Quantitative Proteomics of the E. coli Membranome

Author(s):  
K.C. Tsolis ◽  
A. Economou
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Shilei ◽  
Jia Ze ◽  
Zhai Xianghe ◽  
Wang Chunguang ◽  
Zhang Tie

AbstractBerberine is commonly used to treat diarrhea in China, and the antibacterial properties of berberine have been confirmed. High-throughput sequencing technology was used to explore the changes induced inE. coliby berberine. After treatment with berberine, the expression of RstA and YbjG were found to be significantly different by RNA-seq and quantitative proteomics. However, the levels of MdtA, PmrA, LolD, LptG, MlaB, RcsF, and DppB were found to be significantly different by quantitative proteomics. Transcriptome sequencing did not yield as many results as proteome sequencing. The results of small RNA prediction showed increased sRNA00002 levels. The study showed that the differentially expressed mRNAs and proteins were associated with multidrug-resistant efflux systems. It can be inferred that berberine reducesE. coliantibiotic resistance. The results of this study are undoubtedly valuable to other researchers.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Fauvet ◽  
Andrija Finka ◽  
Marie-Pierre Castanié-Cornet ◽  
Anne-Marie Cirinesi ◽  
Pierre Genevaux ◽  
...  

AbstractWhereas in eukaryotic cells, the Hsp90s are profusely-studied molecular chaperones controlling protein homeostasis together with Hsp70s, in bacteria, the function of Hsp90 (HtpG) and its collaboration with Hsp70 (DnaK) remains unknown. To uncover physiological processes depending on HtpG and DnaK, we performed comparative quantitative proteomic analyses of insoluble and total protein fractions from unstressed wild typeE. coli, and from knockout mutantsΔdnaKdnaJ(ΔKJ),ΔhtpG(ΔG) andΔdnaKdnaJΔhtpG(ΔKJG) and compared their growth rates under heat-stress also withΔdnaKdnaJΔhslV. Whereas, expectedly, mutant ΔG showed no proteomic differences with wild-type, ΔKJ expressed more chaperones, proteases and ribosomes and dramatically less metabolic and respiratory enzymes. Unexpectedly, we found that ΔKJG showed higher levels of metabolic and respiratory enzymes and both ΔKJG andΔdnaKdnaJΔhslVgrew better at 37oC than ΔKJ. The results indicate that bacterial Hsp90 mediates the degradation of aggregation-prone Hsp70-Hsp40 substrates, preferably by the HslUV protease.Significance statement:The molecular chaperones Hsp70 and Hsp90 are among the most abundant and well-conserved proteins in all realms of life, forming together the core of the cellular proteostasis network. In eukaryotes, Hsp90 functions in collaboration with Hsp70; we studied this collaboration inE. coli, combining genetic studies with label-free quantitative proteomics in which both protein abundance and protein solubility were quantified. Bacteria lacking Hsp70 (DnaK) and its co-chaperone DnaJ (ΔdnaKdnaJ) grew slower and contained significantly less key metabolic and respiratory enzymes. Unexpectedly, an additional deletion of the Hsp90(htpG)gene partially restored the WT phenotype. Deletion of the HslV protease in the ΔdnaKdnaJ background also improved growth, suggesting that bacterial Hsp90 mediates the degradation of Hsp70 substrates, preferentially through HslV.At 37oCΔdnaKdnaJ E. colimutants grow slower than wild type cells. Quantitative proteomics shows that compared to wild type cells,ΔdnaKdnaJcells grown at 30oC contain significantly less key metabolic and respiratory enzymes. Unexpectedly, deletion of theHtpGgene in the ΔdnaKdnaJbackground ameliorates growth at 37oC and partially restores the cellular levels of some metabolic and respiratory enzymes.


eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uri Barenholz ◽  
Dan Davidi ◽  
Ed Reznik ◽  
Yinon Bar-On ◽  
Niv Antonovsky ◽  
...  

A set of chemical reactions that require a metabolite to synthesize more of that metabolite is an autocatalytic cycle. Here, we show that most of the reactions in the core of central carbon metabolism are part of compact autocatalytic cycles. Such metabolic designs must meet specific conditions to support stable fluxes, hence avoiding depletion of intermediate metabolites. As such, they are subjected to constraints that may seem counter-intuitive: the enzymes of branch reactions out of the cycle must be overexpressed and the affinity of these enzymes to their substrates must be relatively weak. We use recent quantitative proteomics and fluxomics measurements to show that the above conditions hold for functioning cycles in central carbon metabolism of E. coli. This work demonstrates that the topology of a metabolic network can shape kinetic parameters of enzymes and lead to seemingly wasteful enzyme usage.


Author(s):  
D. E. Philpott ◽  
A. Takahashi

Two month, eight month and two year old rats were treated with 10 or 20 mg/kg of E. Coli endotoxin I. P. The eight month old rats proved most resistant to the endotoxin. During fixation the aorta, carotid artery, basil arartery of the brain, coronary vessels of the heart, inner surfaces of the heart chambers, heart and skeletal muscle, lung, liver, kidney, spleen, brain, retina, trachae, intestine, salivary gland, adrenal gland and gingiva were treated with ruthenium red or alcian blue to preserve the mucopolysaccharide (MPS) coating. Five, 8 and 24 hrs of endotoxin treatment produced increasingly marked capillary damage, disappearance of the MPS coating, edema, destruction of endothelial cells and damage to the basement membrane in the liver, kidney and lung.


Author(s):  
James A. Lake

The understanding of ribosome structure has advanced considerably in the last several years. Biochemists have characterized the constituent proteins and rRNA's of ribosomes. Complete sequences have been determined for some ribosomal proteins and specific antibodies have been prepared against all E. coli small subunit proteins. In addition, a number of naturally occuring systems of three dimensional ribosome crystals which are suitable for structural studies have been observed in eukaryotes. Although the crystals are, in general, too small for X-ray diffraction, their size is ideal for electron microscopy.


Author(s):  
Manfred E. Bayer

Bacterial viruses adsorb specifically to receptors on the host cell surface. Although the chemical composition of some of the cell wall receptors for bacteriophages of the T-series has been described and the number of receptor sites has been estimated to be 150 to 300 per E. coli cell, the localization of the sites on the bacterial wall has been unknown.When logarithmically growing cells of E. coli are transferred into a medium containing 20% sucrose, the cells plasmolize: the protoplast shrinks and becomes separated from the somewhat rigid cell wall. When these cells are fixed in 8% Formaldehyde, post-fixed in OsO4/uranyl acetate, embedded in Vestopal W, then cut in an ultramicrotome and observed with the electron microscope, the separation of protoplast and wall becomes clearly visible, (Fig. 1, 2). At a number of locations however, the protoplasmic membrane adheres to the wall even under the considerable pull of the shrinking protoplast. Thus numerous connecting bridges are maintained between protoplast and cell wall. Estimations of the total number of such wall/membrane associations yield a number of about 300 per cell.


Author(s):  
John L.Beggs ◽  
John D. Waggener ◽  
Wanda Miller ◽  
Jane Watkins

Studies using mesenteric and ear chamber preparations have shown that interendothelial junctions provide the route for neutrophil emigration during inflammation. The term emigration refers to the passage of white blood cells across the endothelium from the vascular lumen. Although the precise pathway of transendo- thelial emigration in the central nervous system (CNS) has not been resolved, the presence of different physiological and morphological (tight junctions) properties of CNS endothelium may dictate alternate emigration pathways.To study neutrophil emigration in the CNS, we induced meningitis in guinea pigs by intracisternal injection of E. coli bacteria.In this model, leptomeningeal inflammation is well developed by 3 hr. After 3 1/2 hr, animals were sacrificed by arterial perfusion with 3% phosphate buffered glutaraldehyde. Tissues from brain and spinal cord were post-fixed in 1% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in alcohols and propylene oxide, and embedded in Epon. Thin serial sections were cut with diamond knives and examined in a Philips 300 electron microscope.


Author(s):  
J. P. Petrali ◽  
E. J. Donati ◽  
L. A. Sternberger

Specific contrast is conferred to subcellular antigen by applying purified antibodies, exhaustively labeled with uranium under immunospecific protection, to ultrathin sections. Use of Seligman’s principle of bridging osmium to metal via thiocarbohydrazide (TCH) intensifies specific contrast. Ultrathin sections of osmium-fixed materials were stained on the grid by application of 1) thiosemicarbazide (TSC), 2) unlabeled specific antiserum, 3) uranium-labeled anti-antibody and 4) TCH followed by reosmication. Antigens to be localized consisted of vaccinia antigen in infected HeLa cells, lysozyme in monocytes of patients with monocytic or monomyelocytic leukemia, and fibrinogen in the platelets of these leukemic patients. Control sections were stained with non-specific antiserum (E. coli).In the vaccinia-HeLa system, antigen was localized from 1 to 3 hours following infection, and was confined to degrading virus, the inner walls of numerous organelles, and other structures in cytoplasmic foci. Surrounding architecture and cellular mitochondria were unstained. 8 to 14 hours after infection, antigen was localized on the outer walls of the viral progeny, on cytoplasmic membranes, and free in the cytoplasm. Staining of endoplasmic reticulum was intense and focal early, and weak and diffuse late in infection.


Author(s):  
M. Boublik ◽  
R.M. Wydro ◽  
W. Hellmann ◽  
F. Jenkins

Ribosomes are ribonucleoprotein particles necessary for processing the genetic information of mRNA into proteins. Analogy in composition and function of ribosomes from diverse species, established by biochemical and biological assays, implies their structural similarity. Direct evidence obtained by electron microscopy seems to be of increasing relevance in understanding the structure of ribosomes and the mechanism of their role in protein synthesis.The extent of the structural homology between prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomes has been studied on ribosomes of Escherichia coli (E.c.) and Artemia salina (A.s.). Despite the established differences in size and in the amount and proportion of ribosomal proteins and RNAs both types of ribosomes show an overall similarity. The monosomes (stained with 0.5% aqueous uranyl acetate and deposited on a fine carbon support) appear in the electron micrographs as round particles with a diameter of approximately 225Å for the 70S E.c. (Fig. 1) and 260Å for the 80S A.s. monosome (Fig. 2).


Author(s):  
E. Loren Buhle ◽  
Pamela Rew ◽  
Ueli Aebi

While DNA-dependent RNA polymerase represents one of the key enzymes involved in transcription and ultimately in gene expression in procaryotic and eucaryotic cells, little progress has been made towards elucidation of its 3-D structure at the molecular level over the past few years. This is mainly because to date no 3-D crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis have been obtained with this rather large (MW ~500 kd) multi-subunit (α2ββ'ζ). As an alternative, we have been trying to form ordered arrays of RNA polymerase from E. coli suitable for structural analysis in the electron microscope combined with image processing. Here we report about helical polymers induced from holoenzyme (α2ββ'ζ) at low ionic strength with 5-7 mM MnCl2 (see Fig. 1a). The presence of the ζ-subunit (MW 86 kd) is required to form these polymers, since the core enzyme (α2ββ') does fail to assemble into such structures under these conditions.


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