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ArticleMolecular microbiology2022

Manganese transport by Streptococcus sanguinis in acidic conditions and its impact on growth in vitro and in vivo.

Tanya Puccio, Seon-Sook An, Alexander C Schultz, Claudia A Lizarraga, Ashley S Bryant, David J Culp, Robert A Burne, Todd Kitten

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Article in Molecular microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tanya PuccioPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0223-4885
Seon-Sook AnPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7481-9612
Alexander C SchultzDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Claudia A LizarragaDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Ashley S BryantDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
David J CulpDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2124-6347
Robert A BurneDepartment of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4234-0316
Todd KittenPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6097-7583
University of Florida · USVirginia Commonwealth University · USFlorida College · US

Funding

Probiotics that moderate pH and antagonize pathogens to promote oral healthR01DE025832 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI BURNE, ROBERT A · 2016 to 2020
$3.4M
Role of metal transport in Streptococcus sanguinis virulence and competitivenessR01AI114926 · NIAID · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI KITTEN, TODD O. · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Characterization of a putative metal transport protein in Streptococcus sanguinisF31DE028468 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI PUCCIO, TANYA · 2019 to 2020
$77k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114926NIDCR NIH HHS F31 DE028468NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE025832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus sanguinis is an oral commensal and an etiological agent of infective endocarditis. Previous studies have identified the SsaACB manganese transporter as essential for endocarditis virulence; however, the significance of SsaACB in the oral environment has never been examined. Here we report that a ΔssaACB deletion mutant of strain SK36 exhibits reduced growth and manganese uptake under acidic conditions. Further studies revealed that these deficits resulted from the decreased activity of TmpA, shown in the accompanying paper to function as a ZIP-family manganese transporter. Transcriptomic analysis of fermentor-grown cultures of SK36 WT and ΔssaACB strains identified pH-dependent changes related to carbon catabolite repression in both strains, though their magnitude was generally greater in the mutant. In strain VMC66, which possesses a MntH transporter, loss of SsaACB did not significantly alter growth or cellular manganese levels under the same conditions. Interestingly, there were only modest differences between SK36 and its ΔssaACB mutant in competition with Streptococcus mutans in vitro and in a murine oral colonization model. Our results suggest that the heterogeneity of the oral environment may provide a rationale for the variety of manganese transporters found in S. sanguinis.

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Endocarditis, BacterialStreptococcus sanguisAnimalsManganeseMiceStreptococcus mutansVirulenceManganesecarbon catabolite repressiondental cariesendocarditismanganeseNRAMP proteinZIP-family protein

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PMID34862691
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