Publications by authors named "Sarah Tutz"

Cholera is a life-threatening diarrheal disease caused by the human pathogenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Regulatory elements are essential for bacterial transition between the natural aquatic environment and the human host. One of them is the alternative sigma factor RpoS and its anti-sigma factor RssB.

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Bile resistance is essential for enteric pathogens, as exemplified by Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. The outer membrane porin OmpU confers bacterial survival and colonization advantages in the presence of host-derived antimicrobial peptides as well as bile. Expression of ompU is controlled by the virulence regulator ToxR.

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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are key mechanisms in the maintenance of biological regulatory networks. Herein, we characterize PPIs within ToxR and its co-activator, ToxS, to understand the mechanisms of ToxR transcription factor activation. ToxR is a key transcription activator that is supported by ToxS for virulence gene regulation in Vibrio cholerae.

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In Vibrio cholerae, virulence gene expression is regulated by a transmembrane-localized transcription factor complex designated as ToxRS. ToxR harbours two cysteines in the periplasmic domain that can form inter- and intramolecular disulfide bonds. In this study, we investigated the σ -dependent inner membrane proteolysis of ToxR, which occurs via the periplasmic-localized proteases DegS and DegP.

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Vibrio cholerae can colonize the gastrointestinal track of humans and cause the disease cholera. During colonization, the alternative sigma factor, RpoS, controls a process known as "mucosal escape response," defining a specific spatial and temporal response and effecting chemotaxis and motility. In this report, the expression and proteolytic control of RpoS in V.

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  • The study focuses on a particularly resilient strain of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi), identified as NTHi23, which demonstrates strong resistance to human serum due to specific genetic mechanisms.* -
  • NTHi23 was found to share complement evasion strategies with other invasive strains, including unique alterations to its lipooligosaccharide (LOS) structure that help it avoid immune attack.* -
  • Research revealed that a variant of NTHi23, after undergoing a genetic change in the lpsA gene, became significantly more sensitive to serum killing, implying that the nasopharyngeal environment favors strains with intact serocomplement evasion capabilities.*
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Macrolide antibiotics, such as azithromycin and erythromycin, are in widespread use for the treatment of bacterial infections. Macrolides are taken up and excreted mainly by bile. Additionally, they have been implicated in biliary system diseases and to modify the excretion of other drugs through bile.

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The facultative human pathogen Vibrio cholerae transits between the gastrointestinal tract of its host and aquatic reservoirs. V. cholerae adapts to different situations by the timely coordinated expression of genes during its life cycle.

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Virulence factor production in Vibrio cholerae is complex, with ToxRS being an important part of the regulatory cascade. Additionally, ToxR is the transcriptional regulator for the genes encoding the major outer membrane porins OmpU and OmpT. ToxR is a transmembrane protein and contains two cysteine residues in the periplasmic domain.

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The facultative pathogen Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the human intestinal disease cholera. Both motility and chemotaxis of V. cholerae have been shown to contribute to the virulence and spread of cholera.

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