Comparative proteomic profiling of culture filtrate proteins of less and highly virulent Francisella tularensis strains

PROTEOMICS ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (24) ◽  
pp. 4501-4511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klara Konecna ◽  
Lenka Hernychova ◽  
Marketa Reichelova ◽  
Juraj Lenco ◽  
Jana Klimentova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Francisella Tularensis ◽  
Culture Filtrate ◽  
Proteomic Profiling ◽  
Culture Filtrate Proteins ◽  
Highly Virulent

Analysis of Culture Filtrate Proteins of Francisella Tularensis

2011 ◽  
pp. 107-114
Author(s):  
Klara Konecna ◽  
Martin Hubalek ◽  
Lenka Hernychova
Keyword(s):  
Francisella Tularensis ◽  
Culture Filtrate ◽  
Culture Filtrate Proteins

scholarly journals Proteomics of Culture Filtrate of Prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains: 2D-PAGE Map and MALDI-TOF/MS Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 1142-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavish Kumar ◽  
Hari Shankar ◽  
Divakar Sharma ◽  
Prashant Sharma ◽  
Deepa Bisht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
Culture Filtrate ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Laboratory Strain ◽  
Proteomic Profiling ◽  
East African ◽  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis H37rv ◽  
Flight Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Central Asian

Although diverse efforts have been done to identify biomarkers for control of tuberculosis using laboratory strain Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, the disease still poses a threat to mankind. There are many emerging M. tuberculosis strains, and proteomic profiling of these strains might be important to find out potential targets for diagnosis and/or prevention of tuberculosis. We evaluated the comparative proteomic profiling of culture filtrate (CF) proteins from prevalent M. tuberculosis strains (Central Asian or Delhi type; CAS1_Del, East African-Indian; EAI-3 and Beijing family) by 2D polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry. As a result, we could identify 12 CF proteins (Rv0066c, Rv1310, Rv3375, Rv1415, Rv0567, Rv1886c, Rv3803c, Rv3804c, Rv2031c, Rv1038c, Rv2809, and Rv1911c), which were consistently increased in all prevalent M. tuberculosis strains, and interestingly, two CF proteins (Rv2809, Rv1911c) were identified with unknown functions. Consistent increased intensity of these proteins suggests their critical role for survival of prevalent M. tuberculosis isolates, and some of these proteins may also have potential as diagnostic and vaccine candidates for tuberculosis, which needs to be further explored by immunological analysis.

scholarly journals Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture Filtrate Proteins plus CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Confer Protection to Mycobacterium bovis BCG-Primed Mice by Inhibiting Interleukin-4 Secretion

2009 ◽  
Vol 77 (12) ◽  
pp. 5311-5321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Morais da Fonseca ◽  
Celio Lopes Silva ◽  
Pryscilla Fanini Wowk ◽  
Marina Oliveira e Paula ◽  
Simone Gusmão Ramos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
Mycobacterium Bovis ◽  
Culture Filtrate ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Interleukin 4 ◽  
Interleukin 17 ◽  
Bcg Vaccination ◽  
Cpg Oligodeoxynucleotides ◽  
Culture Filtrate Proteins ◽  
Ifn Γ

ABSTRACT Culture filtrate proteins (CFP) are potential targets for tuberculosis vaccine development. We previously showed that despite the high level of gamma interferon (IFN-γ) production elicited by homologous immunization with CFP plus CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CFP/CpG), we did not observe protection when these mice were challenged with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In order to use the IFN-γ-inducing ability of CFP antigens, in this study we evaluated a prime-boost heterologous immunization based on CFP/CpG to boost Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination in order to find an immunization schedule that could induce protection. Heterologous BCG-CFP/CpG immunization provided significant protection against experimental tuberculosis, and this protection was sustained during the late phase of infection and was even better than that conferred by a single BCG immunization. The protection was associated with high levels of antigen-specific IFN-γ and interleukin-17 (IL-17) and low IL-4 production. The deleterious role of IL-4 was confirmed when IL-4 knockout mice vaccinated with CFP/CpG showed consistent protection similar to that elicited by BCG-CFP/CpG heterologous immunization. These findings show that a single dose of CFP/CpG can represent a new strategy to boost the protection conferred by BCG vaccination. Moreover, different immunological parameters, such as IFN-γ and IL-17 and tightly regulated IL-4 secretion, seem to contribute to the efficacy of this tuberculosis vaccine.

Peripheral human γδ T cells control growth of both avirulent and highly virulent strains of Francisella tularensis in vitro

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 584-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline A. Rowland ◽  
M. Gill Hartley ◽  
Helen Flick-Smith ◽  
Thomas R. Laws ◽  
Jim E. Eyles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Francisella Tularensis ◽  
Γδ T Cells ◽  
Virulent Strains ◽  
Control Growth ◽  
Highly Virulent

scholarly journals Effects of the Putative Transcriptional Regulator IclR on Francisella tularensis Pathogenesis

2010 ◽  
Vol 78 (12) ◽  
pp. 5022-5032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany L. Mortensen ◽  
James R. Fuller ◽  
Sharon Taft-Benz ◽  
Todd M. Kijek ◽  
Cheryl N. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Francisella Tularensis ◽  
Transcriptional Regulator ◽  
Live Vaccine Strain ◽  
Negative Bacterium ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Intracellular Growth ◽  
Intranasal Inoculation ◽  
Number Of Genes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Highly Virulent

ABSTRACT Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent Gram-negative bacterium and is the etiological agent of the disease tularemia. IclR, a presumed transcriptional regulator, is required for full virulence of the animal pathogen, F. tularensis subspecies novicida U112 (53). In this study, we investigated the contribution of IclR to the intracellular growth, virulence, and gene regulation of human pathogenic F. tularensis subspecies. Deletion of iclR from the live vaccine strain (LVS) and SchuS4 strain of F. tularensis subsp. holarctica and F. tularensis subsp. tularensis, respectively, did not affect their abilities to replicate within macrophages or epithelial cells. In contrast to F. tularensis subsp. novicida iclR mutants, LVS and SchuS4 ΔiclR strains were as virulent as their wild-type parental strains in intranasal inoculation mouse models of tularemia. Furthermore, wild-type LVS and LVSΔiclR were equally cytotoxic and induced equivalent levels of interleukin-1β expression by infected bone marrow-derived macrophages. Microarray analysis revealed that the relative expression of a limited number of genes differed significantly between LVS wild-type and ΔiclR strains. Interestingly, many of the identified genes were disrupted in LVS and SchuS4 but not in their corresponding F. tularensis subsp. novicida U112 homologs. Thus, despite the impact of iclR deletion on gene expression, and in contrast to the effects of iclR deletion on F. tularensis subsp. novicida virulence, IclR does not contribute significantly to the virulence or pathogenesis of F. tularensis LVS or SchuS4.

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