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Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

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#230 Ir<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> dependent stressome <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium avium subsp.<br />

paratuberculosis<br />

Harish K Janagama 1 , Srinand Sreevatsan 1 , TMA SenthilKumar 1 , Michael Paustian 2 , John Bannantine 2<br />

1 University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Minnesota, USA; 2 Nati<strong>on</strong>al Animal Disease Center, USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa, USA<br />

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) residing inside host macrophages regulates expressi<strong>on</strong><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ir<strong>on</strong> acquisiti<strong>on</strong>, ir<strong>on</strong> transport and oxidative stress resp<strong>on</strong>se genes. Since MAP is mycobactin dependent for<br />

its growth in laboratory media functi<strong>on</strong>al analysis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP in resp<strong>on</strong>se to ir<strong>on</strong> limitati<strong>on</strong> in-vitro would increase<br />

our understanding <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> its ir<strong>on</strong> physiology in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> host as well as aid in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> development <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> improved culture methods.<br />

Therefore, we undertook a high-resoluti<strong>on</strong> proteomic and transcriptomic analysis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP using iTRAQ<br />

(isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantificati<strong>on</strong>) and microarrays. MAP was grown to mid-logarithmic<br />

phase in MB7H9 medium c<strong>on</strong>taining mycobactin J (MJ) and washed several times in PBS and inoculated<br />

separately into minimal essential medium (MEM) (nutrient starvati<strong>on</strong>) (20%glycerol, K 2 HPO 4 and MgSO 4 )<br />

c<strong>on</strong>taining (i) no ir<strong>on</strong> or (ii) ir<strong>on</strong> at 50μM. Three hours following inoculati<strong>on</strong>s, total cellular protein extracted<br />

from bacterial pellets was analyzed using iTRAQ labeling for protein identificati<strong>on</strong> and total RNA extracted was<br />

used in MAP K-10 microarrays for genome wide transcriptome analysis. Results show that under ir<strong>on</strong> deplete<br />

c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s, MAP downregulated expressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ir<strong>on</strong> utilizing proteins and upregulated stress resp<strong>on</strong>se proteins<br />

similar to nutrient deprived c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s (estimated ir<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> 1µM). Fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r, we identified two novel proteins<br />

bel<strong>on</strong>ging to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ESAT-6 family and a c<strong>on</strong>served hypo<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>tical membrane protein, which were not previously<br />

identified by genome annotati<strong>on</strong>. Identificati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se proteins is significant as it opens new areas <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

functi<strong>on</strong>al characterizati<strong>on</strong> to understand MAP physiology during infecti<strong>on</strong>. The data also show that MAP may<br />

be unsuccessful in accumulating sufficient quantities ir<strong>on</strong> deplete c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s and allows us to interrogate this<br />

stress induced metabalome to device better culture methods.<br />

#232 PrrA is important in Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis virulence<br />

Chia-wei Wu, Chung-Yi Hsu, Adel M. Talaat,University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Wisc<strong>on</strong>sin-Madis<strong>on</strong>, USA<br />

Two-comp<strong>on</strong>ent systems are widely found in bacteria and involved in sensing envir<strong>on</strong>mental changes and<br />

subsequently altering gene expressi<strong>on</strong> patterns to adapt to various survival challenges. One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> such systems,<br />

PrrA-PrrB, was shown to be required for early intracellular replicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb)<br />

in a macrophage infecti<strong>on</strong> model. The resp<strong>on</strong>se regulator, PrrA, was also shown to be auto-regulated through<br />

promoter binding.<br />

BLAST analysis indicated that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> prrAB oper<strong>on</strong> (MAP0833c and MAP0834c) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium avium<br />

subspecies paratuberculosis (M. ap) is homologous to that <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> M. tb (82% identical), and those in o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />

mycobacteria. Additi<strong>on</strong>al sequence analysis showed that M. ap prrA has a signal receiver domain and a DNA<br />

binding domain, suggesting <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> signal transducti<strong>on</strong> and gene regulati<strong>on</strong> roles <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> PrrA. We have screened a<br />

prrA::Tn5367 mutant from our transpos<strong>on</strong> mutant library with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> genetic background <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> M. ap ATCC 19698.<br />

In a mouse infecti<strong>on</strong> model <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> paratuberculosis, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> prrA::Tn5367 mutant showed significant reduced levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

col<strong>on</strong>izati<strong>on</strong> in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> liver and intestine compared to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> wild type. Fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rmore, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mutant also showed lessdefined<br />

granulomatous structure in pathological examinati<strong>on</strong>s, suggesting a reduced virulence phenotype<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mutant. In additi<strong>on</strong>, microarray analysis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> M. ap culture in an acidic c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> (pH 5.5) showed a 3.5fold<br />

inducti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> prrA gene. Currently we are testing <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> intracellular survival <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> mutant in a mouse<br />

macrophage infecti<strong>on</strong> model and identifying genes under <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> prrA with microarray analysis. In<br />

summary, we showed that disrupti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> prrA gene results in reduced virulence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> M. ap and we believe <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

PrrAB two-comp<strong>on</strong>ent system is important in M. ap pathogenesis.<br />

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