scholarly journals Outer Membrane Protein STM3031 (Ail/OmpX-Like Protein) Plays a Key Role in the Ceftriaxone Resistance of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 3248-3255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wensi S. Hu ◽  
Jing-Fang Lin ◽  
Ying-Hsiu Lin ◽  
Hsin-Yu Chang
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Efflux Pump ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Serovar Typhimurium

ABSTRACT Previously, the putative outer membrane protein STM3031 has been correlated with ceftriaxone resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. In this study, this protein was almost undetectable in the ceftriaxone-susceptible strain 01-4, but its levels were increased in 01-4 isogenic strains for which MICs were higher. The stm3031 gene deletion mutant, R200(Δstm3031), was generated and showed >64-fold lower ceftriaxone resistance than R200, supporting a key role for STM3031 in ceftriaxone resistance. To investigate which outer membrane protein(s) was associated with resistance, the outer membrane protein profiles of 01-4, R200, and R200(Δstm3031) were compared proteomically. Nine proteins were identified as altered. The expression levels of AcrA, TolC, STM3031, STM1530, VacJ, and Psd in R200 were increased; those of OmpC, OmpD, and OmpW were decreased. The expression levels of OmpD, OmpW, STM1530, VacJ, and Psd, but not those of OmpC, AcrA, and TolC, in R200(Δstm3031) were returned to the levels in strain 01-4. Furthermore, the genes' mRNA levels correlated with their protein levels when the three strains were compared. The detection of higher AcrB levels, linked to higher acrB, acrD, and acrF mRNA levels, in strain R200 than in strains 01-4 and R200(Δstm3031) suggests that AcrB, AcrD, and AcrF participate in ceftriaxone resistance. Taken together with the location of STM3031 in the outer membrane, these results suggest that STM3031 plays a key role in ceftriaxone resistance, probably by reducing permeability via a decreased porin OmpD level and enhancing export via increased AcrD efflux pump activity.

scholarly journals The Expression Levels of Outer Membrane Proteins STM1530 and OmpD, Which Are Influenced by the CpxAR and BaeSR Two-Component Systems, Play Important Roles in the Ceftriaxone Resistance ofSalmonella entericaSerovar Typhimurium

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 3829-3837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wensi S. Hu ◽  
Hung-Wen Chen ◽  
Rui-Yang Zhang ◽  
Chung-Yi Huang ◽  
Chi-Fan Shen
Keyword(s):  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Deletion Mutant ◽  
Gene Deletion ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Protein Levels ◽  
Component Systems ◽  
Two Component ◽  
Serovar Typhimurium ◽  
Two Component Systems ◽  
Gene Deletion Mutant

ABSTRACTSignificant increases in STM3031, STM1530, and AcrD protein levels and significant decreases in OmpC and OmpD protein levels are present when the ceftriaxone-resistantSalmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium R200 strain is compared with the ceftriaxone-susceptible strain 01-4. AcrD is known to be involved in drug export, and STM3031 seems to play a key role in ceftriaxone resistance. Here, we examine the roles of STM1530, OmpC, and OmpD in ceftriaxone resistance. AnompDgene deletion mutant showed 4-fold higher ceftriaxone resistance than 01-4. AnompCgene deletion mutant showed 4-fold higher cephalothin and erythromycin resistance than 01-4, but there was no effect on ceftriaxone resistance. However, astm1530deletion mutant did show >64-fold lower ceftriaxone resistance than R200. Moreover, the STM3031 protein was significantly decreased in R200(Δstm1530) compared to R200. STM3031 expression has been shown to be influenced by the two-component system regulator genebaeR. CpxR seems to modulate BaeR. AcpxA-cpxRgene deletion mutant showed >2,048-fold lower ceftriaxone resistance than R200. The outer membrane protein profile of R200(ΔcpxAR) showed significant decreases in STM3031 and STM1530 compared to R200, while OmpD had returned to the level found in 01-4. Furthermore, thestm3031,stm1530, andompDmRNA levels were correlated with their protein expression levels in these strains, while decreases in the mRNA levels of the efflux pumpacrB,acrD, andacrFgenes were found in R200(ΔcpxAR). Findings similar to those for R200(ΔcpxAR) were found for R200(ΔbaeSR). These results, together with those for STM3031 and the fact that STM1530 is an outer membrane protein, suggest that STM1530 and OmpD are influenced by the CpxAR and BaeSR two-component systems and that this contributes toS. entericaserovar Typhimurium ceftriaxone resistance.

scholarly journals TP0453, a Concealed Outer Membrane Protein of Treponema pallidum, Enhances Membrane Permeability

2005 ◽  
Vol 187 (18) ◽  
pp. 6499-6508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karsten R. O. Hazlett ◽  
David L. Cox ◽  
Marc Decaffmeyer ◽  
Michael P. Bennett ◽  
Daniel C. Desrosiers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane Proteins ◽  
Nutrient Transport ◽  
Treponema Pallidum ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Gram Negative Bacteria ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Membrane Spanning

ABSTRACT The outer membrane of Treponema pallidum, the noncultivable agent of venereal syphilis, contains a paucity of protein(s) which has yet to be definitively identified. In contrast, the outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria contain abundant immunogenic membrane-spanning β-barrel proteins mainly involved in nutrient transport. The absence of orthologs of gram-negative porins and outer membrane nutrient-specific transporters in the T. pallidum genome predicts that nutrient transport across the outer membrane must differ fundamentally in T. pallidum and gram-negative bacteria. Here we describe a T. pallidum outer membrane protein (TP0453) that, in contrast to all integral outer membrane proteins of known structure, lacks extensive β-sheet structure and does not traverse the outer membrane to become surface exposed. TP0453 is a lipoprotein with an amphiphilic polypeptide containing multiple membrane-inserting, amphipathic α-helices. Insertion of the recombinant, nonlipidated protein into artificial membranes results in bilayer destabilization and enhanced permeability. Our findings lead us to hypothesize that TP0453 is a novel type of bacterial outer membrane protein which may render the T. pallidum outer membrane permeable to nutrients while remaining inaccessible to antibody.

Efflux Pump Overexpression in Conjunction with Alternation of Outer Membrane Protein May Induce Acinetobacter baumannii Resistant to Imipenem

Chemotherapy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
LiuLin Luo ◽  
XiaoFei Jiang ◽  
Qiong Wu ◽  
LiMing Wei ◽  
JianHua Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Acinetobacter Baumannii ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Efflux Pump

scholarly journals The MexJK Efflux Pump of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Requires OprM for Antibiotic Efflux but Not for Efflux of Triclosan

2002 ◽  
Vol 184 (18) ◽  
pp. 5036-5044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rungtip Chuanchuen ◽  
Craig T. Narasaki ◽  
Herbert P. Schweizer
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Efflux Pump ◽  
Resistant Mutant ◽  
Efflux System ◽  
Membrane Fusion Protein ◽  
Single Nucleotide Change ◽  
Antibiotic Efflux

ABSTRACT Using the biocide triclosan as a selective agent, several triclosan-resistant mutants of a susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain were isolated. Cloning and characterization of a DNA fragment conferring triclosan resistance from one of these mutants revealed a hitherto uncharacterized efflux system of the resistance nodulation cell division (RND) family, which was named MexJK and which is encoded by the mexJK operon. Expression of this operon is negatively regulated by the product of mexL, a gene located upstream of and transcribed divergently from mexJK. The triclosan-resistant mutant contained a single nucleotide change in mexL, which caused an amino acid change in the putative helix-turn-helix domain of MexL. The MexL protein belongs to the TetR family of repressor proteins. The MexJK system effluxed tetracycline and erythromycin but only in the presence of the outer membrane protein channel OprM; OprJ and OprN did not function with MexJK. Triclosan efflux required neither of the outer membrane protein channels tested but necessitated the MexJ membrane fusion protein and the MexK inner membrane RND transporter. The results presented in this study suggest that MexJK may function as a two-component RND pump for triclosan efflux but must associate with OprM to form a tripartite antibiotic efflux system. Furthermore, the results confirm that triclosan is an excellent tool for the study of RND multidrug efflux systems and that this popular biocide therefore readily selects mutants which are cross-resistant with antibiotics.

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