Gene regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae - RePub - Erasmus ...
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Materiaals<br />
and Meethods<br />
<strong>Gene</strong> <strong>regulation</strong> by RR09 <strong>in</strong> S. <strong>pneumoniae</strong><br />
Pneumoococcal<br />
stra<strong>in</strong>s<br />
WWild-type<br />
SS.<br />
pneumonniae<br />
stra<strong>in</strong>ss<br />
D39 (= NCTC N 74666;<br />
serotypee<br />
2) and TI IGR4 (=<br />
ATCC BBAA-334;<br />
serotype 4) ) were usedd<br />
<strong>in</strong> this stu udy. The rr09 derivaative<br />
of TIG GR4 was<br />
construccted<br />
by <strong>in</strong>seertional<br />
<strong>in</strong>acctivation<br />
us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
an eryth hromyc<strong>in</strong> reesistance<br />
caassette,<br />
as described d<br />
previouusly<br />
for D399<br />
rr09 (3). Pneumococccal<br />
stra<strong>in</strong>s were grownn<br />
on Colummbia<br />
blood base b agar<br />
supplemmented<br />
withh<br />
5% (vol/vvol)<br />
defibr<strong>in</strong>nated<br />
sheep p blood (annd<br />
supplemeented<br />
with 1 µg/ml<br />
erythrommyc<strong>in</strong><br />
for thhe<br />
rr09 mutant<br />
stra<strong>in</strong>s) . For RNA isolation annalyses,<br />
culttures<br />
were grown g <strong>in</strong><br />
Todd-HHewitt<br />
brothh<br />
supplemennted<br />
with 5 g/liter yea ast extract ( (THY brothh)<br />
or <strong>in</strong> bra a<strong>in</strong> heart<br />
<strong>in</strong>fusionn<br />
broth (BHHI<br />
broth) wiithout<br />
erythromyc<strong>in</strong><br />
un ntil they reaached<br />
the deesired<br />
turbid dity. For<br />
construcction<br />
of thee<br />
sp0063 muutant<br />
(annottated<br />
spr0062<br />
<strong>in</strong> R6), aapproximateely<br />
100-bp portions<br />
of up- aand<br />
downstrream<br />
regionns<br />
of the targgeted<br />
sequence<br />
were ammplified<br />
by PCR us<strong>in</strong>g g primers<br />
50L (TCTATGATTTGGTATT<br />
TTCTATCG GTAGG) aand<br />
50M<br />
(GGCGGCGCCTGA<br />
AGGTAAGGATCATGT<br />
TAAAGGT TAACC) and primers 50N<br />
(TCTTAACCTCAGGGCGCGCC<br />
CACTGCCTTTATCTTCTGGTTTGCTTGG)<br />
and 50O<br />
(CAAAATTTAGCA<br />
AGTAAATTTCTTCTGG<br />
GG), respe ectively. Thhese<br />
fragmeents<br />
were jo o<strong>in</strong>ed by<br />
overlap extension PCR due tto<br />
overlap i<strong>in</strong><br />
the 50 M and 50N primers. TThis<br />
proced dure also<br />
<strong>in</strong>troducced<br />
an AscII<br />
site betweeen<br />
the upstrream<br />
and do ownstream sequences vvia<br />
the prim mers. The<br />
fusion PPCR<br />
producct<br />
was cloneed<br />
<strong>in</strong>to TOPPO-pCR4<br />
(I Invitrogen) and confirmmed<br />
by sequ uenc<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
The speect<strong>in</strong>omyc<strong>in</strong><br />
n resistancee<br />
cassette frrom<br />
pDL27 78 was clonned<br />
<strong>in</strong>to thee<br />
AscI site, and the<br />
result<strong>in</strong>gg<br />
construct was used foor<br />
transformmation<br />
of D3 39. Spect<strong>in</strong>omyc<strong>in</strong>-resistant<br />
colon nies were<br />
verifiedd<br />
by PCR. TThis<br />
mutatioon<br />
resulted <strong>in</strong> replacem ment of nuccleotides<br />
1776<br />
to 676 of f sp0063<br />
with thee<br />
spect<strong>in</strong>ommyc<strong>in</strong><br />
resistaance<br />
cassettee.<br />
Mice an<br />
F<br />
Olac, B<br />
anesthet<br />
10 6 nd <strong>in</strong>fectionns<br />
Female outtbred<br />
MF1 mice (bodyy<br />
weight, 25 2 to 30 g) ) were purcchased<br />
from m Harlan<br />
Bicester, Unnited<br />
K<strong>in</strong>gddom.<br />
For ppneumonia<br />
<strong>in</strong>fection, 99-week-old<br />
mice were e lightly<br />
tized with 22.5%<br />
(vol/vvol)<br />
halothanne,<br />
after wh hich an <strong>in</strong>feection<br />
dose consist<strong>in</strong>g of 1.0 x<br />
CFUU<br />
of wild-ttype<br />
stra<strong>in</strong> TIGR4 andd<br />
the ∆rr09 9 mutant reesuspended<br />
<strong>in</strong> 50 µl of o sterile<br />
phosphaate-bufferedd<br />
sal<strong>in</strong>e (PBBS)<br />
was admm<strong>in</strong>istered<br />
<strong>in</strong> n the nostriils<br />
of mice hheld<br />
vertica ally (12).<br />
At predeeterm<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
times<br />
after i<strong>in</strong>fection,<br />
grroups<br />
of mice<br />
were saccrificed<br />
by ccervical<br />
disl location,<br />
and blood<br />
sampless<br />
were remooved<br />
by carrdiac<br />
punctu ure us<strong>in</strong>g a 1-ml syr<strong>in</strong>gge.<br />
Broncho oalveolar<br />
lung lavvage<br />
and saampl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
off<br />
the lungs were perfo ormed as ddescribed<br />
prreviously<br />
(1 13). The<br />
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