Project description:Metagenome data from soil samples were collected at 0 to 10cm deep from 2 avocado orchards in Channybearup, Western Australia, in 2024. Amplicon sequence variant (ASV) tables were constructed based on the DADA2 pipeline with default parameters.
2025-06-15 | GSE298403 | GEO
Project description:Western Australia Salmonella typhimurium
Project description:Caerin 1 is a family of host-defense peptides with antimicrobial property originally isolated from Australia tree frog. Caerin 1.1+1.9 has been shown to inhibit multiple antibiotic resistant bacteria infection both in vitro and in vivo. In current study, we compare the MICs of caerin 1.1/1.9 with commonly used antibiotics against S. aureus, Copper-Green Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Streptococcus haemolyticus. We demonstrate that caerin 1.1/1.9 not only prevent the formation of biofilm by A. Baumann, but also have therapeutic effect on established biofilm. In addition, we find that caerin1.1/1.9 significantly inhibit the growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain in a murine skin infection model. The quantitative proteomic analysis suggested that caerin1.1/1.9 largely activate oxidative phosphorylation, as well as several pathways associated with tissue repair and growth, with respect to the untreated tissues infected with MRSA in mice. In summary, our results suggest that caerin 1.1/1.9 have the potential to be used as a drug candidate treating complicated antibiotic resistant bacterial infection in human.
Project description:Methicillin-resistant Staph. Aureus (MRSA) is a common cause of severe pneumonia and sepsis that can lead to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). MRSA causes lung endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction, a critical step in the pathogenesis and progression of lung injury. Our previous studies have demonstrated that FTY720 S-phosphonate (Tysiponate, Tys), an analog of sphingosine-1-phosphate, ameliorates MRSA-induced lung EC activation and barrier disruption (PMID: 35015568). To advance our mechanistic understanding of MRSA and Tys effects on lung EC, we investigated associated epigenetic changes. Specifically, we studied histone lysine acetylation, which is a central epigenetic alteration that has been linked to gene transcription and functional regulation of endothelial responses to inflammatory stimuli. We therefore determined the effects of MRSA exposure in the presence or absence of Tys on lung EC acetylation at the 9th lysine residue of the histone H3 protein (H3K9ac), which is an important chromatin modification associated with active promoters and gene activation. ChIP-seq analysis was employed to perform an unbiased genome-wide profiling of H3K9ac epigenetic patterns in human lung EC. This analysis identified multiple genes that are differentially targeted by acetylation when EC are exposed to MRSA±Tys.