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Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of phoenix colonies

Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of phoenix colonies
Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of phoenix colonies
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium responsible for numerous human infections. Previously, novel antibiotic tolerant variants known as phoenix colonies as well as variants similar to viable but non-culturable (VBNC) colonies were identified in response to high concentrations of aminoglycosides. In this study, the mechanisms behind phoenix colony and VBNC-like colony emergence were further explored using both whole genome sequencing and RNA sequencing. Phoenix colonies were found to have a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the PA4673 gene, which is predicted to encode a GTP-binding protein. No SNPs were identified within VBNC-like colonies compared to the founder population. RNA sequencing did not detect change in expression of PA4673 but revealed multiple differentially expressed genes that may play a role in phoenix colony emergence. One of these differentially expressed genes, PA3626, encodes for a tRNA pseudouridine synthase which when knocked out led to a complete lack of phoenix colonies. Although not immediately clear whether the identified genes in this study may have interactions which have not yet been recognized, they may contribute to the understanding of how phoenix colonies are able to emerge and survive in the presence of antibiotic exposure.
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Sindeldecker, Devin, Dunn, Matthew, Zimmer, Aubree, Anderson, Matthew, Alfonzo, Juan and Stoodley, Paul (2022) Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of phoenix colonies. Scientific Reports, 12 (1), [13726]. (doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18059-1).

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterium responsible for numerous human infections. Previously, novel antibiotic tolerant variants known as phoenix colonies as well as variants similar to viable but non-culturable (VBNC) colonies were identified in response to high concentrations of aminoglycosides. In this study, the mechanisms behind phoenix colony and VBNC-like colony emergence were further explored using both whole genome sequencing and RNA sequencing. Phoenix colonies were found to have a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the PA4673 gene, which is predicted to encode a GTP-binding protein. No SNPs were identified within VBNC-like colonies compared to the founder population. RNA sequencing did not detect change in expression of PA4673 but revealed multiple differentially expressed genes that may play a role in phoenix colony emergence. One of these differentially expressed genes, PA3626, encodes for a tRNA pseudouridine synthase which when knocked out led to a complete lack of phoenix colonies. Although not immediately clear whether the identified genes in this study may have interactions which have not yet been recognized, they may contribute to the understanding of how phoenix colonies are able to emerge and survive in the presence of antibiotic exposure.

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Accepted/In Press date: 4 August 2022
Published date: 12 August 2022
Additional Information: Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the Ohio State University College of Medicine and R01 NIH-GM124436 (PS), R01AI148788 (MZA), an NSF CAREER Award 2046863 (MZA), the American Heart Association Grant AHA 20PRE35200201 (MJD), NIH GM132254 (JDA), and NIH GM084065-11 (JDA). We would like to thank the Genomics Shared Resource of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center for performing the RNA sequencing. We would also like to thank Robert Fillinger for technical assistance with the RNAseq data analysis. Additionally, we would like to thank the lab of Dr. Daniel Wozniak for providing strains from their stocks of Dr. Colin Manoil’s P. aeruginosa transposon library. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).

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Local EPrints ID: 469404
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/469404
ISSN: 2045-2322
PURE UUID: d62a1863-1222-4401-9f74-3185f1743fe5
ORCID for Paul Stoodley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-273X

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Date deposited: 14 Sep 2022 16:44
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:18

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Author: Devin Sindeldecker
Author: Matthew Dunn
Author: Aubree Zimmer
Author: Matthew Anderson
Author: Juan Alfonzo
Author: Paul Stoodley ORCID iD

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