NDLI: Genomic Island 2 of Brucella melitensis Is a Major Virulence Determinant: Functional Analyses of Genomic Islands▿ †

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Author	Rajashekara, Gireesh Covert, Jill Petersen, Erik Eskra, Linda Splitter, Gary
Abstract	Brucella genomic islands (GIs) share similarities in their genomic organization to pathogenicity islands from other bacteria and are likely acquired by lateral gene transfer. Here, we report the identification of a GI that is important for the pathogenicity of Brucella melitensis. The deletion of GI-1, GI-5, or GI-6 did not affect bacterial growth in macrophages as well as their virulence in interferon regulatory factor 1-deficient (IRF-1−/−) mice, suggesting that these islands do not contribute to Brucella virulence. However, the deletion of GI-2 resulted in the attenuation of bacterial growth in macrophages and virulence in IRF-1−/− mice. The GI-2 mutant also displayed a rough lipopolysaccharide (LPS) phenotype indicated by acriflavin agglutination, suggesting that in vitro and in vivo attenuation is a result of LPS alteration. Further, systematic analysis of the entire GI-2 revealed two open reading frames (ORFs), BMEI0997 and I0998, that encode hypothetical sugar transferases and contribute to LPS alteration, as the deletion of either of these ORFs resulted in a rough phenotype similar to that of the GI-2 mutant. Complementation analyses indicated that in addition to I0997 and I0998, I0999 is required to restore the smooth LPS in the GI-2 mutant as well as its full in vitro and in vivo virulence. The I0999 sequence analysis suggested that it might function as a transporter to help facilitate the transport or linking of the O antigen to the LPS. Our study also indicated that the rough LPS resulting from the GI-2 deletion may affect pathogen-associated molecular pattern recognition by Toll-like receptors.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00520-08
Ending Page	6252
Page Count	10
Starting Page	6243
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00219193
e-ISSN	10985530
Journal	Journal of Bacteriology
Issue Number	18
Volume Number	190
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Publisher Date	2008-09-15
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Subject Keyword	Molecular Biology Microbiology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Molecular Biology Microbiology

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