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- Title
Staphylococcus aureus grown in anaerobic conditions exhibits elevated glutamine biosynthesis and biofilm units.
- Authors
Vudhya Gowrisankar, Yugandhar; Manne Mudhu, Sunitha; Pasupuleti, Santhosh Kumar; Suthi, Subbarayudu; Chaudhury, Abhijit; Sarma, Potukuchi Venkata Gurunadha Krishna
- Abstract
The enormous spread of Staphylococcus aureus infections through biofilms is a major concern in hospital-acquired infections. Biofilm formation by S. aureus on any surface is facilitated by adjusting its redox status. This organism is a facultative anaerobe shift more towards reductive conditions by enhancing nitrogen metabolism where glutamine synthesis plays a key role. Glutamine is synthesized by glutamine synthetase (GS) encoded by the glnA gene. The gene was amplified by PCR from the chromosomal DNA of S. aureus, sequenced (HQ329146.1), and cloned. The pure recombinant GS exhibited Km of 11.06 ± 0.05 mmol·L−1 for glutamate and 2.4 ± 0.03 mmol·L−1 for ATP. The glnA gene sequence showed a high degree of variability with its human counterpart, while it was highly conserved in bacteria. Structural analysis revealed that the GS structure of S. aureus showed close homology with other Gram-positive bacteria and exhibited a high degree of variation with Escherichia coli GS. In the present study, we observed the increased presence of GS activity in multidrug-resistant strains of S. aureus with elevated biofilm units, grown in brain heart infusion broth; among them methicillin-resistant strains S. aureus LMV 3, 4, and 5 showed higher biofilm units. All these results explain the important role of glutamine biosynthesis with elevated biofilm units in the pathogenesis of S. aureus.
- Subjects
GLUTAMINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus infections; BIOFILMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; BIOSYNTHESIS; GLUTAMINE synthetase; NOSOCOMIAL infections; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2021, Vol 67, Issue 4, p323
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/cjm-2020-0434