Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa airway infection is the primary cause of death in Cystic Fibrosis (CF). During early infection P. aeruginosa produces multiple virulence factors, which cause acute pulmonary disease and are largely regulated by quorum sensing (QS) intercellular signalling networks. Longitudinal clinical studies have observed the loss, through adaptive mutation, of QS and QS-related virulence in late chronic infection. Although the mechanisms are not understood, infection with QS mutants has been linked to a worse outcome for CF patients. By comparing QS-active and QS-inactive P. aeruginosa CF isolates, we have identified novel virulence factors and pathways associated with QS disruption. In particular, we noted factors implicating increased intra-phagocyte survival. Our data present novel targets as candidates for future CF therapies. Some of these targets are already the subject of drug development programmes for the treatment of other bacterial pathogens and may provide cross-over benefit to the CF population. Refer to individual Series. This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE25128: Gene expression data from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis lung infections GSE25129: Comparative genomic hybridisation data from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis lung infections
Project description:Arrays comparing Pseudomonas aeruginosa growth in a defined synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum medium with and without aromatic amino acids. Additional arrays comparing wild-type Pseudomonas aeruginosa and phhR mutant P. aeruginosa in defined synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum medium.
Project description:At mid-log phase (OD600 of 0.5), unique gene expression patterns were observed between these two strains with 3.4% of the transcripts (188/5570) expressed differentially. Of the 188 significantly varied (>1.8 fold) genes, 115 were up-regulated in 383 while 73 were up-regulated in 2192. Experiment Overall Design: The goal of this experiment was to identify the differentially expressed genes from two genetically similar but phenotypically distinct P. aeruginosa strains 383 and 2192. Two strains were isolated two days apart from the sputum of the same cystic fibrosis patient. Following proper culture RNA was extracted from the two strains. Affymetrix GeneChip Pseudomonas aeruginosa was used to examine the gene expression paterns of the two strains.
Project description:Untargeted metabolomics analysis of in vitro headspace volatiles from 81 Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial isolates from individuals with cystic fibrosis. Headspace volatiles were collected using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) (in triplicate) and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOFMS). 15 replicates of un-inoculated media were prepared and analyzed in parallel, for a total of 258 samples.
Project description:The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is among the main colonizers of the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. We have isolated and sequenced several P. aeruginosa isolates from the sputum of CF patients and used phenotypic, genomic and proteomic analyses to compare these CF derived strains with each other and with the model strain PAO1.
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa undergoes genetic change during chronic infection of the airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. One common change is mutation of lasR. LasR is a transcriptional regulator that responds to one of the quorum sensing signals in P. aeruginosa, and regulates acute virulence factor expression as well as central metabolic functions. P. aeruginosa mutants in which lasR was inactivated emerged in the airways of CF patients early during chronic infection, and during growth in the laboratory on Luria-Bertani agar. Both environments are rich in amino acids. Inactivation of lasR in these isolates conferred a growth advantage with amino acids, a phenotype that could account for selection of lasR mutants both in vivo and in vitro. P. aeruginosa lasR mutants were identified by their distinctive colony morphology, including autolysis that correlated with an imbalance in 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinolines (HAQs), and an iridescent metallic sheen likely caused by the accumulation of one such HAQ. The alterations in transcriptional profile due to inactivation of lasR were conserved in isolates from multiple young CF patients. P. aeruginosa lasR mutations may represent surrogate markers to delineate stages in the natural history of CF airway disease, each with different prognostic and therapeutic implications, analogous to the markers used to direct cancer treatment. Similar to cancer cell mutations that promote unrestricted growth, lasR mutations may promote unrestricted growth of P. aeruginosa in the CF airway by enabling more efficient utilization of available amino acids. Analyse the effects of mutation of the lasR gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients by comparing the transcriptional profile of an isolate from a young patient with that of an isogenic engineered lasR mutant.
Project description:Effect of anaerobic growth condition on gene expression profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 grown in cystic fibrosis sputum with 100 mM nitrate added
Project description:A shaving proteomic approach was applied to explore surface protein expression of multi- and pan-drug resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the airways of cystic fibrosis patients with long-term chronic colonization compared to wild-type antibiotic-sensitive strains isolated from patients with recent infection.
Project description:Phagocytosis and killing of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) is the major antipseudomonal host defense of vertebrates. By screening a transposon library of the clinical P. aeruginosa isolate TBCF10839 that can grow and replicate in PMNs, a mutant was identified that was most strongly sensitized to killing by PMNs. The inactivated gene PA1572 termed nadK1 was found to encode an ATP:NAD kinase. The transcriptomes of the TBCF10839 wild type and nadK1 mutant were investigated in the presence of PMNs or H2O2. Exposure to H2O2 led to diametrical mRNA expression profiles. H2O2-degrading enzymes were upregulated by wild type, but not by nadK1 mutant. This data demonstrates that NadK1 is crucial for the response of P. aeruginosa to reactive oxygen species. The transcriptomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa TBCF10839 wild type and nadK1 mutant were comparatively investigated in the presence of polymorphonuclear neutrophils or H2O2 in order to investigate the role of NadK1 in oxidative stress response. These samples represent test samples. The expression profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain TBCF10839 wild type cells, isolated from a Cystic Fibrosis patient, was investigated under standard growth conditions in batch culture in Luria broth (LB) with no treatment. These samples represent reference samples. All samples were analyzed in duplicate.
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a virulent opportunistic pathogen responsible for high morbity in COPD, burns , implanted medical devices and cystic fibrosis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a problematic colonizer of the human lung. P. aeruginosa produces a phospholipase C (PlcH) that degrades choline-containing lipids such as phosphatidylcholine and sphingomylein that are found in lung surfactant and in host membranes. In this study, we analyzed gene expression in mutants defective in PlcH production (delta-plcH and delta-gbdR) and the wild type when growing in medium with lung surfactant. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was cultured in liquid cultures with aeration in a defined medium with Survanta, a lung surfactant replacement. Cultures were harvested during mid-exponential phase, and RNA was isolated for microarray analysis. The P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 wild type gene expression was compared to expression profiles from delta-gbdR and delta-plcHR deletion mutants, two mutants defective in PlcH production.