PLoS Pathogens | |
Parallel Exploitation of Diverse Host Nutrients Enhances Salmonella Virulence | |
Beatrice Claudi1  Benjamin Steeb1  Petra Tienz1  Dirk Bumann1  Alain Mazé1  Hesso Farhan1  Neil A. Burton1  Alexander Schmidt2  | |
[1] Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;Proteomics Core Facility, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | |
关键词: Salmonella; Nutrients; Salmonellosis; Enzyme metabolism; Enzymes; Phenotypes; Metabolic networks; Spleen; | |
DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003301 | |
学科分类:生物科学(综合) | |
来源: Public Library of Science | |
【 摘 要 】
Pathogen access to host nutrients in infected tissues is fundamental for pathogen growth and virulence, disease progression, and infection control. However, our understanding of this crucial process is still rather limited because of experimental and conceptual challenges. Here, we used proteomics, microbial genetics, competitive infections, and computational approaches to obtain a comprehensive overview of Salmonella nutrition and growth in a mouse typhoid fever model. The data revealed that Salmonella accessed an unexpectedly diverse set of at least 31 different host nutrients in infected tissues but the individual nutrients were available in only scarce amounts. Salmonella adapted to this situation by expressing versatile catabolic pathways to simultaneously exploit multiple host nutrients. A genome-scale computational model of Salmonella in vivo metabolism based on these data was fully consistent with independent large-scale experimental data on Salmonella enzyme quantities, and correctly predicted 92% of 738 reported experimental mutant virulence phenotypes, suggesting that our analysis provided a comprehensive overview of host nutrient supply, Salmonella metabolism, and Salmonella growth during infection. Comparison of metabolic networks of other pathogens suggested that complex host/pathogen nutritional interfaces are a common feature underlying many infectious diseases.
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