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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1277281
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Edwardsiella tarda; aspartate; nitric oxide; reprogramming metabolome; antibiotic-free approach; zebrafish; sodium nitroprusside
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Metabolic reprogramming using aspartate as a reprogramming metabolite offers an antibiotic-free approach to combat both tetracycline-sensitive and -resistant bacteria, potentially enhancing host protection.
Introduction: Metabolic reprogramming potentiates host protection against antibiotic-sensitive or -resistant bacteria. However, it remains unclear whether a single reprogramming metabolite is effective enough to combat both antibiotic-sensitive and -resistant bacteria. This knowledge is key for implementing an antibiotic-free approach.Methods The reprogramming metabolome approach was adopted to characterize the metabolic state of zebrafish infected with tetracycline-sensitive and -resistant Edwardsiella tarda and to identify overlapping depressed metabolite in dying zebrafish as a reprogramming metabolite.Results: Aspartate was identify overlapping depressed metabolite in dying zebrafish as a reprogramming metabolite. Exogenous aspartate protects zebrafish against infection caused by tetracycline-sensitive and -resistant E. tarda. Mechanistically, exogenous aspartate promotes nitric oxide (NO) biosynthesis. NO is a well-documented factor of promoting innate immunity against bacteria, but whether it can play a role in eliminating both tetracycline-sensitive and -resistant E. tarda is unknown. Thus, in this study, aspartate was replaced with sodium nitroprusside to provide NO, which led to similar aspartate-induced protection against tetracycline-sensitive and -resistant E. tarda.Discussion: These findings support the conclusion that aspartate plays an important protective role through NO against both types of E. tarda. Importantly, we found that tetracycline-sensitive and -resistant E. tarda are sensitive to NO. Therefore, aspartate is an effective reprogramming metabolite that allows implementation of an antibiotic-free approach against bacterial pathogens.
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