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ArticleMicrobial biotechnology2012

Interkingdom adenosine signal reduces Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenicity.

Lili Sheng, Mingming Pu, Manjunath Hegde, Yuanxing Zhang, Arul Jayaraman, Thomas K Wood

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Article in Microbial biotechnology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lili ShengDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122, USA.
Mingming Pu
Manjunath Hegde
Yuanxing Zhang
Arul Jayaraman
Thomas K Wood
East China University of Science and Technology · CNTexas A&M University · US

Funding

Re-Wiring Cellular Metabolism to Control Biofilm Formation and Virulence BY...R01GM089999 · NIGMS · TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION · PI WOOD, THOMAS K · 2009 to 2011
$846k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM089999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is becoming recognized as an important pathogen in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Here we demonstrate that adenosine, derived from hydrolysis of ATP from the eucaryotic host, is a potent interkingdom signal in the GI tract for this pathogen. The addition of adenosine nearly abolished P. aeruginosa biofilm formation and abolished swarming by preventing production of rhamnolipids. Since the adenosine metabolite inosine did not affect biofilm formation and since a mutant unable to metabolize adenosine behaved like the wild-type strain, adenosine metabolism is not required to reduce pathogenicity. Adenosine also reduces production of the virulence factors pyocyanin, elastase, extracellular polysaccharide, siderophores and the Pseudomonas quinolone signal which led to reduced virulence with Caenorhabditis elegans. To provide insights into how adenosine reduces the virulence of P. aeruginosa, a whole-transcriptome analysis was conducted which revealed that adenosine addition represses genes similar to an iron-replete condition; however, adenosine did not directly bind Fur. Therefore, adenosine decreases P. aeruginosa pathogenicity as an interkingdom signal by causing genes related to iron acquisition to be repressed.

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Signal TransductionAdenosineAnimalsBiofilmsCaenorhabditis elegansGene Expression ProfilingGlycolipidsPseudomonas aeruginosaSurvival AnalysisVirulenceVirulence FactorsAdenosineGlycolipidsrhamnolipidVirulence Factors

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PMID22414222
PMCPMC3815332
OpenAlexW1953855789

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