Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in a Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 delta-ungD1 delta-ungD2 double mutant compared to the wild-type strain. Keywords: expression analysis A six chip study using total RNA recovered from three separate wild-type cultures of Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 and three separate cultures of a double mutant strain, Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 delta-ungD1 delta-ungD2, in which ungD1 (BF1706) and ungD2 (BF2848) are deleted. Each chip measures the expression level of 4,302 genes from Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 and the associated plasmid pBF9343 with fourteen 24-mer probe pairs (PM/MM) per gene, with three-fold technical redundancy.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in a Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 delta-gmd-fcl delta-fkp mutant strain and a Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 delta-lfg mutant strain, each as compared to the wild-type strain. The mutations engineered into these strains interfere with B. fragilis protein glycosylation.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in a Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 delta-ungD1 delta-ungD2 delta-PSH triple mutant, compared to the wild-type strain. The mutations engineered into this strain render it acapsular. The mutants analyzed in this study are further described in Coyne, M. J., M. Chatzidaki-Livanis, L. C. Paoletti, and L. E. Comstock. 2008. Role of glycan synthesis in colonization of the mammalian gut by the bacterial symbiont Bacteroides fragilis. PNAS 105(35):13098-13103 (PID 18723678). A six chip study using total RNA recovered from three separate wild-type cultures of Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 and three separate cultures of a triple mutant strain, Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 delta-ungD1 delta-ungD2 delta-PSH, in which ungD1 (BF1706), ungD2 (BF2848), and six genes (BF3454 through BF3459) of the PSH capsular polysaccharide locus are truncated or deleted entirely. Each chip measures the expression level of 4,302 genes from Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 and the associated plasmid pBF9343 with fourteen 24-mer probe pairs (PM/MM) per gene, with three-fold technical redundancy.
Project description:The goals of this study were to develop a model to study host pathogen interactions in primary human colon organoids and to test the hypothesis that Bacteroides fragilis toxin (BFT-2) secreted in outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) modulates mucosal immunity and CFTR Cl- secretion. Since Bacteroides species often resides in mucus, OMVs are likely to represent a mechanism of communication between Bacteroides and the host. Two strains of Bacteroides were studied, Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF), which produces BFT-2, and the non-toxigenic Bacteroides fragilis strain NCTC 9343 (NTBF) that does not produce BFT-2. We also utilized two additional strains of Bacteroides fragilis: one in which bft-2 was knocked out (ETBF Δbft), and one that was engineered to contain bft-2 (NTBF+bft). We report that most Bacteroides fragilis OMVs reduced CFTR Cl- secretion but had no effect on tight junction or cell adhesion proteins, transepithelial resistance (TER) or cytokine secretion by primary human colon organoids. We conclude that OMVs secreted by Bacteroides can be an important mechanism of host pathogen interactions in the colon by reducing CFTR Cl- secretion.
Project description:Genome expression study of Bacteroides fragilis strain 638R comparing a fur deletion mutant with the wild-type strain grown in minimal defined media with iron-replete or iron-limiting conditions following oxygen exposure. The construction of the fur mutant analyzed in this study was described in Robertson KP, Smith CJ, Gough AM, Rocha ER. Characterization of Bacteroides fragilis hemolysins and regulation and synergistic interactions of HlyA and HlyB. Infect Immun. 2006 74:2304-2316.
Project description:Genome expression study of Bacteroides fragilis strain 638R comparing an fur deletion mutant with the wild-type strain grown in minimal defined media with iron-replete, iron-limiting, heme-replete and heme-limiting conditions. The construction of the fur mutant analyzed in this study was described in Robertson KP, Smith CJ, Gough AM, Rocha ER. Characterization of Bacteroides fragilis hemolysins and regulation and synergistic interactions of HlyA and HlyB. Infect Immun. 2006 74:2304-2316.
Project description:Genome expression study of Bacteroides fragilis ATCC25285 strain containing the EcfO gene constitutively expressed from plasmid pFD340
Project description:To elucidate whether Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) plays a role in intestinal inflammation and colorectal carcinogenesis, a RNA-seq analysis was performed to compare the microRNA profiles of ETBF treated HCT116 colorectal cancer cell lines.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in a Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 delta-ungD1 delta-ungD2 delta-PSH triple mutant, compared to the wild-type strain. The mutations engineered into this strain render it acapsular. The mutants analyzed in this study are further described in Coyne, M. J., M. Chatzidaki-Livanis, L. C. Paoletti, and L. E. Comstock. 2008. Role of glycan synthesis in colonization of the mammalian gut by the bacterial symbiont Bacteroides fragilis. PNAS 105(35):13098-13103 (PID 18723678).
Project description:To elucidate whether Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) plays a role in intestinal inflammation and colorectal carcinogenesis, a RNA-seq analysis was performed to compare the microRNA profiles of exosomes derived from ETBF-treated HCT116 colorectal cancer cell lines.
