Project description:Background: Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (BTB), a pathological infection with significant economic impact. Recent studies have highlighted the role of functional genomics to better understand the molecular mechanisms governing the host immune response to M. bovis infection. Furthermore, these studies may enable the identification of novel transcriptional markers of BTB that can augment current diagnostic tests and surveillance programmes. In the present study, we have analysed the transcriptome of peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) from eight M. bovis-infected and eight control non-infected age-matched and sex-matched Holstein-Friesian cattle using the Affymetrix® GeneChip® Bovine Genome Array with features representing more than 23,000 gene transcripts and over 19,000 gene probe sets. Results: Control and infected animals had similar mean white blood cell counts. However, the mean number of lymphocytes was significantly increased in the infected group relative to the control group (P = 0.001), while the mean number of monocytes was significantly decreased in the BTB group (P = 0.002). Hierarchical clustering analysis using gene expression data from all 5,388 detectable mRNA transcripts unambiguously partitioned the animals according to their disease status. In total, 2,960 gene transcripts were differentially expressed (DE) between the infected and control animal groups (adjusted P-value threshold ≤ 0.05); with the number of genes showing decreased relative expression (1,563) exceeding those displaying increased relative expression (1,397). Systems analysis using the Ingenuity Systems Pathway Analysis (IPA) Knowledge Base revealed an over-representation of DE genes involved in the immune response functional category. More specifically, 64.5% of genes in the affects immune response subcategory displayed decreased relative expression levels in the infected animals compared to the control group. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that genome-wide transcriptional profiling of PBL can distinguish active M. bovis-infected animals from control non-infected animals. Furthermore, the results obtained support previous investigations demonstrating that mycobacterial infection is associated with host transcriptional suppression. These data support the use of transcriptomic technologies to enable the identification of robust, reliable transcriptional markers of active M. bovis infection
Project description:Background: Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (BTB), a pathological infection with significant economic impact. Recent studies have highlighted the role of functional genomics to better understand the molecular mechanisms governing the host immune response to M. bovis infection. Furthermore, these studies may enable the identification of novel transcriptional markers of BTB that can augment current diagnostic tests and surveillance programmes. In the present study, we have analysed the transcriptome of peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) from eight M. bovis-infected and eight control non-infected age-matched and sex-matched Holstein-Friesian cattle using the Affymetrix® GeneChip® Bovine Genome Array with features representing more than 23,000 gene transcripts and over 19,000 gene probe sets. Results: Control and infected animals had similar mean white blood cell counts. However, the mean number of lymphocytes was significantly increased in the infected group relative to the control group (P = 0.001), while the mean number of monocytes was significantly decreased in the BTB group (P = 0.002). Hierarchical clustering analysis using gene expression data from all 5,388 detectable mRNA transcripts unambiguously partitioned the animals according to their disease status. In total, 2,960 gene transcripts were differentially expressed (DE) between the infected and control animal groups (adjusted P-value threshold ≤ 0.05); with the number of genes showing decreased relative expression (1,563) exceeding those displaying increased relative expression (1,397). Systems analysis using the Ingenuity Systems Pathway Analysis (IPA) Knowledge Base revealed an over-representation of DE genes involved in the immune response functional category. More specifically, 64.5% of genes in the affects immune response subcategory displayed decreased relative expression levels in the infected animals compared to the control group. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that genome-wide transcriptional profiling of PBL can distinguish active M. bovis-infected animals from control non-infected animals. Furthermore, the results obtained support previous investigations demonstrating that mycobacterial infection is associated with host transcriptional suppression. These data support the use of transcriptomic technologies to enable the identification of robust, reliable transcriptional markers of active M. bovis infection Affymetrix GeneChip® Bovine Genome Arrays were used to examine gene expression of peripheral blood leukocytes from cattle infected with Mycobacterium bovis
Project description:Immune responses to group A streptococcus in humans can lead to the development of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Immune pathways that are activated by group A streptococcus are potential targets for inhibiting autoimmune responses to group A streptococcus. This experiment tests the impact of the drug hydroxychloroquine on immune responses to group A streptococcus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Project description:This study was aimed to elucidate a global antigenic profile of Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) with immunoproteomics, immunoinformatics, and gene expression approaches. The extracts of whole-cell proteins and TX-114 membrane fraction of a Chinese strain M. bovis HB0801 were separated with two dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and proteins reacting with antisera to M. bovis from experimentally infected calves were detected by MALDI-TOF MS.
Project description:Mycoplasma bovis mastitis is becoming increasingly problematic for dairy cattle farming in different parts of the world. M. bovis is inherently resistant to several antimicrobial classes and there is no effective vaccine. The major constraints to developing effective control tools are limited knowledge of M. bovis virulence factors and the underlying pathogenic mechanisms. The objective of this study was to determine virulence-associated genes of M. bovis and host immune response genes expressed during the early stages of host-pathogen interactions. In this study, we conducted in vitro infection of mammary epithelial cell (MAC-T) lines and in vivo intramammary infection of dairy cows with M. bovis strain PG45 and evaluated whole transcriptome differential gene expression and pathway enrichment analysis. We found a total of 614 (304 up-regulated, 310 down-regulated) and 7161 (3935 up-regulated, 3226 down-regulated) genes of M. bovis and bovine host cells were differentially expressed, respectively. Of the up-regulated genes of M. bovis, insertion sequence (IS) genes that are involved in transposase activity such as ISMbov1, ISMbov2, ISMbov3, and ISMbov9 were significantly up-regulated, whereas protein translation-associated genes were significantly down-regulated. In MAC-T cells, genes involved in apoptosis pathways and proinflammatory cytokines were significantly up-regulated, whereas genes involved in cell cycle, ribosome biogenesis, and steroid biosynthesis were significantly down-regulated. Genes encoding formation of neutrophil extracellular traps and proinflammatory cytokines, were significantly up-regulated in the mammary gland of M. bovis challenged cows, whereas genes involved in steroid biosynthesis and metabolism were significantly down-regulated. In conclusion, there were increased expressions of IS elements which are involved in transposase activity during early stages of M. bovis infection. This observation warrants further detailed investigation to determine important specific potential targets involved in the transposition for intervention. Apoptosis might be in favor of progression of M. bovis infection but intervention that reduces apoptosis and enhances quick and effective polymorphonuclear neutrophilic recruitment with increased extracellular trap activity may improve M. bovis clearance. Our findings are key to determining important targets for immunity-based intervention. To our knowledge, this is the first whole transcriptome analysis in both M. bovis and the host under the same in vitro and in vivo conditions. Therefore, we recommend additional metatranscriptomic, metaproteomic, metabolomic and metagenomic evaluation of M. bovis and other potentially non-culturable microbes in the mammary glands during the pathogenesis of M. bovis mastitis in the bovine host to understand a complete picture of these interactions in maintaining healthy homeostatic state or mastitis.
Project description:In the present study, we applied microarray technology to define a biosignature from the whole genome expression in lung and spleen samples after BCG vaccination and M. bovis infection of BALB/c mice. The aims were two-fold, namely to define biosignatures that could predict vaccine success before challenge, and biomarker patterns that correlated with anamnestic protective responses following exposure to virulent M. bovis. Further, Our aim was to define these markers to be detectable without in vitro antigenic challenge. After BCG vaccination, we defined a specific pulmonary gene expression signature related to the connective tissue development and function network that predicted vaccine success before M. bovis challenge. In addition, a Th17-related cytokine profile was found that correlated with vaccine-induced protective immunity following infection with virulent M. bovis in the lung as well as additional genes that were up-regulated in the spleens of vaccinated animals post-infection that was related to neutrophil biology and inflammation. This study has therefore prioritized both biomarkers predicting vaccination success before challenge and bio-signatures that are associated with protective immune responses that will be useful to evaluate future vaccine candidates. Two groups of 20 mice each were immunised by a single intradermal injection of 2 x 10 to 5 CFU of M. bovis BCG (Vaccinated), or Hanks buffered salt solution (HBSS) (Unvaccinated). Six weeks later 5 mice from each group were euthanized for immunological analyses and the remaining mice from each group were challenged with approx 600 CFU M. bovis via the intranasal route. At days 3 and 14 post challenge five mice per group were euthanized and spleens and lungs harvested.
Project description:Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) based on in vivo intradermal inoculation of purified protein derivative from M. bovis (bPPD) is the diagnostic test for the control and surveillance of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). Proteomic analyses were performed on four bPPD samples from Mycobacterium bovis, strain AN5. Proteins were precipitated from bPPD solutions by TCA precipitation. The proteome of four bPPD preparations was investigated by bottom-up proteomics, which consisted in protein digestion and nano-LC-MS/MS analysis. Mass spectrometry analysis was performed on a Q-Exactive Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer coupled online to an Easy nano-LC1000 system. This study represents the highest proteome coverage of bPPD preparations to date. Since proteins perform cellular functions essential to health and/or disease, obtaining knowledge of their presence and variance is of great importance in understanding disease states and for advancing translational studies. Therefore, to better understand Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex biology during infection, survival, and persistence, the reproducible evaluation of the proteins that catalyze and control these processes is critically important. More active and more specific tuberculins would be desirable. The cross-reactivity to non-tuberculous mycobacterium species (false-positive results) is crucial to develop better and more defined antigens.
Project description:Our research shows that EVs derived from M. bovis-infected BMEC cells (EVs-M. bovis NX2) could regulate BoMac cell injury by inducing inflammation. To detect the effect of EVs-M. bovis NX2 on gene expression in BoMac cells, we incubated Ctrl-EVs and EVs-M. bovis NX2 with BoMac cells for 12h, 24h. Our data provide globaly change of mRNA profile caused by EVs-M. bovis NX2.
Project description:Embryonic bovine lung (EBL) cells were infected with M. bovis for 12h and 24h, and the uninfected cells were used as the control group for 4D-DIA proteomic analysis to screen the host proteins associated with M. bovis infection. GO,KEGG analysis was performed to reveal the response mechanism of EBL cells to Mycoplasma bovis infection.
Project description:We recovered RNA from exponential and stationary phase cell cultures of MGAS2221 and utilized two distinct methods to remove rRNA from our samples, the RiboZero kit from Epicenter, and the terminator- 5--Phosphate-Dependent Exonuclease (TEX). This gave us 4 distinct RNAs with which we performed RNAseq analysis. Both rRNA removal methods worked well, with only a small percentage of the final total read counts being derived from rRNA sequences. A single group A Streptococcus strain was investigated.