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The pUS3, a serine/threonine protein kinase that is conserved in Alphaherpesvirinae may play an important in phosphorylation and regulation of the activities of viral and cellular proteins. It has also been proposed that pUS3 affects virulence. Whereas many studies of the pUS3 functions of HSV-1 and PrV, a closely related homolog of BHV-1 have supported these assumptions, the role of BHV-1pUS3 is not yet fully understood so far. The aims of this study therefore were to investigate the functions of BHV-1pUS3 for virus replication in cultured cells, effect on apoptosis and identification of protein interactions with cellular proteins and addressed the function of the aminoterminal region by generating a short isoform of BHV-1pUS3 which corresponds in size to the natural short isoforms of PrVpUS3 and HSV-1pUS3. Results of the study are briefly summarized here: -BHV-1pUS3 is, although not essential, beneficial for infectious replication of BHV-1 in-vitro. It also supports direct cell-to-cell spread of BHV-1/Aus12 and prevents the formation of electron dense aggregates with embedded capsids in nuclei of BHV-1 infected cells, a phenotype that may affect nuclear egress of BHV-1 nucleocapsids. -The protein, independent from other BHV-1 encoded functions, located mainly to the nuclei of cells. -In contrast to functions of pUS3 in PrV and HSV-1, the protein of BHV-1 has no anti-apoptotic activity. -Biologically active BHV-1pUS3 physically interacts with the cellular SET protein and overexpression of SET, independent from the expression of the protein, inhibits productive BHV-1 replication in a dose dependent manner. -The aminoterminal 101 amino acids of the protein are dispensable for all in-vitro functions tested whereas kinase activity is required.
The worldwide distribution and prevalence of melioidosis, an infectious disease caused by the soil-dwelling Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is unknown. In Vietnam, sporadic cases of melioidosis have been reported for decades, but clinical and epidemiological data for the indigenous population are still scarce. In this study, we reviewed clinical and demographic data of patients with culture-proven melioidosis diagnosed at a single large referral hospital in Hanoi between November 1997 and December 2005. The clinical manifestations of melioidosis with fatal septicaemia as the most common presentation, a high rate of underlying diseases and a peak of cases admitted during the wet season were similar to studies from other endemic areas. The geographical origin of melioidosis patients shows that melioidosis exists in at least 18 northern provinces. The characterization of clinical B. pseudomallei strains by multilocus sequence typing identified 17 different sequence types (STs), ten of which have (as yet) not been found outside Vietnam. Several of these STs presumably were generated through recent evolutionary events in this rapidly diversifying bacterial species, and thus restricted geographic distribution may be a consequence of limited time passed since emergence. In order to define the distribution of the bacterium in the environment, our study also aimed to develop a more sensitive culture method for the detection of B. pseudomallei from soil samples in endemic areas compared to the currently used culture method based on soil dispersion in water. Our newly developed protocol involving soil dispersion in a polyethylene glycol and sodium deoxycholate solution increased the yield of viable B. pseudomallei from soil samples. Comparative testing of soil samples from Northeast Thailand covering a wide range of B. pseudomallei concentrations demonstrated a significantly higher recovery (p < 0.0001) of B. pseudomallei colony forming units by the new method compared to the conventional method. Our data indicate that using the detergents polyethylene glycol and sodium deoxycholate not only results in a higher recovery of viable B. pseudomallei, but also results in a shift in the bacterial species recovered from soil samples. Molecular methods based on direct bacterial nucleic acid extraction from environmental samples and subsequent amplification have the potential to overcome many restrictions of traditional microbiological approaches. Moreover, culture-dependent methods require special expertise in recognizing B. pseudomallei colony morphologies. Thus, a highly sensitive culture-independent DNA-based method that allows direct quantification of B. pseudomallei from soil is needed, particularly in diagnostic laboratories outside endemic areas. We therefore aimed to establish a protocol for B. pseudomallei soil DNA isolation, purification and quantification by qPCR targeting a type three secretion system 1 single copy gene. This assay was validated using 40 soil samples from Northeast Thailand that underwent parallel bacteriological culture. All 26 samples that were B. pseudomallei-positive by direct culture were B. pseudomallei qPCR-positive, with a median of 1.84 x 104 genome equivalents (range 3.65 x 102 to 7.85 x 105) per gram of soil. This was 10.6 fold (geometric mean; range 1.1 to 151.3) higher than the bacterial count as defined by culture. Moreover, the qPCR detected B. pseudomallei in seven samples (median 36.9 genome equivalents per g soil; range 9.4 to 47.3), which were negative on direct culture. These seven positives were reproduced using a nested PCR targeting a second, independent B. pseudomallei-specific sequence. Two samples were direct culture and qPCR negative but nested PCR positive. Five samples were negative by both PCR methods and culture. In conclusion, this is the first report on a series of cases describing clinical and epidemiological features of melioidosis and corresponding Burkholderia pseudomallei strains from northern Vietnam. Moreover, our newly developed culture-based and PCR-based methods provide highly specific and sensitive tools for the quantitative environmental surveillance of B. pseudomallei.
BK polyomavirus-associated haemorrhagic cystitis (BKHC) is a complication after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, which can occur in 5–60% of the cases. BK viruria alone can also occur in up to 100%. BKHC can lead to severe morbidity in stem cell-transplanted patients, but data about this disease is limited. Consequently, we conducted a prospective unicentric non-interventional trial on BKHC as well as BK viruria after first adult allogeneic stem cell transplantation with a follow-up time of 1 year after inpatient treatment. Between November 2013 and December 2015, we were able to include 40 adult patients with a mean age of 52.8 years. Twenty-seven (67.5%) of these patients were male and 13 (32.5%) were female. Acute myeloid leukaemia was the most frequent underlying disease (n = 15; 37.5%). Only 1 patient developed BKHC during inpatient treatment (n = 1; 2.5%), but BK viruria was frequent (n = 11; 27.5%) during inpatient treatment as well as in the follow-up time (n = 14; 35%). Interestingly, BK viruria was significantly associated with mucositis (p = 0.038) and number of transfused platelet concentrates (p = 0.001). This unexpected association will be discussed and needs further investigation.
Staphylococcus aureus has acquired resistance to antibiotics since their first use. The S. aureus protein NorA, an efflux pump belonging to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS), contributes to resistance to fluoroquinolones (e.g., ciprofloxacin), biocides, dyes, quaternary ammonium compounds, and antiseptics. Different compounds have been identified as potential efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs) of NorA that result in increased intracellular concentration of antibiotics, restoring their antibacterial activity and cell susceptibility. However, none of the currently known EPIs have been approved for clinical use, probably due to their toxicity profiles. In the present study, we screened approved drugs for possible efflux pump inhibition. By screening a compound library of approximately 1200 different drugs, we identified nilotinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, as showing the best efflux pump inhibitory activity, with a fractional inhibitory concentration index of 0.1875, indicating synergism with ciprofloxacin, and a minimum effective concentration as low as 0.195 μM. Moreover, at 0.39 μM, nilotinib, in combination with 8 μg/mL of ciprofloxacin, led to a significant reduction in biofilm formation and preformed mature biofilms. This is the first description of an approved drug that can be used as an efflux pump inhibitor and to reduce biofilms formation at clinically achievable concentrations.
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Multiple G‐tracts within the promoter region of the c‐myc oncogene may fold into various G‐quadruplexes with the recruitment of different tracts and guanosine residues for the G‐core assembly. Thermodynamic profiles for the folding of wild‐type and representative truncated as well as mutated sequences were extracted by comprehensive DSC experiments. The unique G‐quadruplex involving consecutive G‐tracts II–V with formation of two one‐nucleotide and one central two‐nucleotide propeller loop, previously proposed to be the biologically most relevant species, was found to be the most stable fold in terms of its Gibbs free energy of formation at ambient temperatures. Its stability derives from its short propeller loops but also from the favorable type of loop residues. Whereas quadruplex folds with long propeller loops are significantly disfavored, a snap‐back loop structure formed by incorporating a 3’‐terminal guanosine into the empty position of a tetrad seems highly competitive based on its thermodynamic stability. However, its destabilization by extending the 3’‐terminus questions the significance of such a species under in vivo conditions.