Deletion of the Zinc Transporter Lipoprotein AdcAII Causes Hyperencapsulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Associated with Distinct Alleles of the Type I Restriction-Modification System

被引:10
作者
Durmort, Claire [1 ]
Ercoli, Giuseppe [2 ]
Ramos-Sevillano, Elisa [2 ]
Chimalapati, Suneeta [2 ]
Haigh, Richard D. [3 ]
Croix, Megan De Ste [3 ]
Gould, Katherine [4 ]
Hinds, Jason [4 ]
Guerardel, Yann [5 ]
Vernet, Thierry [1 ]
Oggioni, Marco [3 ]
Brown, Jeremy S. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Grenoble Alpes, Inst Biol Struct IBS, CNRS, CEA, Grenoble, France
[2] Royal Free & Univ Coll Med Sch, Ctr Inflammat & Tissue Repair, Rayne Inst, Dept Med, London, England
[3] Univ Leicester, Dept Genet & Genome Biol, Leicester, Leics, England
[4] St Georges Univ London, Inst Infect & Immun, London, England
[5] Univ Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576, UGSF Unite Glycobiol Struct & Fonct, Lille, France
来源
MBIO | 2020年 / 11卷 / 02期
基金
英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会; 英国惠康基金;
关键词
Streptococcus pneumoniae; capsule expression; virulence; AdcAII; restriction modification; SpnD39III; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; ABC TRANSPORTERS; BINDING PROTEIN; IRON UPTAKE; VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; RESISTANCE; MORPHOLOGY;
D O I
10.1128/mBio.00445-20
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The capsule is the dominant Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence factor, yet how variation in capsule thickness is regulated is poorly understood. Here, we describe an unexpected relationship between mutation of adcAII, which encodes a zinc uptake lipoprotein, and capsule thickness. Partial deletion of adcAII in three of five capsular serotypes frequently resulted in a mucoid phenotype that biochemical analysis and electron microscopy of the D39 adcAII mutants confirmed was caused by markedly increased capsule thickness. Compared to D39, the hyperencapsulated Delta adcaII mutant strain was more resistant to complement-mediated neutrophil killing and was hypervirulent in mouse models of invasive infection. Transcriptome analysis of D39 and the Delta adcAII mutant identified major differences in transcription of the Sp_0505-0508 locus, which encodes an SpnD39III (ST5556II) type I restriction-modification system and allelic variation of which correlates with capsule thickness. A PCR assay demonstrated close linkage of the SpnD3911IC and F alleles with the hyperencapsulated iladcAll strains. However, transformation of Delta adcAII with fixed SpnD39III alleles associated with normal capsule thickness did not revert the hyperencapsulated phenotype. Half of hyperencapsulated Delta adcAII strains contained the same single nucleotide polymorphism in the capsule locus gene cps2E, which is required for the initiation of capsule synthesis. These results provide further evidence for the importance of the SpnD39III (ST5556II) type I restriction-modification system for modulating capsule thickness and identified an unexpected linkage between capsule thickness and mutation of Delta adcAII. Further investigation will be needed to characterize how mutation of adcAII affects SpnD39III (ST5556II) allele dominance and results in the hyperencapsulated phenotype. IMPORTANCE The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule affects multiple interactions with the host including contributing to colonization and immune evasion. During infection, the capsule thickness varies, but the mechanisms regulating this are poorly understood. We have identified an unsuspected relationship between mutation of adcAII, a gene that encodes a zinc uptake lipoprotein, and capsule thickness. Mutation of adcAII resulted in a striking hyperencapsulated phenotype, increased resistance to complement-mediated neutrophil killing, and increased S. pneurnornae virulence in mouse models of infection. Transcriptome and PCR analysis linked the hyperencapsulated phenotype of the Delta adcAII strain to specific alleles of the SpnD39III (ST5556II) type I restriction-modification system, a system which has previously been shown to affect capsule thickness. Our data provide further evidence for the importance of the SpnD39III (ST5556II) type I restriction-modification system for modulating capsule thickness and identify an unexpected link between capsule thickness and Delta adcAII, further investigation of which could further characterize mechanisms of capsule regulation.
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