scholarly journals Comprehensive evaluation and analysis of the salinity stress response mechanisms based on transcriptome and metabolome of Staphylococcus aureus

2021 ◽  
Vol 204 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Feng ◽  
Dizhou Gu ◽  
Ziyan Wang ◽  
Chenyang Lu ◽  
Jingfeng Fan ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Feng ◽  
Dizhou Gu ◽  
Ziyan Wang ◽  
Chenyang Lu ◽  
Jingfeng Fan ◽  
...  

Abstract Staphylococcus aureus possesses an extraordinary ability to deal with a wide range of osmotic pressure. To performed transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses on the potential mechanism of gradient salinity stress adaptation in S. aureus ZS01. The results revealed that CPS biosynthetic protein genes were candidate target genes for directly regulating the phenotypic changes of biofilm. Inositol phosphate metabolism was downregulated to reduce the conversion of functional molecules. Gluconeogenesis pathway was downregulated to reduce the production of endogenous glucose. Pyruvate metabolism pathway was upregulated to promote the accumulation of succinate. TCA cycle metabolism pathway was downregulated to reduce unnecessary energy loss. These self-protection mechanisms can protect cells from hypertonic environments, and help them focus on survival. In addition, we identified 10 hub genes. The findings will aid in the prevention and treatment strategies of S. aureus infections.


Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Liping Liu ◽  
Hanne Ingmer ◽  
Martin Vestergaard

Resveratrol has been extensively studied due to its potential health benefits in multiple diseases, for example, cancer, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. Besides these properties, resveratrol displays inhibitory activity against a wide range of bacterial species; however, the cellular effects of resveratrol in bacteria remain incompletely understood, especially in the human pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus. In this study, we aimed to identify intrinsic resistance genes that aid S. aureus in tolerating the activity of resveratrol. We screened the Nebraska Transposon Mutant Library, consisting of 1920 mutants with inactivation of non-essential genes in S. aureus JE2, for increased susceptibly to resveratrol. On agar plates containing 0.5× the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), 17 transposon mutants failed to grow. Of these, four mutants showed a two-fold reduction in MIC, being the clpP protease mutant and three mutants with deficiencies in the electron transport chain (menD, hemB, aroC). The remaining 13 mutants did not show a reduction in MIC, but were confirmed by spot-assays to have increased susceptibility to resveratrol. Several genes were associated with DNA damage repair (recJ, xerC and xseA). Treatment of S. aureus JE2 with sub-inhibitory concentrations of resveratrol did not affect the expression of recJ, xerC and xseA, but increased expression of the SOS–stress response genes lexA and recA, suggesting that resveratrol interferes with DNA integrity in S. aureus. Expression of error-prone DNA polymerases are part of the SOS–stress response and we could show that sub-inhibitory concentrations of resveratrol increased overall mutation frequency as measured by formation of rifampicin resistant mutants. Our data show that DNA repair systems are important determinants aiding S. aureus to overcome the inhibitory activity of resveratrol. Activation of the SOS response by resveratrol could potentially facilitate the development of resistance towards conventional antibiotics in S. aureus.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Jain ◽  
Kanhu Charan Moharana ◽  
Rama Shankar ◽  
Romika Kumari ◽  
Rohini Garg

Author(s):  
Selvaraj Alagu Lakshmi ◽  
Krishnan Ganesh Prasath ◽  
Kannapiran Tamilmuhilan ◽  
Adimoolam Srivathsan ◽  
Raja Mohamed Beema Shafreen ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuangrong Yuan ◽  
Junming Zhao ◽  
Zhigang Li ◽  
Qian Hu ◽  
Ning Yuan ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. e21323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mélanie Falord ◽  
Ulrike Mäder ◽  
Aurélia Hiron ◽  
Michel Débarbouillé ◽  
Tarek Msadek

Virulence ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1013-1025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Schifano ◽  
Graziella Ficociello ◽  
Simone Vespa ◽  
Salil Ghosh ◽  
John F Cipollo ◽  
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