title: MrkD1P from Klebsiella pneumoniae strain IA565 allows for coexistence with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and protection from protease-mediated biofilm detachment.
abstract: Biofilm formation and persistence are essential components for the continued survival of pathogens inside the host and constitute a major contributor to the development of chronic wounds with resistance to antimicrobial compounds. Understanding these processes is crucial for control of biofilm-mediated disease. Though chronic wound infections are often polymicrobial in nature, much of the research on chronic wound-related microbes has focused on single-species models. Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are microbes that are often found together in wound isolates and are able to form stable in vitro biofilms, despite the antagonistic nature of P. aeruginosa with other organisms. Mutants of the K. pneumoniae strain IA565 lacking the plasmid-borne mrkD1P gene were less competitive than the wild type in an in vitro dual-species biofilm model with P. aeruginosa (PAO1). PAO1 spent medium inhibited the formation of biofilm of mrkD1P-deficient mutants and disrupted preestablished biofilms, with no effect on IA565 and no effect on the growth of the wild type or mutants. A screen using a two-allele PAO1 transposon library identified the LasB elastase as the secreted effector involved in biofilm disruption, and a purified version of the protein produced results similar to those with PAO1 spent medium. Various other proteases had a similar effect, suggesting that the disruption of the mrkD1P gene causes sensitivity to general proteolytic effects and indicating a role for MrkD1P in protection against host antibiofilm effectors. Our results suggest that MrkD1P allows for competition of K. pneumoniae with P. aeruginosa in a mixed-species biofilm and provides defense against microbial and host-derived proteases.
authors: Microbiology Branch, U.S. Army Dental and Trauma Research Detachment, Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors: Brandon M
authors: BM
authors: Childers
authors: Tricia A
authors: TA
authors: Van Laar
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: You
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Clegg
authors: Kai P
authors: KP
authors: Leung
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D018441:Biofilms / Q000187:drug effects*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015723:Gene Library; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D056265:Microbial Interactions; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D003470:Culture Media; C058768:Klebsiella pneumoniae type 3 fimbrial adhesin; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases
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