Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
Infect Immun. 2012 May;80(5):1868-80. doi: 10.1128/IAI.06151-11. Epub 2012 Mar 5.
"Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis" is a robust and pervasive environmental bacterium that can cause opportunistic infections in humans. The bacterium overcomes the host immune response and is capable of surviving and replicating within host macrophages. Little is known about the bacterial mechanisms that facilitate these processes, but it can be expected that surface-exposed proteins play an important role. In this study, the selective biotinylation of surface-exposed proteins, streptavidin affinity purification, and shotgun mass spectrometry were used to characterize the surface-exposed proteome of M. avium subsp. hominissuis. This analysis detected more than 100 proteins exposed at the bacterial surface of M. avium subsp. hominissuis. Comparisons of surface-exposed proteins between conditions simulating early infection identified several groups of proteins whose presence on the bacterial surface was either constitutive or appeared to be unique to specific culture conditions. This proteomic profile facilitates an improved understanding of M. avium subsp. hominissuis and how it establishes infection. Additionally, surface-exposed proteins are excellent targets for the host adaptive immune system, and their identification can inform the development of novel treatments, diagnostic tools, and vaccines for mycobacterial disease.
“禽分枝杆菌亚种同源体”是一种强大且普遍存在的环境细菌,可导致人类机会性感染。该细菌能够克服宿主的免疫反应,并在宿主巨噬细胞中存活和复制。目前对于促进这些过程的细菌机制知之甚少,但可以预期表面暴露的蛋白质发挥着重要作用。在这项研究中,使用选择性生物素化表面暴露蛋白、链霉亲和素亲和纯化和鸟枪法质谱分析来表征禽分枝杆菌亚种同源体的表面暴露蛋白质组。该分析检测到超过 100 种暴露于禽分枝杆菌亚种同源体细菌表面的蛋白质。在模拟早期感染的条件下对表面暴露蛋白进行比较,确定了几类蛋白质,它们在细菌表面的存在要么是组成型的,要么似乎是特定培养条件所特有的。该蛋白质组图谱有助于更好地理解禽分枝杆菌亚种同源体以及它如何建立感染。此外,表面暴露的蛋白质是宿主适应性免疫系统的极好靶标,它们的鉴定可以为分枝杆菌病的新型治疗方法、诊断工具和疫苗的开发提供信息。