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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2012

The effect of low shear force on the virulence potential of Yersinia pestis: new aspects that space-like growth conditions and the final frontier can teach us about a formidable pathogen.

Jason A Rosenzweig, Ashok K Chopra

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. The adaptation ofNPJ microgravity · 2017
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. The pathogenic Yersiniae--advances in the understanding of physiology and virulence.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2013
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jason A RosenzweigDepartment of Biology, Center for Bionanotechnology and Environmental Research, Texas Southern University Houston, TX, USA.
Ashok K Chopra

Funding

Identification of New Antigens for a Plague VaccineR01AI064389 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI CHOPRA, ASHOK K · 2005 to 2015
$3.8M
CONFERENCE: ANTIGEN AND CLONE-SPECIFIC IMMUNOREGULATIONR13AI030065 · NIAID · NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES · PI EDELSON, RICHARD L · 1990 to 1990
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NIAID NIH HHS AI064389NIAID NIH HHS AI30065NIAID NIH HHS N01 AI030065NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI064389
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Manned space exploration has created a need to evaluate the effects of space-like stress (SLS) on pathogenic and opportunistic microbes. Interestingly, several Gram-negative enteric pathogens, e.g., Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, have revealed a transient hyper-virulent phenotype following simulated microgravity (SMG) or actual space flight exposures. We have explored the virulence potential of Yersinia pestis KIM/D27 (YP) following exposure to mechanical low shear forces associated with SMG. Our experimental results demonstrated that SMG-grown YP was decreased in its induced HeLa cell cytotoxicity, suggesting that SMG somehow compromises T3SS functions. This was confirmed by an actual reduced amount of effector protein production and secretion through the T3SS injectisome. Also, SMG-grown YP proliferated less than their NG-grown counterparts did during an 8-h macrophage infection. Presently, we are evaluating the influence of SMG on various KIM/D27 mutant strains to further understanding of our initial phenomenology described above. Taken together, characterizing YP grown under the low shear forces of SMG can provide new insights into its pathogenesis and potentially uncover new targets that could be exploited for the development of novel antimicrobials as well as potential live-attenuated vaccines.

Indexed as

Stress, MechanicalEpithelial CellsHeLa CellsHumansMacrophagesStress, PhysiologicalVirulenceWeightlessness SimulationYersinia pestishigh aspect ratio vessellow shear forcessimulated microgravitytype three secretion systemYersinia pestis

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PMID22919696
PMCPMC3417468

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