title: Novel feature of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, highlighted by characterization of the heparin-binding hemagglutinin adhesin.
abstract: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis comprises two genotypically defined groups, known as the cattle (C) and sheep (S) groups. Recent studies have reported phenotypic differences between M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis groups C and S, including growth rates, infectivity for macrophages, and iron metabolism. In this study, we investigated the genotypes and biological properties of the virulence factor heparin-binding hemagglutinin adhesin (HBHA) for both groups. In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, HBHA is a major adhesin involved in mycobacterium-host interactions and extrapulmonary dissemination of infection. To investigate HBHA in M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis, we studied hbhA polymorphisms by fragment analysis using the GeneMapper technology across a large collection of isolates genotyped by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) and IS900 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP-IS900) analyses. Furthermore, we analyzed the structure-function relationships of recombinant HBHA proteins of types C and S by heparin-Sepharose chromatography and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) analyses. In silico analysis revealed two forms of HBHA, corresponding to the prototype genomes for the C and S types of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. This observation was confirmed using GeneMapper on 85 M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis strains, including 67 strains of type C and 18 strains of type S. We found that HBHAs from all type C strains contain a short C-terminal domain, while those of type S present a long C-terminal domain, similar to that produced by Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium. The purification of recombinant HBHA from M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis of both types by heparin-Sepharose chromatography highlighted a correlation between their affinities for heparin and the lengths of their C-terminal domains, which was confirmed by SPR analysis. Thus, types C and S of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis may be distinguished by the types of HBHA they produce, which differ in size and adherence properties, thereby providing new evidence that strengthens the genotypic differences between the C and S types of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis.
authors: INRA-Centre Val de Loire, UMR 1282, Infectiologie, Santé Publique (ISP-311), Nouzilly, France.
authors: Louise H
authors: LH
authors: Lefrancois
authors: Christelle C
authors: CC
authors: Bodier
authors: Thierry
authors: T
authors: Cochard
authors: Sylvie
authors: S
authors: Canepa
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Raze
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Lanotte
authors: Iker A
authors: IA
authors: Sevilla
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Stevenson
authors: Marcel A
authors: MA
authors: Behr
authors: Camille
authors: C
authors: Locht
authors: Franck
authors: F
authors: Biet
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D037102:Lectins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D037102:Lectins; C104578:heparin-binding hemagglutinin
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