Functional genomics of Neisseria meningitidis pathogenesis
| Autor: | Ronald Chalmers, Sharmila Bakshi, Christoph M. Tang, Yao-hui Sun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Bacteremia
Neisseria meningitidis medicine.disease_cause Genome General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Microbiology Pathogenesis Bacterial Proteins Sepsis medicine Animals Humans Child Gene Gene Library biology Virulence General Medicine Genomics biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Enzymes Rats Meningococcal Infections genomic DNA Mutagenesis Insertional Neisseria Functional genomics Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | Nature medicine. 6(11) |
| ISSN: | 1078-8956 |
| Popis: | The pathogenic bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of septicemia and meningitis, especially in childhood1. The establishment and maintenance of bacteremic infection is a pre-requisite for all the pathological sequelae of meningococcal infection. To further understand the genetic basis of this essential step in pathogenesis, we analyzed a library of 2,850 insertional mutants of N. meningitidis for their capacity to cause systemic infection in an infant rat model. The library was constructed by in vitro modification of Neisseria genomic DNA with the purified components of Tn10 transposition2. We identified 73 genes in the N. meningitidis genome that are essential for bacteremic disease. Eight insertions were in genes encoding known pathogenicity factors. Involvement of the remaining 65 genes in meningocoocal pathogenesis has not been demonstrated previously, and the identification of these genes provides insights into the pathogenic mechanisms that underlie meningococcal infection. Our results provide a genome-wide analysis of the attributes of N. meningitidis required for disseminated infection, and may lead to new interventions to prevent and treat meningococcal infection. |
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