Bacteriophage Sf6 Tailspike Protein for Detection of Shigella flexneri Pathogens
- Bacteriophage research is gaining more importance due to increasing antibiotic resistance. However, for treatment with bacteriophages, diagnostics have to be improved. Bacteriophages carry adhesion proteins, which bind to the bacterial cell surface, for example tailspike proteins (TSP) for specific recognition of bacterial O-antigen polysaccharide. TSP are highly stable proteins and thus might be suitable components for the integration into diagnostic tools. We used the TSP of bacteriophage Sf6 to establish two applications for detecting Shigella flexneri (S. flexneri), a highly contagious pathogen causing dysentery. We found that Sf6TSP not only bound O-antigen of S. flexneri serotype Y, but also the glucosylated O-antigen of serotype 2a. Moreover, mass spectrometry glycan analyses showed that Sf6TSP tolerated various O-acetyl modifications on these O-antigens. We established a microtiter plate-based ELISA like tailspike adsorption assay (ELITA) using a Strep-tag®II modified Sf6TSP. As sensitive screening alternative we produced aBacteriophage research is gaining more importance due to increasing antibiotic resistance. However, for treatment with bacteriophages, diagnostics have to be improved. Bacteriophages carry adhesion proteins, which bind to the bacterial cell surface, for example tailspike proteins (TSP) for specific recognition of bacterial O-antigen polysaccharide. TSP are highly stable proteins and thus might be suitable components for the integration into diagnostic tools. We used the TSP of bacteriophage Sf6 to establish two applications for detecting Shigella flexneri (S. flexneri), a highly contagious pathogen causing dysentery. We found that Sf6TSP not only bound O-antigen of S. flexneri serotype Y, but also the glucosylated O-antigen of serotype 2a. Moreover, mass spectrometry glycan analyses showed that Sf6TSP tolerated various O-acetyl modifications on these O-antigens. We established a microtiter plate-based ELISA like tailspike adsorption assay (ELITA) using a Strep-tag®II modified Sf6TSP. As sensitive screening alternative we produced a fluorescently labeled Sf6TSP via coupling to an environment sensitive dye. Binding of this probe to the S. flexneri O-antigen Y elicited a fluorescence intensity increase of 80% with an emission maximum in the visible light range. The Sf6TSP probes thus offer a promising route to a highly specific and sensitive bacteriophage TSP-based Shigella detection system.…
Verfasserangaben: | Ruth Sonja KunstmannORCiDGND, Tom ScheidtORCiD, Saskia Buchwald, Alexandra Helm, Laurence A. Mulard, Angelika Fruth, Stefanie BarbirzORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/v10080431 |
ISSN: | 1999-4915 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Viruses |
Verlag: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) |
Verlagsort: | Basel |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 15.08.2018 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 10.10.2018 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | O-antigen; Shigella flexneri; bacteriophage; fluorescence sensor; microtiter plate assay; serotyping; tailspike proteins |
Band: | 10 |
Ausgabe: | 8 |
Erste Seite: | 1 |
Letzte Seite: | 18 |
Fördernde Institution: | Universität Potsdam, Publikationsfonds |
Fördernummer: | PA 2018_47 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 05 Zeitschriften, fortlaufende Sammelwerke |
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit | |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Fördermittelquelle: | Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam |
Publikationsweg: | Open Access |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
Externe Anmerkung: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 472 |