invasion assay of endothelial cells demonstrated that the capacity to produce alpha-toxin was associated with a greater propensity for apoptosis in endothelial cells. These results demonstrate for the first time that expression of alpha-toxin during endothelial cell invasion by S. aureus enhances apoptosis.     

抗菌肽17BIPHE2对金黄色葡萄球菌生物被膜的抑制作用

【目的】研究抗菌肽17BIPHE2单独使用及联合抗生素对金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)生物被膜的抑制作用。【方法】采用刚果红平板测试法和结晶紫染色评估受试菌形成生物被膜的能力;微量肉汤稀释法和琼脂平板测试法测定金黄色葡萄球菌最小抑菌浓度(MIC)和最小杀菌浓度(MBC);利用抑制金黄色葡萄球菌黏附实验和生物被膜形成抑制实验观察17BIPHE2单独使用及联合抗生素对生物被膜黏附阶段和形成阶段的影响;通过扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察17BIPHE2单独使用及联合抗生素对成熟生物被膜的清除作用。【结果】17BIPHE2的MIC为8μmol/L,1/2×MIC就可以有效抑制浮游菌的生长。单独使用17BIPHE2在细菌黏附阶段抑制率为40%,在生物被膜形成阶段抑制率达到35%。17BIPHE2联合抗生素使用较单独使用抗生素其抑制率均有所下降。生物被膜成熟阶段17BIPHE2于1/4×MIC浓度即可促进生物被膜崩解,1×MIC生物被膜崩解同时细菌黏附量有所下降,联合万古霉素促进生物被膜崩解同时细菌胞质大量外泄。【结论】抗菌肽17BIPHE2具有良好的抑制金黄色葡萄球菌生物被膜作用,联合抗生素其抗生物被膜作用进一步提高。这将为治疗由金黄色葡萄球菌生物被膜引起的相关感染提供了一个新思路。     

Structure-Function Analysis of Heterodimer Formation,Oligomerization, and Receptor Binding of the Staphylococcus aureus Bi-component Toxin LukGH

The bi-component leukocidins of Staphylococcus aureus are important virulence factors that lyse human phagocytic cells and contribute to immune evasion. The γ-hemolysins (HlgAB and HlgCB) and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL or LukSF) were shown to assemble from soluble subunits into membrane-bound oligomers on the surface of target cells, creating barrel-like pore structures that lead to cell lysis. LukGH is the most distantly related member of this toxin family, sharing only 30–40% amino acid sequence identity with the others. We observed that, unlike other leukocidin subunits, recombinant LukH and LukG had low solubility and were unable to bind to target cells, unless both components were present. Using biolayer interferometry and intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence we detected binding of LukH to LukG in solution with an affinity in the low nanomolar range and dynamic light scattering measurements confirmed formation of a heterodimer. We elucidated the structure of LukGH by x-ray crystallography at 2.8-Å resolution. This revealed an octameric structure that strongly resembles that reported for HlgAB, but with important structural differences. Structure guided mutagenesis studies demonstrated that three salt bridges, not found in other bi-component leukocidins, are essential for dimer formation in solution and receptor binding. We detected weak binding of LukH, but not LukG, to the cellular receptor CD11b by biolayer interferometry, suggesting that in common with other members of this toxin family, the S-component has the primary contact role with the receptor. These new insights provide the basis for novel strategies to counteract this powerful toxin and Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis.     

Influence of iron depletion on growth kinetics, siderophore production, and protein expression of Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract Growth rates, siderophore secretion, and bacterial proteins of two clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus were studied over 72 h of growth in iron-supplemented and iron-restricted chemically defined media. Under iron restriction the growth rates were decreased to different extents depending on the strain. Production of siderophore was detected in the mid-exponential and stationary phases of growth. The expression of iron-regulated proteins of 81, 23, and 17 kDa was time-dependent, associated with the same stage of growth, and might be involved in siderophore efficiency.     

Alteration of Bacteriolytic Enzyme Profile of Staphylococcus aureus during Growth

Profiles of cell-associated bacteriolytic activities and those in the culture supernatant of Staphylococcus aureus FDA209P at various stages of growth were analyzed using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels containing Micrococcus luteus or S. aureus. In the logarithmic growth phase, the cell-associated bacteriolytic activities extracted with Triton X-100 contained a number of bacteriolytic proteins, the profiles of which were similar to those we reported elsewhere (Sugai, M., Akiyama, T., Komatsuzawa, H., Miyake, Y., and Suginaka, H.(1990) J. Bacteriol., 172, 6494-6498). The proteins include P1, P2, P7, P9, PX, P13, P18 and other minor components. At the stationary growth phase, the bacteriolytic band-profile of the Triton X-100 extract changed dramatically. P1, P7 and P9 disappeared, and the other minor bands had markedly decreased band intensities. On the other hand, P2, PX, P13, and P18 retained their band intensities during the stationary growth phase. The band intensities of P7, P13, PX, and P18 increased in the supernatant during the logarithmic growth phase. These results indicated that the bacteriolytic band-profile changes during growth.     

253株金黄色葡萄球菌耐药现状分析

目的 了解医院金黄色葡萄球菌临床分布情况及其对常用抗菌药物的耐药率,为临床合理使用抗菌药物提供依据.方法 回顾分析医院2010年5月至2011年4月检出的金黄色葡萄球菌,采用VITEK-AMS全自动微生物分析仪进行菌种鉴定和药敏分析.结果 共检出金黄色葡萄球菌253株,菌株的主要来源为痰130株(51.4％)、血液39株(15.4％)、创面24株(9.5％);菌株主要科室分布前3位是神内科35株(13.8％)、ICU30( 11.8％)、脑外科26株(10.3％);其中耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌( MRSA)为165株(65.2％),MRSA对多种抗菌药物耐药率＞70.0％,MSSA为88株(34.8％),对除青霉素、红霉素外的大多数抗菌药物敏感,未发现耐万古霉素菌株.结论 MRSA检出率高,耐药现状严重,应加强对金黄色葡萄球菌耐药性的监测,并根据药敏试验结果合理使用抗菌药物.     

金黄色葡萄球菌持留菌形成机制的研究进展

金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)是一种重要的院内感染致病菌,是导致人类各类感染最重要的病原体之一。金黄色葡萄球菌耐药问题一直是临床慢性感染治疗的最大障碍。随着细菌耐药机制研究的不断深入,研究者发现持留菌可能是导致疾病的持续性和复发性感染的真正原因。近年来持留菌的存在引起的耐药问题被高度重视,金黄色葡萄球菌持留菌的基本特征和形成机制的研究对临床上更好地控制耐药及感染问题具有重要的意义。为此,本文将从金黄色葡萄球菌持留菌的特性、生物膜、能量代谢、基因调控等多方面对金黄色葡萄球菌持留菌进行系统全面的综述。     

Lack of biofilm contribution to bacterial colonisation in an experimental model of foreign body infection by Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis

The contribution of in vivo biofilm-forming potential of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis was studied in an experimental model of foreign body infections. Increasing inocula (from 10(2) to 10(7) organisms) of ica-positive strains of S. aureus and S. epidermidis and their ica-negative isogenic mutants (the ica locus codes for a major polysaccharide component of biofilm) were injected into subcutaneously implanted tissue cages in guinea pigs. Surprisingly, bacterial counts and time-course of tissue cage infection by ica-positive strains of S. aureus or S. epidermidis were equivalent to those of their respective ica-negative mutants, in the locally infected fluids and on tissue-cage-inserted plastic coverslips.     

表皮葡萄球菌生物被膜对红霉素渗透性的研究

为探讨表皮葡萄球菌生物被膜对红霉素的渗透性,我们采用生物被膜抗生素渗透模型检测Staphylcoccus epidermidis 1457、1457-msrA和临床分离株S68生物被膜不同时间点红霉素的渗透率,并用吖啶橙染色激光共聚焦显微镜观察生物被膜内细菌RNA/DNA的相对含量;扫描电子显微镜观察膜内细菌的密度.红霉素作用36 h后,1457、1457-msrA、S68的渗透率分别为0.93,0.55和0.4;1457渗透地较快,8 h后渗透率即达到0.58,而1457msrA和$68相对较为缓慢,24 h后分别为0.499和0.31:吖啶橙染色可见红霉素作用下膜内菌RNA和DNA的相对比例减小,生长速率下降;扫描电子显微镜观察可见生物被膜红霉素作用后空气面的细菌数与琼脂面相比均较少,细胞碎片相对较多,而对照组(无抗生素作用)琼脂面和空气面的细菌密度和分布较均匀.可见红霉素可渗透入表葡茵生物被膜,但不能完全杀死膜内细菌;膜内细菌在生物被膜环境中生长速率下降,有助于降低细菌对红霉素的敏感性.     

表皮葡萄球菌生物被膜对红霉素渗透性的研究

为探讨表皮葡萄球菌生物被膜对红霉素的渗透性, 我们采用生物被膜抗生素渗透模型检测Staphylcoccus epidermidis 1457、1457-msrA和临床分离株S68生物被膜不同时间点红霉素的渗透率, 并用吖啶橙染色激光共聚焦显微镜观察生物被膜内细菌RNA/DNA的相对含量; 扫描电子显微镜观察膜内细菌的密度。红霉素作用36 h后, 1457、1457-msrA、S68的渗透率分别为0.93, 0.55和 0.4; 1457渗透地较快, 8 h后渗透率即达到0.58, 而1457msrA和S68相对较为缓慢, 24 h后分别为0.499和0.31; 吖啶橙染色可见红霉素作用下膜内菌RNA和DNA的相对比例减小, 生长速率下降; 扫描电子显微镜观察可见生物被膜红霉素作用后空气面的细菌数与琼脂面相比均较少, 细胞碎片相对较多, 而对照组(无抗生素作用)琼脂面和空气面的细菌密度和分布较均匀。可见红霉素可渗透入表葡菌生物被膜, 但不能完全杀死膜内细菌; 膜内细菌在生物被膜环境中生长速率下降, 有助于降低细菌对红霉素的敏感性。     

治疗耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌感染的抗体药物

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