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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/srep14644
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea - Korean Government [2014R1A2A2A01002861, 2014R1A4A1008625, 2014R1A2A1A11049478, 2014R1A1A2059520]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2014R1A4A1008625, 2014R1A1A2059520, 2014R1A2A1A11049478, 2014R1A2A2A01002861] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa establishes airway infections in Cystic Fibrosis patients. Here, we investigate the molecular interactions between P. aeruginosa and airway mucus secretions (AMS) derived from the primary cultures of normal human tracheal epithelial (NHTE) cells. PAO1, a prototype strain of P. aeruginosa, was capable of proliferating during incubation with AMS, while all other tested bacterial species perished. A PAO1 mutant lacking PA4834 gene became susceptible to AMS treatment. The Delta PA4834 mutant was grown in AMS supplemented with 100 mu M ferric iron, suggesting that the PA4834 gene product is involved in iron metabolism. Consistently, intracellular iron content was decreased in the mutant, but not in PAO1 after the AMS treatment. Importantly, a PAO1 mutant unable to produce both pyoverdine and pyochelin remained viable, suggesting that these two major siderophore molecules are dispensable for maintaining viability during incubation with AMS. The Delta PA4834 mutant was regrown in AMS amended with 100 mu M nicotianamine, a phytosiderophore whose production is predicted to be mediated by the PA4836 gene. Infectivity of the Delta PA4834 mutant was also significantly compromised in vivo. Together, our results identify a genetic element encoding a novel iron acquisition system that plays a previously undiscovered role in P. aeruginosa airway infection.
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