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what must a pathogenic microbe do to survive in a host and establish infection (5)

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  • attach to host cells for colonization
  • evade host’s innate and adaptive immune defenses and persist
  • obtain iron and other nutrients needed to multiply
  • disseminate or spread within a host and to other hosts
  • produce symptoms of disease (to be considered pathogenic)
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what is adherence mediated by (2)

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  • bacterial appendages or surface structures
  • interactions can occur directly or indirectly
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adherence: direct interactions

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  • “adhesin” on bacterium binds directly to a specific receptor
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adherence: indirect interactions (2)

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  • adhesin binding first to the protein in the extracellular matrix (ECM)
  • then, the ECM proteins binds to specific receptors on the host cell, acting as a bridge
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adherence: indirect interactions (2)

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  • adhesin binding first to the protein in the extracellular matrix (ECM)
  • then, the ECM proteins binds to specific receptors on the host cell, acting as a bridge
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types of adhesins (2)

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  • fimbrial adhesins
  • afimbrial adhesins
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fimbrial adhesins (3)

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  • fimbriae or pili
  • several types that form polymers
  • Pap pilus is heavily characterized and studied
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afimbrial adhesins (2)

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  • several types
  • a single protein
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why do bacteria use long fragile structures to bind to host cells (3)

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  • outreach
  • protection and survivability of core bacterial body from host immune system
  • bacterial surface and host cell are negative; allows for connection despite repulsive forces
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can bacterium have multiple adhesins

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  • yes, they can be expressed all at once or sequentially during infection at different stages of pathogenesis
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are all adhesins virulence factors (2)

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  • as bacteria can have multiple adhesins, it is difficult to prove necessity of any one adhesin
  • not all adhesins are virulence factors
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host receptors for adhesins (4)

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  • often carbohydrate-based
  • glycolipids or glycoproteins
  • often integrins
  • receptors determine the tropism of the disease
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what is the receptor for Pap pilus (3)

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  • glycolipid
  • a P-blood group antigen called gal (alpha1-4) gal
  • found in the upper bladder and near the kidney (defining its tropism)
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what is the receptor for H. pylori (2)

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  • Lewis B-blood group antigen
  • found in stomach epithelium
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tropism

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  • tissue specificity
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what binds to integrins

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  • ECM proteins or bacterial adhesins that contain RGD motif
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integrins (3)

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  • have 2 chains: alpha and beta chains
  • have an extracellular and intracellular domain
  • intracellular domain is involved in signaling
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what is the RGD motif (2)

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  • arginine, glycine, aspartic acid sequence
  • often binds integrin
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integrin example

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pathogenic E. coli (3)

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  • causes a variety of diseases
  • all pathogenic E. coli express toxins and adhesins
  • gram negative
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diseases caused by pathogenic E. coli (4)

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  • gastrointestinal
  • invasive
  • meningitis
  • UTIs
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gastrointestinal pathogenic E. coli (2)

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  • watery diarrhea (cholera-type)
  • bloody diarrhea (shigella-type)
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invasive pathogenic E. coli

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  • salmonella-type infection
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UTIs (2)

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  • 5-10% of people have a UTI in their life
  • UTIs can be caused by variety of organisms, including E. coli
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what are the host defenses in our urinary tract against UTIs (5)
- pH - microbiota - flushing - metabolites - osmolarity
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pyelonephritis (3)
- caused by urinary pathogenic E. coli (UPEC) - colonization of the gut or vagina serves as reservoir for organism - bacteria then colonize the bladder and ascend to the kidneys
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UPEC virulence factors (3)
- adhesins - hemolysin (toxin that lyses RBCs and released iron) - serum resistance proteins
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how are UPEC virulence factors connected
- they are linked together on the chromosome; found in a gene cluster
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Pap pilus assembly proteins (3)
- structural component proteins - assembly proteins - gene regulation proteins
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Pap pilus gene regulation proteins (2)
- PapI - PapB
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Pap pilus structural components (6)
- PapA - PapH - PapE - PapF - PapG - PapK
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Pap pilus assembly proteins (2)
- PapD: chaperone - PapC: usher
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Pilus structure (6)
- PapG: binds to host - PapF: adaptor protein - PapE: multi-subunit - PapK: adaptor - PapA: multi-subunit - PapH: interacts with outer membrane
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PapG (3)
- the major adhesin - found on the tip of the pilus as a single protein - joined to PapE by PapF
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PapF
- adaptor between PapG and PapE
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PapE
- subunits make up the thin fibrillum
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PapK
- adaptor between the thick pilus PapA rod and the PapE fibrillum
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PapA
- polymer of repeating PapA subunits makes up a thick pilus rod
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PapH (2)
- terminates assembly of the pilus - links the rode to the outer membrane
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Pilus assembly: PapD (2)
- assists in folding of subunits when they enter the periplasm - properly folded subunits are founds as assembly modules
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Pilus assembly: missing PapD (2)
- subunits will misfold and aggregate - aggregation will lead to degradation
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donor strand complementation (3)
- C-terminus of the subunits have alternating hydrophobic residues - subunits line up in register with a similar region in PapD - two beta strands (one from subunit and one from chaperone) are found in parallel conformation
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Pilus assembly: PapC (3)
- assembly site for the pilus - where donor strand exchange (DSE) occurs - directs the ordered assembly of the subunits by influence of relative affinities of subunits and abundance of subunits
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donor strand exchange (4)
- at PapC, the PapD chaperone is released, allowing the subunits to polymerize - one strand from the subunit and one strand from another subunit are now found in anti-parallel conformation - this new interaction is very strong as it has high affinity - interaction occurs via the N-terminus of the incoming subunit
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donor strand complementation vs exchange (2)
- chaperone/subunit interactions are "loose" - subunit/subunit interactions are stable and tight; strand snap into place
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affinities and order for PapC (3)
- PapD + PapG has highest affinity for PapC, so it binds first - PapD + PapF assembly module is next, and so on - PapH finds and anchors the pilus as it lacks the region that initiates DSE
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what is a strategy to produce soluble PapG
- genetically link donor strand from chaperone to PapG to prevent PapG from misfolding and degrading
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