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Pathogenomics Goal: Identify previously unrecognized mechanisms of microbial pathogenicity using a unique combination of informatics, evolutionary biology, microbiology and genetics. Pathogenicity Processes of microbial pathogenicity at the molecular level are still minimally understood Pathogen proteins identified that manipulate host cells by interacting with, or mimicking, host proteins. Idea: Could we identify novel virulence factors by identifying pathogen genes more similar to host genes than you would expect based on phylogeny? Eukaryotic-like pathogen genes Aquifex aeolicus 96 Haemophilus influenza 100 Escherichia coli Anabaena - YopH, a proteintyrosine phosphatase, of Yersinia pestis 100 Synechocystis 100 63 Chlamydia trachomatis 64 Petunia x hybrida 83 0.1 Nicotiana tabacum Brassica napus 99 Arabidopsis thaliana 52 Oryza sativa - Enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (involved in lipid metabolism) of Chlamydia trachomatis Approach Screen for candidate genes. Search pathogen genes against sequence databases. Identify those with eukaryotic similarity/motifs Rank candidates. - how much like host protein? - info available about protein? Evolutionary significance. - Horizontal transfer? Similar by chance? Prioritize for biological study. - Previously studied biologically? - Can UBC microbiologists study it? - C. elegans homolog? Modify screening method /algorithm Pathogens Anthrax Cat scratch disease Chancroid Chlamydia Cholera Dental caries Diarrhea (E. coli etc.) Diphtheria Epidemic typhus Mediterranean fever Gastroenteritis Gonorrhea Legionnaires' disease Leprosy Leptospirosis Listeriosis Lyme disease Meliodosis Meningitis Necrotizing fasciitis Paratyphoid/enteric fever Peptic ulcers and gastritis Periodontal disease Plague Pneumonia Salmonellosis Scarlet fever Shigellosis Strep throat Syphilis Toxic shock syndrome Tuberculosis Tularemia Typhoid fever Urethritis Urinary Tract Infections Whooping cough +Hospital-acquired infections Pathogens Chlamydophila psittaci Mycoplasma mycoides Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Pasteurella haemolytica Pasteurella multicoda Ralstonia solanacearum Xanthomonas citri Xylella fastidiosa Respiratory disease, primarily in birds Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia Pneumonia in pigs Cattle shipping fever Cattle septicemia, pig rhinitis Plant bacterial wilt Citrus canker Pierce’s Disease - grapevines Bacterial wilt Approach Prioritized candidates Study function of gene. Investigate role of bacterial gene in disease: Infection study in model host Study function of similar gene in model host, C. elegans. Contact other groups for possible collaborations. C. elegans DATABASE World Research Community Interdisciplinary group Informatics/Bioinformatics Evolutionary Theory • BC Genome Sequence Centre • Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics • Dept of Zoology • Dept of Botany • Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Coordinator Pathogen Functions Host Functions • • • • • Dept. Medical Genetics • C. elegans Reverse Genetics Facility • Dept. Biological Sciences SFU Dept. Microbiology Biotechnology Laboratory Dept. Medicine BC Centre for Disease Control Power of the Approach • Interdisciplinary team • Automated approach unique ideas and collaborations continually updated • Better understanding: pathogen gene and similar host gene • Insight into horizontal gene transfer events and the evolution of pathogen-host interactions. • Public database – other researchers may capitalize on the findings – promote further collaboration Database front end PhyloBLAST – a tool for the analysis Bacterium Eukaryote Horizontal Transfer Bacillus subtilis Escherichia coli Salmonella typhimurium Staphylococcua aureus Clostridium perfringens Clostridium difficile Trichomonas vaginalis Haemophilus influenzae N-acetylneuraminate lyase (NanA) of the protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis is 92-95% similar to NanA of Pasteurellaceae bacteria. Acinetobacillus actinomycetemcomitans 0.1 Pasteurella multocida N-acetylneuraminate lyase (sialic acid lyase, NanA) Hydrolysis of glycosidic linkages of terminal sialic residues in glycoproteins, glycolipids Sialidase Free sialic acid Transporter Free sialic acid NanA N-acetyl-D-mannosamine + pyruvate Intracellular enzyme involved in sialic acid metabolism In Bacteria: Proposed to parasitize the mucous membranes of animals for nutritional purposes N-acetylneuraminate lyase – role in pathogenicity? Pasteurellaceae •Mucosal pathogens of the respiratory tract •Intracellular NanA enzyme with sialic acid transporter T. vaginalis •Mucosal pathogen, causative agent of the STD Trichomonas •Extracellular enzyme, so avoids need for transporter? Eukaryote Bacteria Horizontal Transfer? Rat 0.1 Human Escherichia coli Caenorhabditis elegans Pig roundworm Methanococcus jannaschii Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Bacillus subtilis Streptococcus pyogenes Guanosine monophosphate reductase of E. coli is 81% similar to the corresponding enzyme studied in humans and rats, and shares a significant phylogenetic relationship with metazoans (left). Aquifex aeolicus Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Haemophilus influenzae Chlorobium vibrioforme Its role in virulence has not been investigated. Eukaryote Bacteria Horizontal Transfer? Hypocrea jecorina EGLII Trichoderma viride EGL2 Penicillium janthinellum EGL2 Macrophomina phaseolina EGL2 Cryptococcus flavus CMC1 Ralstonia solanacearum egl Humicola insolens CMC3 Humicola grisea CMC3 Ralstonia solanacearum cellulase (ENDO-1,4BETA-GLUCANASE) is 56% similar to endoglucanase present in a number of fungi. Aspergillus aculeatus CMC2 Aspergillus nidulans EGLA Macrophomina phaseolina egl1 Aspergillus aculeatus CEL1 Demonstrated virulence factor for plant bacterial wilt Aspergillus niger EGLB Vibrio species manA Trends in the Analysis • Most cases of probable recent cross-domain gene transfer involve movement of a bacterial gene to a unicellular eukaryote • Identifies the strongest cases of lateral gene transfer between bacteria and eukaryotes • A control: The method identifies all previously reported Chlamydia trachomatis eukaryotic-like genes. G+C Analysis: Identifying Pathogenicity Islands %G+C 52.24 46.42 26.07 37.29 42.29 29.37 35.27 47.99 35.00 26.37 33.33 47.05 53.33 52.38 57.63 54.42 55.56 S.D. -2 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 Location 879443..880738 880832..881488 881770..882237 882294..882470 882474..882674 882677..883054 883112..883369 883459..884004 884001..884120 884167..884439 884705..884995 885001..885474 885517..886386 886550..887473 887551..888192 888247..889038 889531..890322 Strand Gene + + NMB0854 NMB0855 NMB0856 NMB0857 NMB0858 NMB0859 NMB0860 NMB0861 NMB0862 NMB0863 NMB0864 NMB0865 NMB0866 NMB0867 NMB0868 NMB0869 NMB0870 Product histidyl-tRNA synthetase put. bacteriocin resist. hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein hypothetical protein YabO/YceC/SfhB fam. prot. conserved hypothetical hypothetical protein 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate hydroxymethyltransferase G+C of ORFs: Analysis of Variance • Low G+C variance correlates with an intracellular lifestyle for the bacterium and a clonal nature (P = 0.004) • This variance is similar within a given species • Useful marker for investigating the clonality of bacteria? Relationship with intracellular lifestyle may reflect the ecological isolation of intracellular bacteria? Future Developments • Incorporate unfinished genomes, plasmids into analysis (including eukaryotic) • Motif-based and domain-based analyses • G+C analysis graphical viewer for identification of pathogenicity islands • Functional tests • Peter Wall Foundation • Pathogenomics group – Ann M. Rose, Yossef Av-Gay, David L. Baillie, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Robert Brunham, Stefanie Butland, Rachel C. Fernandez, B. Brett Finlay, Hans Greberg, Robert E.W. Hancock, Christy Haywood-Farmer, Steven J. Jones, Patrick Keeling, Audrey de Koning, Don G. Moerman, Sarah P. Otto, B. Francis Ouellette, Ivan Wan. www.pathogenomics.bc.ca