Fluorescent sensors of siderophores produced by bacterial pathogens
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Siderophores are iron-chelating molecules that solubilize Fe3+ for microbial utilization and facilitate colonization or infection of eukaryotes by liberating host iron for bacterial uptake. By fluorescently labeling membrane receptors and binding proteins, we created 20 sensors that detect, discriminate, and quantify apo- and ferric siderophores. The sensor proteins originated from TonB-dependent ligand-gated porins (LGPs) of Escherichia coli (Fiu, FepA, Cir, FhuA, IutA, BtuB), Klebsiella pneumoniae (IroN, FepA, FyuA), Acinetobacter baumannii (PiuA, FepA, PirA, BauA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (FepA, FpvA), and Caulobacter crescentus (HutA) from a periplasmic E. coli binding protein (FepB) and from a human serum binding protein (siderocalin). They detected ferric catecholates (enterobactin, degraded enterobactin, glucosylated enterobactin, dihydroxybenzoate, dihydroxybenzoyl serine, cefidericol, MB-1), ferric hydroxamates (ferrichromes, aerobactin), mixed iron complexes (yersiniabactin, acinetobactin, pyoverdine), and porphyrins (hemin, vitamin B12). The sensors defined the specificities and corresponding affinities of the LGPs and binding proteins and monitored ferric siderophore and porphyrin transport by microbial pathogens. We also quantified, for the first time, broad recognition of diverse ferric complexes by some LGPs, as well as monospecificity for a single metal chelate by others. In addition to their primary ferric siderophore ligands, most LGPs bound the corresponding aposiderophore with ~100-fold lower affinity. These sensors provide insights into ferric siderophore biosynthesis and uptake pathways in free-living, commensal, and pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria.
Department(s)
Biological Sciences
Publication Title
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Volume
298
Issue
3
Publication Date
3-1-2022
DOI
10.1016/J.JBC.2022.101651
ISSN
00219258
E-ISSN
1083351X
PubMed ID
35101443
Recommended Citation
Kumar, Ashish; Yang, Taihao; Chakravorty, Somnath; Majumdar, Aritri; Nairn, Brittany L.; Six, David A.; dos Santos, Naara Marcondes; Price, Sarah L.; Lawrenz, Matthew B.; Actis, Luis A.; Marques, Marilis; Russo, Thomas A.; Newton, Salete M.; and Klebba, Phillip E., "Fluorescent sensors of siderophores produced by bacterial pathogens" (2022). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 24.
https://spark.bethel.edu/biology-faculty/24