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Metabolic reprogramming with the induction of toxin production of Clostridioides difficile during the stationary phase

ABSTRACT: The obligate anaerobe, spore forming bacterium Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) causes nosocomial and community acquired diarrhea often associated with antibiotic therapy. Major virulence factors of the bacterium are the two large clostridial toxins TcdA and TcdB. The production of both toxins was found strongly connected to the metabolism as well as the nutritional status in the environment. Here, we systematically investigated the changes of the gene regulatory, proteomic and metabolic networks of C. difficile 630Δerm underlying the adaptation to the non-growing state in the stationary phase. Integrated data from time-resolved transcriptome, proteome and metabolome investigations performed under defined growth conditions uncovered multiple adaptation strategies. Overall changes in the cellular processes included the downregulation of ribosome production, lipid metabolism, cold shock proteins, spermine biosynthesis, and glycolysis and in the later stages of riboflavin and coenzyme A biosynthesis. In contrast, several fermentation pathways, different chaperones and the cysteine, serine and pantothenate biosynthesis were upregulated. Focused on the Stickland amino acid fermentation and the central carbon metabolism, we demonstrated the ability of C. difficile to replenish its favored amino acid cysteine by a pathway from the glycolysis substrate 3-phosphoglycerate via L-serine. Following the growth course, the reductive equivalent pathways used were sequentially shifted from proline via leucine/phenylalanine to the central carbon metabolism first using butanoate fermentation and then to lactate. The toxin production was found correlated mainly to fluxes of the central carbon metabolism. Toxin formation in the supernatant was detected when the flux changed from butanoate to lactate synthesis in the late stationary phase. The holistic view derived from the combination of transcriptome, proteome and metabolome data allowed us to uncover the major metabolic strategies that are used by the clostridial cells to maintain its cellular integrity and ensure survival under starvation conditions.

INSTRUMENT(S): TripleTOF 5600, LTQ Orbitrap Elite

ORGANISM(S): Peptoclostridium Difficile (strain 630) (clostridium Difficile)

SUBMITTER: Andreas Otto

LAB HEAD: Prof. Dr. Dörte Becher

PROVIDER: PXD010498 | Pride | 2018-09-13

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Metabolic Reprogramming of Clostridioides difficile During the Stationary Phase With the Induction of Toxin Production.

Hofmann Julia D JD Otto Andreas A Berges Mareike M Biedendieck Rebekka R Michel Annika-Marisa AM Becher Dörte D Jahn Dieter D Neumann-Schaal Meina M

Frontiers in microbiology 20180821

The obligate anaerobe, spore forming bacterium Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) causes nosocomial and community acquired diarrhea often associated with antibiotic therapy. Major virulence factors of the bacterium are the two large clostridial toxins TcdA and TcdB. The production of both toxins was found strongly connected to the metabolism and the nutritional status of the growth environment. Here, we systematically investigated the changes of the gene regu ...[more]

PMID: 30186274

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Metabolic reprogramming with the induction of toxin production of Clostridioides difficile during the stationary phase

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Metabolic Reprogramming of <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> During the Stationary Phase With the Induction of Toxin Production.

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