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PMID:11274104
| Citation |
Endley, S, McMurray, D and Ficht, TA (2001) Interruption of the cydB locus in Brucella abortus attenuates intracellular survival and virulence in the mouse model of infection. J. Bacteriol. 183:2454-62 |
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| Abstract |
Brucellosis is characterized by abortion in ruminants and a protracted undulant fever in humans, which often results in severe pathological manifestations. Scant information exists about the molecular mechanisms employed by Brucella abortus to combat host defenses or to persist and replicate within host cells. Transposon (Tn5) mutagenesis of B. abortus and the subsequent screening of mutants for sensitivity to killing in murine macrophages and in the mouse model led to the identification of mutants which were severely attenuated for intracellular survival. One group of mutants was interrupted in cydB, a gene that is part of the cydAB operon encoding cytochrome bd oxidase, which catalyzes an alternate terminal electron transport step in bacterial respiration. The elevated affinity for molecular oxygen of this enzyme in Escherichia coli has suggested that it is involved in the protection of sensitive enzymatic activities such as those of hydrogenases and nitrogenases from damage. B. abortus cydB::Tn5 strains exhibited heightened sensitivity to the respiratory inhibitors zinc and azide, highly reactive oxygen species such as hydrogen peroxide, low pH, and attenuated virulence in the mouse model of infection. Virulence was restored by an intact copy of cydAB or by B. abortus genes encoding the oxidative radical-scavenging enzyme Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase or catalase. These results suggest a bifunctional role for the products of the cydAB operon, both in preventing the buildup of oxidative free radicals and in detoxifying the intracellular compartment, thus indicating the importance of these products in preventing intracellular destruction. Intracellular conditions that favor expression of the cydAB operon are under investigation and may be linked to the acid sensitivity also observed in this strain. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC95161 Online version:10.1128/JB.183.8.2454-2462.2001 |
| Keywords |
Animals; Brucella abortus/genetics; Brucella abortus/growth & development; Brucella abortus/pathogenicity; Brucellosis/microbiology; Cattle; Cell Line; Cytochromes/genetics; Cytochromes/metabolism; DNA Transposable Elements; Disease Models, Animal; Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins; Escherichia coli Proteins; Humans; Macrophages/microbiology; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Mutagenesis; Oxidoreductases/genetics; Oxidoreductases/metabolism; Phenotype; Transformation, Bacterial; Virulence |
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Significance
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| Gene product | Qualifier | GO Term | Evidence Code | with/from | Aspect | Extension | Notes | Status |
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| GO:0045333: cellular respiration |
ECO:0000314: |
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Figure 2 demonstrates the survival rate of multiple strains of Brucella abortus. Strain BA582pSEK102 contains the cydB gene, and has a higher survival rate in response to respiratory inhibitors, whereas strain BA582 which lacks cydB gene, has a much lower survival rate in response to respiratory inhibitors. This indicates that cydB gene is involved in facilitating cellular respiration. |
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