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VBNC Legionella pneumophila cells are still able to produce virulence proteins.

Laëtitia Alleron
  • Fonction : Auteur
Arbia Khemiri
  • Fonction : Auteur
Mohamad Koubar
  • Fonction : Auteur
Laurent Coquet
Pascal Cosette
Thierry Jouenne

Résumé

Legionella pneumophila is the agent responsible for legionellosis. Numerous bacteria, including L. pneumophila, can enter into a viable but not culturable (VBNC) state under unfavorable environmental conditions. In this state, cells are unable to form colonies on standard medium but are still alive. Here we show that VBNC L. pneumophila cells, obtained by monochloramine treatment, were still able to synthesize proteins, some of which are involved in virulence. Protein synthesis was measured using (35)S-labeling and the proteomes of VBNC and culturable cells then compared. This analysis allowed the identification of nine proteins that were accumulated in the VBNC state. Among them, four were involved in virulence, i.e., the macrophage infectivity potentiator protein, the hypothetical protein lpl2247, the ClpP protease proteolytic subunit and the 27 kDa outer membrane protein. Others, i.e., the enoyl reductase, the electron transfer flavoprotein (alpha and beta subunits), the 50S ribosomal proteins (L1 and L25) are involved in metabolic and energy production pathways. However, resuscitation experiments performed with Acanthamoeba castellanii failed, suggesting that the accumulation of virulence factors by VBNC cells is not sufficient to maintain their virulence.

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hal-00991009 , version 1 (14-05-2014)

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Laëtitia Alleron, Arbia Khemiri, Mohamad Koubar, Christian Lacombe, Laurent Coquet, et al.. VBNC Legionella pneumophila cells are still able to produce virulence proteins.. Water Research, 2013, 47 (17), pp.6606-17. ⟨10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.032⟩. ⟨hal-00991009⟩
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