Siderophore-mediated zinc acquisition enhances enterobacterial colonization of the inflamed gut

Judith Behnsen; Hui Zhi; Allegra T. Aron; Vivekanandan Subramanian; William Santus; Michael H. Lee; Romana R. Gerner; Daniel Petras; Janet Z. Liu; Keith D. Green; Sarah L. Price; Jose Camacho; Hannah Hillman; Joshua Tjokrosurjo; Nicola P. Montaldo; Evelyn M. Hoover; Sean Treacy-Abarca; Benjamin A. Gilston; Eric P. Skaar; Walter J. Chazin; Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova; Matthew B. Lawrenz; Robert D. Perry; Sean Paul Nuccio; Pieter C. Dorrestein; Manuela Raffatellu

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27297-2

Siderophore-mediated zinc acquisition enhances enterobacterial colonization of the inflamed gut

Judith Behnsen, Hui Zhi, Allegra T. Aron, Vivekanandan Subramanian, William Santus, Michael H. Lee, Romana R. Gerner, Daniel Petras, Janet Z. Liu, Keith D. Green, Sarah L. Price, Jose Camacho, Hannah Hillman, Joshua Tjokrosurjo, Nicola P. Montaldo, Evelyn M. Hoover, Sean Treacy-Abarca, Benjamin A. Gilston, Eric P. Skaar, Walter J. ChazinSylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Matthew B. Lawrenz, Robert D. Perry, Sean Paul Nuccio, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Manuela Raffatellu

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Abstract

Zinc is an essential cofactor for bacterial metabolism, and many Enterobacteriaceae express the zinc transporters ZnuABC and ZupT to acquire this metal in the host. However, the probiotic bacterium Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (or “Nissle”) exhibits appreciable growth in zinc-limited media even when these transporters are deleted. Here, we show that Nissle utilizes the siderophore yersiniabactin as a zincophore, enabling Nissle to grow in zinc-limited media, to tolerate calprotectin-mediated zinc sequestration, and to thrive in the inflamed gut. We also show that yersiniabactin’s affinity for iron or zinc changes in a pH-dependent manner, with increased relative zinc binding as the pH increases. Thus, our results indicate that siderophore metal affinity can be influenced by the local environment and reveal a mechanism of zinc acquisition available to commensal and pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae.

Original language	English
Article number	7016
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27297-2
State	Published - Dec 2021

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Behnsen, J., Zhi, H., Aron, A. T., Subramanian, V., Santus, W., Lee, M. H., Gerner, R. R., Petras, D., Liu, J. Z., Green, K. D., Price, S. L., Camacho, J., Hillman, H., Tjokrosurjo, J., Montaldo, N. P., Hoover, E. M., Treacy-Abarca, S., Gilston, B. A., Skaar, E. P., ... Raffatellu, M. (2021). Siderophore-mediated zinc acquisition enhances enterobacterial colonization of the inflamed gut. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article 7016. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27297-2

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