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    Characterization of the high-affinity phosphate transporter Pst in Proteus mirabilis HI4320 and its role in virulence during complicated urinary tract infections

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    Author
    Jacobsen, Sandra
    Advisor
    Shirtliff, Mark
    Date
    2007
    Type
    dissertation
    
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    Proteus mirabilis is a ubiquitous bacterium associated with complicated urinary tract infection (UTI). Mutagenesis studies of the clinical strain HI4320 in the CBA mouse model of ascending UTI identified attenuated mutants with transposon insertions in genes encoding the high-affinity phosphate transporter Pst (pstS, pstA). Sequence analysis of the HI4320 genome determined that the gene organization of the pst operon is identical to other enterobacteria and that the HI4320 strain possesses potential known phosphate assimilation and transport homologues. Constitutive expression of the alkaline phosphatase PhoA by these mutants regardless of phosphate concentration differentiates these strains from the wild-type in various growth conditions and is an indicator of the state of the pho regulon. Mutants (pstA) transformed with the entire pst operon were complemented as determined by repression of PhoA activity in vitro and by colonization of the mouse bladder in numbers comparable to the HI4320 strain. Thus, the Pst transporter of P. mirabilis HI4320 has satisfied molecular Koch's postulates as a virulence factor in the pathogenesis of murine UTI.;Since an in vitro growth defect is suggested not to be the reason for the attenuation observed in vivo as assessed by growth studies, global methodologies were performed to examine alterations in in vitro phenotype and in protein expression. An altered substrate and drug susceptibility detected in these mutants, as revealed by Phenotype MicroArray analysis, suggest that an intact Pst system is necessary for bacterial membrane integrity. The proteomes of log phase P. mirabilis grown in Luria broth and of biofilms formed in pooled human urine were completed for use in future protein expression comparisons. Protein expression patterns by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis in Luria Broth revealed an upregulation of pho regulon homologues (Ugp system, PhnX) in the pst mutants as compared to the wild-type. Biofilm microtiter assays and microscopy revealed that these mutants are defective in forming mature biofilms as compared to the wild-type. These studies indicate that the Pst system is important for virulence of P. mirabilis HI4320 during murine UTIs and could play a role in biofilm formation during these infections.
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    University of Maryland, Baltimore. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Ph.D. 2007
    Keyword
    Biology, Microbiology
    high-affinity phosphate transporter pst
    Proteus mirabilis--genetics
    Mice
    Urinary Tract Infections
    Virulence Factors
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10713/1039
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