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  1. Article ; Online: A proteome-wide screen to identify transcription factors interacting with the Vibrio cholerae rpoS promoter.

    Ayala, Julio C / Benitez, Jorge A / Silva, Anisia J

    Journal of microbiological methods

    2019  Volume 165, Page(s) 105702

    Abstract: We describe a proteomic approach to identify transcription factors binding to a target promoter. The method's usefulness was tested by identifying proteins binding to the Vibrio cholerae rpoS promoter in response to cell density. Proteins identified in ... ...

    Abstract We describe a proteomic approach to identify transcription factors binding to a target promoter. The method's usefulness was tested by identifying proteins binding to the Vibrio cholerae rpoS promoter in response to cell density. Proteins identified in this screen included the nucleoid-associated protein Fis and the quorum sensing regulator HapR.
    MeSH term(s) Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Proteome/metabolism ; Quorum Sensing ; Sigma Factor/genetics ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; Vibrio cholerae/genetics
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; Proteome ; Sigma Factor ; Transcription Factors ; sigma factor KatF protein, Bacteria
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-08-24
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 604916-3
    ISSN 1872-8359 ; 0167-7012
    ISSN (online) 1872-8359
    ISSN 0167-7012
    DOI 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.105702
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  2. Article ; Online: Chromatin Immunoprecipitation.

    Ayala, Julio C / Benitez, Jorge A / Silva, Anisia J

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2018  Volume 1839, Page(s) 65–75

    Abstract: Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) measures the physical association between a protein and DNA in the cell. In combination with next-generation sequencing, the technique enables the identification of DNA targets for the corresponding protein across an ... ...

    Abstract Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) measures the physical association between a protein and DNA in the cell. In combination with next-generation sequencing, the technique enables the identification of DNA targets for the corresponding protein across an entire genome. Here we describe the immunoprecipitation of Vibrio cholerae DNA bound to the histone-like nucleoid structuring protein (H-NS) tagged with the Flag epitope. The quality of the DNA obtained in this protocol is suitable for next-generation sequencing. The procedure described herein can be readily adapted to other bacteria and DNA-binding proteins.
    MeSH term(s) Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Chromatin Immunoprecipitation ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ; Protein Binding ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Vibrio cholerae/genetics ; Vibrio cholerae/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; DNA-Binding Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-07-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-8685-9_7
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  3. Article ; Online: Vibrio cholerae Biofilms and Cholera Pathogenesis.

    Silva, Anisia J / Benitez, Jorge A

    PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    2016  Volume 10, Issue 2, Page(s) e0004330

    Abstract: Vibrio cholerae can switch between motile and biofilm lifestyles. The last decades have been marked by a remarkable increase in our knowledge of the structure, regulation, and function of biofilms formed under laboratory conditions. Evidence has grown ... ...

    Abstract Vibrio cholerae can switch between motile and biofilm lifestyles. The last decades have been marked by a remarkable increase in our knowledge of the structure, regulation, and function of biofilms formed under laboratory conditions. Evidence has grown suggesting that V. cholerae can form biofilm-like aggregates during infection that could play a critical role in pathogenesis and disease transmission. However, the structure and regulation of biofilms formed during infection, as well as their role in intestinal colonization and virulence, remains poorly understood. Here, we review (i) the evidence for biofilm formation during infection, (ii) the coordinate regulation of biofilm and virulence gene expression, and (iii) the host signals that favor V. cholerae transitions between alternative lifestyles during intestinal colonization, and (iv) we discuss a model for the role of V. cholerae biofilms in pathogenicity.
    MeSH term(s) Biofilms/growth & development ; Cholera/microbiology ; Gastrointestinal Tract/microbiology ; Humans ; Vibrio cholerae/physiology ; Virulence ; Virulence Factors/biosynthesis
    Chemical Substances Virulence Factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-02-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2429704-5
    ISSN 1935-2735 ; 1935-2727
    ISSN (online) 1935-2735
    ISSN 1935-2727
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004330
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  4. Article ; Online: Vibrio cholerae hemagglutinin(HA)/protease: An extracellular metalloprotease with multiple pathogenic activities.

    Benitez, Jorge A / Silva, Anisia J

    Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology

    2016  Volume 115, Page(s) 55–62

    Abstract: Vibrio cholerae of serogroup O1 and O139, the etiological agent of the diarrheal disease cholera, expresses the extracellular Zn-dependent metalloprotease hemagglutinin (HA)/protease also reported as vibriolysin. This enzyme is also produced by non-O1/ ... ...

    Abstract Vibrio cholerae of serogroup O1 and O139, the etiological agent of the diarrheal disease cholera, expresses the extracellular Zn-dependent metalloprotease hemagglutinin (HA)/protease also reported as vibriolysin. This enzyme is also produced by non-O1/O139 (non-cholera) strains that cause mild, sporadic illness (i.e. gastroenteritis, wound or ear infections). Orthologs of HA/protease are present in other members of the Vibrionaceae family pathogenic to humans and fish. HA/protease belongs to the M4 neutral peptidase family and displays significant amino acid sequence homology to Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase (LasB) and Bacillus thermoproteolyticus thermolysin. It exhibits a broad range of potentially pathogenic activities in cell culture and animal models. These activities range from the covalent modification of other toxins, the degradation of the protective mucus barrier and disruption of intestinal tight junctions. Here we review (i) the structure and regulation of HA/protease expression, (ii) its interaction with other toxins and the intestinal mucosa and (iii) discuss the possible role(s) of HA/protease in the pathogenesis of cholera.
    MeSH term(s) Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry ; Cholera/microbiology ; Humans ; Intestinal Mucosa/cytology ; Intestinal Mucosa/drug effects ; Metalloendopeptidases/chemistry ; Models, Animal ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; Thermolysin/chemistry ; Vibrio cholerae/enzymology ; Vibrio cholerae/genetics
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; Metalloendopeptidases (EC 3.4.24.-) ; hemagglutinin-protease (EC 3.4.24.-) ; vibriolysin protein, Vibrio proteolyticus (EC 3.4.24.25) ; pseudolysin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (EC 3.4.24.26) ; Thermolysin (EC 3.4.24.27)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-03-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 204479-1
    ISSN 1879-3150 ; 0041-0101
    ISSN (online) 1879-3150
    ISSN 0041-0101
    DOI 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.03.003
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  5. Article ; Online: H-NS: an overarching regulator of the Vibrio cholerae life cycle.

    Ayala, Julio C / Silva, Anisia J / Benitez, Jorge A

    Research in microbiology

    2017  Volume 168, Issue 1, Page(s) 16–25

    Abstract: Vibrio cholerae has become a model organism for studies connecting virulence, pathogen evolution and infectious disease ecology. The coordinate expression of motility, virulence and biofilm enhances its pathogenicity, environmental fitness and fecal-oral ...

    Abstract Vibrio cholerae has become a model organism for studies connecting virulence, pathogen evolution and infectious disease ecology. The coordinate expression of motility, virulence and biofilm enhances its pathogenicity, environmental fitness and fecal-oral transmission. The histone-like nucleoid structuring protein negatively regulates gene expression at multiple phases of the V. cholerae life cycle. Here we discuss: (i) the regulatory and structural implications of H-NS chromatin-binding in the two-chromosome cholera bacterium; (ii) the factors that counteract H-NS repression; and (iii) a model for the regulation of the V. cholerae life cycle that integrates H-NS repression, cyclic diguanylic acid signaling and the general stress response.
    MeSH term(s) Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Biofilms/growth & development ; Chromatin/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Locomotion ; Protein Binding ; Vibrio cholerae/genetics ; Vibrio cholerae/physiology ; Virulence
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; Chromatin ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; H-NS protein, bacteria
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-01
    Publishing country France
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1004220-9
    ISSN 1769-7123 ; 0923-2508
    ISSN (online) 1769-7123
    ISSN 0923-2508
    DOI 10.1016/j.resmic.2016.07.007
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  6. Article ; Online: 3-Amino 1,8-naphthalimide, a structural analog of the anti-cholera drug virstatin inhibits chemically-biased swimming and swarming motility in vibrios.

    Wang, Hongxia / Silva, Anisia J / Benitez, Jorge A

    Microbes and infection

    2017  Volume 19, Issue 6, Page(s) 370–375

    Abstract: A screen for inhibitors of Vibrio cholerae motility identified the compound 3-amino 1,8-naphthalimide (3-A18NI), a structural analog of the cholera drug virstatin. Similar to virstatin, 3-A18NI diminished cholera toxin production. In contrast, 3-A18NI ... ...

    Abstract A screen for inhibitors of Vibrio cholerae motility identified the compound 3-amino 1,8-naphthalimide (3-A18NI), a structural analog of the cholera drug virstatin. Similar to virstatin, 3-A18NI diminished cholera toxin production. In contrast, 3-A18NI impeded swimming and/or swarming motility of V. cholerae and V. parahemolyticus suggesting that it could target the chemotaxis pathway shared by the polar and lateral flagellar system of vibrios. 3-A18NI did not inhibit the expression of V. cholerae major flagellin FlaA or the assembly of its polar flagellum. Finally, 3-A18NI enhanced V. cholerae colonization mimicking the phenotype of chemotaxis mutants that exhibit counterclockwise-biased flagellum rotation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-06
    Publishing country France
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1465093-9
    ISSN 1769-714X ; 1286-4579
    ISSN (online) 1769-714X
    ISSN 1286-4579
    DOI 10.1016/j.micinf.2017.03.003
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  7. Article: A proteome-wide screen to identify transcription factors interacting with the Vibrio cholerae rpoS promoter

    Ayala, Julio C / Benitez, Jorge A / Silva, Anisia J

    Journal of microbiological methods. 2019 Aug. 23,

    2019  

    Abstract: We describe a proteomic approach to identify transcription factors binding to a target promoter. The method's usefulness was tested by identifying proteins binding to the Vibrio cholerae rpoS promoter in response to cell density. Proteins identified in ... ...

    Abstract We describe a proteomic approach to identify transcription factors binding to a target promoter. The method's usefulness was tested by identifying proteins binding to the Vibrio cholerae rpoS promoter in response to cell density. Proteins identified in this screen included the nucleoid-associated protein Fis and the quorum sensing regulator HapR.
    Keywords Vibrio cholerae ; proteomics ; quorum sensing ; transcription factors
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2019-0823
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    Note Pre-press version
    ZDB-ID 604916-3
    ISSN 1872-8359 ; 0167-7012
    ISSN (online) 1872-8359
    ISSN 0167-7012
    DOI 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.105702
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  8. Article ; Online: Deletion of gene encoding the nucleoid-associated protein H-NS unmasks hidden regulatory connections in El Tor biotype Vibrio cholerae.

    Russell, Raedeen / Wang, Hongxia / Benitez, Jorge A / Silva, Anisia J

    Microbiology (Reading, England)

    2018  Volume 164, Issue 7, Page(s) 998–1003

    Abstract: Hypervirulent atypical El Tor biotype Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates harbour mutations in the DNA-binding domain of the nucleoid-associated protein H-NS and the receiver domain of the response regulator VieA. Here, we provide two examples in which ... ...

    Abstract Hypervirulent atypical El Tor biotype Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates harbour mutations in the DNA-binding domain of the nucleoid-associated protein H-NS and the receiver domain of the response regulator VieA. Here, we provide two examples in which inactivation of H-NS in El Tor biotype vibrios unmasks hidden regulatory connections. First, deletion of the helix-turn-helix domain of VieA in an hns mutant background diminished biofilm formation and exopolysaccharide gene expression, a function that phenotypically opposes its phosphodiesterase activity. Second, deletion of vieA in an hns mutant diminished the expression of σ
    MeSH term(s) Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Biofilms/growth & development ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics ; Gene Deletion ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Mutation ; Polysaccharides, Bacterial/genetics ; Sigma Factor/genetics ; Stress, Physiological/genetics ; Vibrio cholerae O1/genetics ; Vibrio cholerae O1/pathogenicity ; Vibrio cholerae O1/physiology ; Virulence/genetics
    Chemical Substances Bacterial Proteins ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; H-NS protein, bacteria ; Polysaccharides, Bacterial ; Sigma Factor ; VieA protein, Vibrio cholerae ; sporulation-specific sigma factors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-05-29
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1180712-x
    ISSN 1465-2080 ; 1350-0872
    ISSN (online) 1465-2080
    ISSN 1350-0872
    DOI 10.1099/mic.0.000672
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  9. Article ; Online: Flagellar motility, extracellular proteases and Vibrio cholerae detachment from abiotic and biotic surfaces.

    Mewborn, Loree / Benitez, Jorge A / Silva, Anisia J

    Microbial pathogenesis

    2017  Volume 113, Page(s) 17–24

    Abstract: Vibrio cholerae of serogroups O1 and O139, the causative agent of Asiatic cholera, continues to be a major global health threat. This pathogen utilizes substratum-specific pili to attach to distinct surfaces in the aquatic environment and the human small ...

    Abstract Vibrio cholerae of serogroups O1 and O139, the causative agent of Asiatic cholera, continues to be a major global health threat. This pathogen utilizes substratum-specific pili to attach to distinct surfaces in the aquatic environment and the human small intestine and detaches when conditions become unfavorable. Both attachment and detachment are critical to bacterial environmental survival, pathogenesis and disease transmission. However, the factors that promote detachment are less understood. In this study, we examine the role of flagellar motility and hemagglutinin/protease (HapA) in vibrio detachment from a non-degradable abiotic surface and from the suckling mouse intestine. Flagellar motility facilitated V. cholerae detachment from abiotic surfaces. HapA had no effect on the stability of biofilms formed on abiotic surfaces despite representing >50% of the proteolytic activity present in the extracellular matrix. We developed a balanced lethal plasmid system to increase the bacterial cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) pool late in infection, a condition that represses motility and HapA expression. Increasing the c-di-GMP pool enhanced V. cholerae colonization of the suckling mouse intestine. The c-di-GMP effect was fully abolished in hapA isogenic mutants. These results suggest that motility facilitates detachment in a substratum-independent manner. Instead, HapA appears to function as a substratum-specific detachment factor.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Bacterial Adhesion/physiology ; Biofilms/growth & development ; Cholera/microbiology ; Cyclic GMP/analogs & derivatives ; Cyclic GMP/metabolism ; Fimbriae, Bacterial/physiology ; Flagella/physiology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Intestinal Mucosa/microbiology ; Intestine, Small/microbiology ; Metalloendopeptidases/genetics ; Metalloendopeptidases/metabolism ; Mice ; Movement/physiology ; Polystyrenes ; Vibrio cholerae/genetics ; Vibrio cholerae/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Polystyrenes ; bis(3',5')-cyclic diguanylic acid (61093-23-0) ; Metalloendopeptidases (EC 3.4.24.-) ; hemagglutinin-protease (EC 3.4.24.-) ; Cyclic GMP (H2D2X058MU)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 632772-2
    ISSN 1096-1208 ; 0882-4010
    ISSN (online) 1096-1208
    ISSN 0882-4010
    DOI 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.10.016
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  10. Article ; Online: Vibrio cholerae Biofilms and Cholera Pathogenesis.

    Anisia J Silva / Jorge A Benitez

    PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 2, p e

    2016  Volume 0004330

    Abstract: Vibrio cholerae can switch between motile and biofilm lifestyles. The last decades have been marked by a remarkable increase in our knowledge of the structure, regulation, and function of biofilms formed under laboratory conditions. Evidence has grown ... ...

    Abstract Vibrio cholerae can switch between motile and biofilm lifestyles. The last decades have been marked by a remarkable increase in our knowledge of the structure, regulation, and function of biofilms formed under laboratory conditions. Evidence has grown suggesting that V. cholerae can form biofilm-like aggregates during infection that could play a critical role in pathogenesis and disease transmission. However, the structure and regulation of biofilms formed during infection, as well as their role in intestinal colonization and virulence, remains poorly understood. Here, we review (i) the evidence for biofilm formation during infection, (ii) the coordinate regulation of biofilm and virulence gene expression, and (iii) the host signals that favor V. cholerae transitions between alternative lifestyles during intestinal colonization, and (iv) we discuss a model for the role of V. cholerae biofilms in pathogenicity.
    Keywords Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ; RC955-962 ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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