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Fructose transport-deficient Staphylococcus aureus reveals important role of epithelial glucose transporters in limiting sugar-driven bacterial growth in airway surface liquid

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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
卷 71, 期 23, 页码 4665-4673

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SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1635-y

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Glucose; Glucose transporters (GLUTs); Hyperglycaemia; Airway epithelium; Staphylococcus aureus; Respiratory infection

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  1. WellcomeTrust [088304/Z/09/Z]
  2. Medical Research Council [MR/K012770/1]
  3. Enterprise grant from St. George's University of London
  4. Wellcome Trust [088304/Z/09/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
  5. MRC [MR/K012770/1] Funding Source: UKRI
  6. Medical Research Council [MR/K012770/1] Funding Source: researchfish

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Hyperglycaemia as a result of diabetes mellitus or acute illness is associated with increased susceptibility to respiratory infection with Staphylococcus aureus. Hyperglycaemia increases the concentration of glucose in airway surface liquid (ASL) and promotes the growth of S. aureus in vitro and in vivo. Whether elevation of other sugars in the blood, such as fructose, also results in increased concentrations in ASL is unknown and whether sugars in ASL are directly utilised by S. aureus for growth has not been investigated. We obtained mutant S. aureus JE2 strains with transposon disrupted sugar transport genes. NE768(fruA) exhibited restricted growth in 10 mM fructose. In H441 airway epithelial-bacterial co-culture, elevation of basolateral sugar concentration (5-20 mM) increased the apical growth of JE2. However, sugar-induced growth of NE768(fruA) was significantly less when basolateral fructose rather than glucose was elevated. This is the first experimental evidence to show that S. aureus directly utilises sugars present in the ASL for growth. Interestingly, JE2 growth was promoted less by glucose than fructose. Net transepithelial flux of d-glucose was lower than d-fructose. However, uptake of d-glucose was higher than d-fructose across both apical and basolateral membranes consistent with the presence of GLUT1/10 in the airway epithelium. Therefore, we propose that the preferential uptake of glucose (compared to fructose) limits its accumulation in ASL. Pre-treatment with metformin increased transepithelial resistance and reduced the sugar-dependent growth of S. aureus. Thus, epithelial paracellular permeability and glucose transport mechanisms are vital to maintain low glucose concentration in ASL and limit bacterial nutrient sources as a defence against infection.

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