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    Insertional mutagenesis in the zoonotic pathogen Chlamydia caviae

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    Author
    Filcek, K.
    Vielfort, K.
    Bavoil, P.M.
    Date
    2019
    Journal
    PLoS ONE
    Publisher
    Public Library of Science
    Type
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    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224324
    Abstract
    The ability to introduce targeted genetic modifications in microbial genomes has revolutionized our ability to study the role and mode of action of individual bacterial virulence factors. Although the fastidious lifestyle of obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens poses a technical challenge to such manipulations, the last decade has produced significant advances in our ability to conduct molecular genetic analysis in Chlamydia trachomatis, a major bacterial agent of infertility and blindness. Similar approaches have not been established for the closely related veterinary Chlamydia spp., which cause significant economic damage, as well as rare but potentially life-threatening infections in humans. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of conducting site-specific mutagenesis for disrupting virulence genes in C. caviae, an agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis that was recently identified as a zoonotic agent in cases of severe community-acquired pneumonia. Using this approach, we generated C. caviae mutants deficient for the secreted effector proteins IncA and SinC. We demonstrate that C. caviae IncA plays a role in mediating fusion of the bacteria-containing vacuoles inhabited by C. caviae. Moreover, using a chicken embryo infection model, we provide first evidence for a role of SinC in C. caviae virulence in vivo. Copyright 2019 Filcek et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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    This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (RHV: R01AI100759, PMB: STI Cooperative Research Center U19 AI 084044), the European Union's Seventh Framework Program (BSS: PIOF-GA-2013-626116), the Swedish Research Council (BSS: project 2018-02286, MIMS - The Swedish EMBL node for Molecular Medicine: project 2016-06598), and the Kempe foundation (SM: fellowship JCK-1834).
    Keyword
    Chlamydia caviae
    molecular genetic analysis
    Mutagenesis, Insertional
    Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
    Genome, Microbial
    Virulence Factors
    Chlamydia trachomatis
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