Journal Article

Antibiotic treatment modulates protein components of cytotoxic outer membrane vesicles of multidrug-resistant clinical strain, Acinetobacter baumannii DU202

Lee, Sang-Yeop, Lee, Hayoung, Jun, Sangmi, Lee, Je Chul, Kim, Seung Il, Choi, Chi-Won, Park, Edmond Changkyun, Kim, Hye-Yeon, Ro, Hyun-Joo, Kim, Gun-Hwa, Yun, Sung Ho, Yi, Yoon-Sun

2018

Overview

Background Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) of Acinetobacter baumannii are cytotoxic and elicit a potent innate immune response. OMVs were first identified in A. baumannii DU202, an extensively drug-resistant clinical strain. Herein, we investigated protein components of A. baumannii DU202 OMVs following antibiotic treatment by proteogenomic analysis. Methods Purified OMVs from A. baumannii DU202 grown in different antibiotic culture conditions were screened for pathogenic and immunogenic effects, and subjected to quantitative proteomic analysis by one-dimensional electrophoresis and liquid chromatography combined with tandem mass spectrometry (1DE-LC-MS/MS). Protein components modulated by imipenem were identified and discussed. Results OMV secretion was increased > twofold following imipenem treatment, and cytotoxicity toward A549 human lung carcinoma cells was elevated. A total of 277 proteins were identified as components of OMVs by imipenem treatment, among which β-lactamase OXA-23, various proteases, outer membrane proteins, β-barrel assembly machine proteins, peptidyl-prolyl cis–trans isomerases and inherent prophage head subunit proteins were significantly upregulated. Conclusion In vitro stress such as antibiotic treatment can modulate proteome components in A. baumannii OMVs and thereby influence pathogenicity.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,BMC
• Subject: Acinetobacter baumannii / Antibiotics / Bacteria / Biofilms / Biomedical and Life Sciences / Biotechnology / Cell Biology / Cell culture / Cytotoxicity / Dosage and administration / Drug resistance / Gene expression / Genetic aspects / Gram-negative bacteria / Imipenem / Immune response / Immunogenicity / Innate immunity / Life Sciences / Liquid chromatography / Lung carcinoma / Mass spectrometry / Mass spectroscopy / Membrane proteins / Membrane vesicles / Microbial drug resistance / Modulation by antibiotic treatment / Multidrug resistance / Multidrug resistant organisms / Nosocomial infections / Outer membrane proteins / Outer membrane vesicles / Pathogenesis / Pathogenicity / Pathogens / Pathology / Physiological aspects / Proteins / Proteomes / Proteomics / Roles / Sucrose / Synaptic vesicles / Transmission electron microscopy