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The AdcACB/AdcAII system is essential for zinc homeostasis and an important contributor of Enterococcus faecalis virulence
| العنوان: | The AdcACB/AdcAII system is essential for zinc homeostasis and an important contributor of Enterococcus faecalis virulence |
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| المؤلفون: | Ling Ning Lam, Debra N. Brunson, Jonathan J. Molina, Ana L. Flores-Mireles, José A. Lemos |
| المصدر: | Virulence, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 592-608 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Enterococcus faecalis, zinc uptake, nutritional immunity, virulence, pathogenesis, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| الوصف: | Bacterial pathogens require a variety of micronutrients for growth, including trace metals such as iron, manganese, and zinc (Zn). Despite their relative abundance in host environments, access to these metals is severely restricted during infection due to host-mediated defense mechanisms collectively known as nutritional immunity. Despite a growing appreciation of the importance of Zn in host-pathogen interactions, the mechanisms of Zn homeostasis and the significance of Zn to the pathophysiology of E. faecalis, a major pathogen of nosocomial and community-associated infections, have not been thoroughly investigated. Here, we show that E. faecalis encoded ABC-type transporter AdcACB and an orphan substrate-binding lipoprotein AdcAII that work cooperatively to maintain Zn homeostasis. Simultaneous inactivation of adcA and adcAII or the entire adcACB operon led to a significant reduction in intracellular Zn under Zn-restricted conditions and heightened sensitivity to Zn-chelating agents including human calprotectin, aberrant cell morphology, and impaired fitness in serum ex vivo. Additionally, inactivation of adcACB and adcAII significantly reduced bacterial tolerance toward cell envelope-targeting antibiotics. Finally, we showed that the AdcACB/AdcAII system contributes to E. faecalis virulence in a Galleria mellonella invertebrate infection model and in two catheter-associated mouse infection models that recapitulate many of the host conditions associated with enterococcal human infections. Collectively, this report reveals that high-affinity Zn import is important for the pathogenesis of E. faecalis establishing the surface-associated AdcA and AdcAII lipoproteins as potential therapeutic targets. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 21505594 2150-5608 2150-5594 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2150-5594; https://doaj.org/toc/2150-5608 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21505594.2022.2056965 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/96098ada165a4e169004b6cba652fdbd |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.96098ada165a4e169004b6cba652fdbd |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/21505594.2022.2056965 |