Schrettl Markus, Bignell Elaine, Kragl Claudia, Sabiha Yasmin, Loss Omar, Eisendle Martin, Wallner Anja, Arst Herbert N, Haynes Ken, Haas Hubertus
Biocenter-Divison of Molecular Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
PLoS Pathog. 2007 Sep 28;3(9):1195-207. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030128.
Siderophore biosynthesis by the highly lethal mould Aspergillus fumigatus is essential for virulence, but non-existent in humans, presenting a rare opportunity to strategize therapeutically against this pathogen. We have previously demonstrated that A. fumigatus excretes fusarinine C and triacetylfusarinine C to capture extracellular iron, and uses ferricrocin for hyphal iron storage. Here, we delineate pathways of intra- and extracellular siderophore biosynthesis and show that A. fumigatus synthesizes a developmentally regulated fourth siderophore, termed hydroxyferricrocin, employed for conidial iron storage. By inactivation of the nonribosomal peptide synthetase SidC, we demonstrate that the intracellular siderophores are required for germ tube formation, asexual sporulation, resistance to oxidative stress, catalase A activity, and virulence. Restoration of the conidial hydroxyferricrocin content partially rescues the virulence of the apathogenic siderophore null mutant Delta sidA, demonstrating an important role for the conidial siderophore during initiation of infection. Abrogation of extracellular siderophore biosynthesis following inactivation of the acyl transferase SidF or the nonribosomal peptide synthetase SidD leads to complete dependence upon reductive iron assimilation for growth under iron-limiting conditions, partial sensitivity to oxidative stress, and significantly reduced virulence, despite normal germ tube formation. Our findings reveal distinct cellular and disease-related roles for intra- and extracellular siderophores during mammalian Aspergillus infection.
高致死性霉菌烟曲霉的铁载体生物合成对其毒力至关重要,但在人类中不存在,这为针对这种病原体制定治疗策略提供了难得的机会。我们之前已经证明,烟曲霉分泌瓜氨酸和三乙酰瓜氨酸以捕获细胞外铁,并利用铁载体蛋白储存菌丝铁。在这里,我们描绘了细胞内和细胞外铁载体生物合成途径,并表明烟曲霉合成了一种受发育调控的第四种铁载体,称为羟基铁载体蛋白,用于分生孢子铁储存。通过使非核糖体肽合成酶SidC失活,我们证明细胞内铁载体对于芽管形成、无性孢子形成、抗氧化应激能力、过氧化氢酶A活性和毒力是必需的。恢复分生孢子中的羟基铁载体蛋白含量可部分挽救无致病性的铁载体缺失突变体ΔsidA的毒力,这表明分生孢子铁载体在感染起始过程中起重要作用。在酰基转移酶SidF或非核糖体肽合成酶SidD失活后,细胞外铁载体生物合成的废除导致在铁限制条件下生长完全依赖于还原性铁同化,对氧化应激部分敏感,并且毒力显著降低,尽管芽管形成正常。我们的研究结果揭示了在哺乳动物烟曲霉感染过程中,细胞内和细胞外铁载体在细胞和疾病相关方面的不同作用。