title: A study of Streptococcus thermophilus proteome by integrated analytical procedures and differential expression investigations.
abstract: Streptococcus thermophilus is a Gram-positive bacterium belonging to the group of lactic acid bacteria, among which several genera play an essential role in manufacture of food products. Recently, a genomic consortium sequenced and annotated its entire genome, which has been demonstrated to contain 1900 coding sequences. In this study, we have revealed the expression products of almost 200 different genes using a proteomic strategy combining 2-DE plus MALDI-TOF PMF and differential 1-DE plus muLC-ESI-IT-MS/MS. Thus, a number of cellular pathways related to important physiological processes were described at the proteomic level. Almost 50 genes were related to multiple electrophoretic species, whose heterogeneity was mainly due to variability in pI values. A 2-DE reference map obtained for lactose-grown cells was compared with those obtained after heat, cold, acid, oxidative and starvation stresses. Protein up/down-regulation measurements demonstrated that adaptation to different environmental challenges may involve the contribution of unique as well as combined physiological mechanisms. Common regulatory sites in the promoter region of genes whose expression was induced after stress were identified. These results provide a better comprehension of biochemical processes related to stress resistance in S. thermophilus, allowing defining the molecular bases of adaptative responses or markers for the identification of strains with potential industrial applications.
authors.affiliation: Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, I.S.P.A.A.M., National Research Council, via Argine 1085, 80147 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arena
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renzone
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rullo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ledda
authors.forename: Filomena
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maglione
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varcamonti
authors.forename: Lino
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scaloni
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D001483:Base Sequence; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007785:Lactose; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D020543:Proteome; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D048249:Streptococcus thermophilus / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D020543:Proteome; D007785:Lactose