Combined systems approaches reveal highly plastic responses to antimicrobial peptide challenge in Escherichia coli

Kozlowska, Justyna, Vermeer, Louic S, Rogers, Geraint B, Rehnnuma, Nabila, Amos, Sarah-Beth T A, Koller, Garrit, McArthur, Michael, Bruce, Kenneth D and Mason, A James (2014) Combined systems approaches reveal highly plastic responses to antimicrobial peptide challenge in Escherichia coli. PLoS Pathogens, 10 (5). ISSN 1553-7374

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Abstract

Obtaining an in-depth understanding of the arms races between peptides comprising the innate immune response and bacterial pathogens is of fundamental interest and will inform the development of new antibacterial therapeutics. We investigated whether a whole organism view of antimicrobial peptide (AMP) challenge on Escherichia coli would provide a suitably sophisticated bacterial perspective on AMP mechanism of action. Selecting structurally and physically related AMPs but with expected differences in bactericidal strategy, we monitored changes in bacterial metabolomes, morphological features and gene expression following AMP challenge at sub-lethal concentrations. For each technique, the vast majority of changes were specific to each AMP, with such a plastic response indicating E. coli is highly capable of discriminating between specific antibiotic challenges. Analysis of the ontological profiles generated from the transcriptomic analyses suggests this approach can accurately predict the antibacterial mode of action, providing a fresh, novel perspective for previous functional and biophysical studies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	adaptation,amino acid sequence,chemistry,chemistry,dose-response relationship, drug,drug effects,drug effects,methods,microbial sensitivity tests,microscopy,electron,scanning,transmission,nuclear magnetic resonance, biomolecular,drug effects,molecular sequence data,drug effects
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	20 May 2019 08:30
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 02:27
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71055
DOI:	10.1371/journal.ppat.1004104

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