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Global Tn-seq analysis of carbohydrate utilization and vertebrate infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Molecular microbiology [Mol Microbiol] 2016 Sep; Vol. 101 (6), pp. 1003-23. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 15. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Borrelia burgdorferi maintains a complex life cycle between tick and vertebrate hosts. Although some genes have been identified as contributing to bacterial adaptation in the different hosts, the list is incomplete. In this manuscript, we report the first use of transposon mutagenesis combined with high-throughput sequencing (Tn-seq) in B. burgdorferi. We utilize the technique to investigate mechanisms of carbohydrate utilization in B. burgdorferi and the role of carbohydrate metabolism during mouse infection. We performed genetic fitness analyses to identify genes encoding factors contributing to growth on glucose, maltose, mannose, trehalose and N-acetyl-glucosamine. We obtained insight into the potential functions of proteins predicted to be involved in carbohydrate utilization and identified additional factors previously unrecognized as contributing to the metabolism of the tested carbohydrates. Strong phenotypes were observed for the putative carbohydrate phosphotransferase transporters BB0408 and BBB29 as well as the response regulator Rrp1. We further validated Tn-seq for use in mouse studies and were able to correctly identify known infectivity factors as well as additional transporters and genes on lp54 that may contribute to optimal mouse infection. As such, this study establishes Tn-seq as a powerful method for both in vitro and in vivo studies of B. burgdorferi.<br /> (© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- Animals
Bacterial Proteins metabolism
Borrelia burgdorferi genetics
Carbohydrate Metabolism genetics
DNA Transposable Elements
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Genetic Fitness
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing methods
Membrane Transport Proteins metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mutagenesis, Insertional
Phosphotransferases genetics
Phosphotransferases metabolism
Ticks microbiology
Virulence Factors metabolism
Borrelia burgdorferi metabolism
Borrelia burgdorferi pathogenicity
Lyme Disease microbiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1365-2958
- Volume :
- 101
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Molecular microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27279039
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13437