title: A Commensal Strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis Overexpresses Membrane Proteins Associated with Pathogenesis When Grown in Biofilms.
abstract: Staphylococcus epidermidis has emerged as one of the major nosocomial pathogens associated with infections of implanted medical devices. The most important factor in the pathogenesis of these infections is the formation of bacterial biofilms. Bacteria grown in biofilms are more resistant to antibiotics and to the immune defence system than planktonic bacteria. In these infections, the antimicrobial therapy usually fails and the removal of the biofilm-coated implanted device is the only effective solution. In this study, three proteomic approaches were performed to investigate membrane proteins associated to biofilm formation: (i) sample fractionation by gel electrophoresis, followed by isotopic labelling and LC-MS/MS analysis, (ii) in-solution sample preparation, followed by isotopic labelling and LC-MS/MS analysis and (iii) in-solution sample preparation and label-free LC-MS/MS analysis. We found that the commensal strain S. epidermidis CECT 231 grown in biofilms expressed higher levels of five membrane and membrane-associated proteins involved in pathogenesis: accumulation-associated protein, staphylococcal secretory antigen, signal transduction protein TRAP, ribonuclease Y and phenol soluble modulin beta 1 when compared with bacteria grown under planktonic conditions. These results indicate that a commensal strain can acquire a pathogenic phenotype depending on the mode of growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Águila-Arcos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aloria
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Arizmendi
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Fearnley
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Goñi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alkorta
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018441:Biofilms; D015870:Gene Expression; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000502:physiology*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D015854:Up-Regulation; D014774:Virulence; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors
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