Journal
CELLS
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells10030645
Keywords
Staphylococcus aureus; arginine phosphatase; infection; oxidative response
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- ATIP/AVENIR Program
- Region Languedoc-Roussilon
- German Egyptian Research Long-Term Scholarship Program (GERLS)
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Staphylococcus aureus remains a significant public health threat, especially in hospital settings. Studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in pathogenesis, host adaptation, and virulence is crucial for developing effective treatment strategies. The modulation of phosphatases-mediated regulation plays a critical role in various host-pathogen interactions, including oxidative stress adaptation during infection.
Staphylococcus aureus continues to be a public health threat, especially in hospital settings. Studies aimed at deciphering the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie pathogenesis, host adaptation, and virulence are required to develop effective treatment strategies. Numerous host-pathogen interactions were found to be dependent on phosphatases-mediated regulation. This study focused on the analysis of the role of the low-molecular weight phosphatase PtpB, in particular, during infection. Deletion of ptpB in S. aureus strain SA564 significantly reduced the capacity of the mutant to withstand intracellular killing by THP-1 macrophages. When injected into normoglycemic C57BL/6 mice, the SA564 Delta ptpB mutant displayed markedly reduced bacterial loads in liver and kidney tissues in a murine S. aureus abscess model when compared to the wild type. We also observed that PtpB phosphatase-activity was sensitive to oxidative stress. Our quantitative transcript analyses revealed that PtpB affects the transcription of various genes involved in oxidative stress adaptation and infectivity. Thus, this study disclosed first insights into the physiological role of PtpB during host interaction allowing us to link phosphatase-dependent regulation to oxidative bacterial stress adaptation during infection.
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