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Genes Contributing to Staphylococcus aureus Fitness in Abscess- and Infection-Related Ecologies

Michael D. Valentino, Lucy Foulston, Ama Sadaka, Veronica N. Kos, Regis A. Villet, John Santa Maria Jr., David W. Lazinski, Andrew Camilli, Suzanne Walker, David C. Hooper, Michael S. Gilmore
Larry S. McDaniel, Editor
Michael D. Valentino
aDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Lucy Foulston
cDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Ama Sadaka
aDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Veronica N. Kos
aDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Regis A. Villet
dDivision of Infectious Diseases and Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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John Santa Maria Jr.
bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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David W. Lazinski
eDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Andrew Camilli
eDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Suzanne Walker
bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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David C. Hooper
dDivision of Infectious Diseases and Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Michael S. Gilmore
aDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Larry S. McDaniel
University of Mississippi
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DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01729-14
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    Characterization of the S. aureus transposon mutant library. (A) Tn-seq mapping of the 71,700 transposon insertions (blue track; because of density, individual hash marks appear nearly solid). Analysis of initial mutant population recovered on BHI agar. (B) Cumulative number of unique transposon (Tn) insertions over the length of the 2.8-Mb NCTC8325 genome, illustrating absence of hot spots/large gaps in transposon insertion. (C) The number of unique transposon insertions per ORF (left), the transposon density of each ORF (middle), and the ORF dval (right) are shown for nonessential (red) and essential (blue) genes.

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    Gene essentiality under laboratory conditions. Agreement between Tn-seq results for 24-h growth in BHI and previous identification of essential genes tested under similar conditions (11).

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    Antisense RNA validation of contribution to fitness. Exponential cultures carrying xylose-inducible antisense constructs were diluted into Luria Broth supplemented with 0.2% glucose containing 4% xylose, and optical density at 600 nm (OD600) was monitored. (A to I) Induced control strain with the pEPSA5 vector lacking insert (red squares) compared to induced strain carrying antisense construct (purple X’s). Antisense clones of fragments from genes fabI (A), SAOUHSC_00486 (B), SAOUHSC_00889 (C), SAOUHSC_01263 (D), SAOUHSC_01203 (E), SAOUHSC_01857 (F), SAOUHSC_02383 (G), SAOUHSC_00022 (H), and SAOUHSC_01239 (I). Error bars show the deviations from the means for at least 9 replicates in 3 separate experiments.

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    Metabolic genes contributing to S. aureus survival and proliferation in an abscess model.

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    Nucleotide biosynthesis pathways of importance in abscess at 48 h. Pyrimidine (A) and purine (B) biosynthesis pathways. Genes that are critical for survival in abscess at 48 h but not in rich medium outgrowth control are highlighted in yellow.

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    Genes contributing to S. aureus fitness across various environments. Table S1, PDF file, 0.1 MB.

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    Experimental strategy to determine genes essential for fitness in competitive, infection-relevant contexts. The transposon mutant pool (a) was first cultured in nutrient broth (b) to generate a reproducible inoculum for subsequent experiments. To identify genes contributing to fitness in infection, bacteria were inoculated in duplicate ex vivo into aqueous fluid, vitreous fluid, and whole blood (d). Additionally, genes contributing to persistence and proliferation in an abscess in vivo (e) were identified. Each output was sequenced and compared to nutrient broth outgrowth control (c). Download Figure S1, PDF file, 0.1 MB.

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    Comparison of genes curated as essential after growth in BHI in this study compared to previous study of essentiality in S. aureus. Table S2, PDF file, 0.1 MB.

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    Reproducibility of biological replicates. Regression statistics for independent biological replicates. Transposon density is the number of transposon insertions per kilobase, calculated independently for each ORF. dval is the number of transposon insertions found in a given ORF versus the number expected based on the size of the ORF. Download Figure S2, PDF file, 0.1 MB.

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    Genes which are either 4-fold underrepresented or 4-fold overrepresented following growth in infection compared to BHI outgrowth control. Table S3, PDF file, 0.1 MB.

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    Analysis of mariner mutant population changes in murine abscess by Tn-seq. (A) Flow chart of experimental strategy. (B) Analyses performed (abscesses generated on hind flank illustrated in yellow). (C) Representative abscesses at 24 h (a) and 48 h (b) prior to excision. Download Figure S3, PDF file, 0.1 MB.

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    Primers used in this study. Table S4, PDF file, 0.1 MB.

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Michael D. Valentino, Lucy Foulston, Ama Sadaka, Veronica N. Kos, Regis A. Villet, John Santa Maria Jr., David W. Lazinski, Andrew Camilli, Suzanne Walker, David C. Hooper, Michael S. Gilmore
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Michael D. Valentino, Lucy Foulston, Ama Sadaka, Veronica N. Kos, Regis A. Villet, John Santa Maria Jr., David W. Lazinski, Andrew Camilli, Suzanne Walker, David C. Hooper, Michael S. Gilmore
mBio Sep 2014, 5 (5) e01729-14; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01729-14
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