Single-cell elucidation of transcriptional regulatory mechanisms that govern cell surface variation of the human symbiotic bacteria Bacteroidetes

单细胞阐明控制人类共生细菌拟杆菌细胞表面变异的转录调控机制

• 批准号: 10464643
• 负责人: Johnson Jargese Saba
• 金额: $ 3.35万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10464643
• 关键词: Anaerobic Bacteria; Antibiotic Resistance; Antibiotics; Antibodies; Bacteria; Bacteriology; Bacteriophages; Bacteroides; Bacteroides fragilis; Bacteroidetes; Bar Codes; Binding; Biochemical; Biochemistry; Biological Assay; Biological Models; Cell surface; Cells; ChIP-seq; Clostridium difficile; Collaborations; Communities; Complex; Core Facility; Cryoelectron Microscopy; Crystallization; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerase; Data; Defense Mechanisms; Development; Engineering; Environment; Evolution; Family; Gene Expression; Gene Expression Profile; Gene Expression Regulation; Genes; Genetic Transcription; Genomics; Goals; Human; Human Engineering; Immune; In Vitro; Invertase; Knowledge; Learning; Mentors; Microbial Biofilms; Microfluidics; Modeling; Molecular; Operon; Outcome; Pattern; Phase; Phenotype; Polysaccharides; Population; Population Heterogeneity; Process; Proteins; Regulon; Reproducibility; Resources; Roentgen Rays; Sampling; Site; Stress; Structure; Surface; System; Technology; Testing; Time; Training; Universities; Variant; Work; antibiotic design; antitermination; career; combinatorial; environmental stressor; experience; experimental study; follow-up; gene expression variation; gut microbiota; human microbiota; improved; inhibitor; innovation; innovative technologies; microfluidic technology; pathogen; pathogenic bacteria; promoter; rational design; resistance gene; single cell sequencing; single cell technology; transcription factor

Project Summary and Abstract Phase variation of gene expression enables bacteria to generate heterogenous populations and organize communities that collectively can withstand diverse environmental perturbations. This discrete ON/OFF pattern of gene expression occurs at multiple loci concurrently to create extensive phenotypic variation, but how expression from multiple phase variable loci is coordinated is unknown. We developed a breakthrough single- cell microfluidics technology to study phase variation at multiple loci directly, simultaneously, and over time to track specialized bacterial sub-populations and learn fundamental principles determining their relative abundances, rates of development, and interconnectedness. We learn these principles for Bacteroides fragilis, a crucial human gut symbiote and master of phase variation. B. fragilis directly inhibits pathogens such as Clostridium difficile and rapidly evolves a vast reservoir of mobile, phase variable antibiotic resistance genes. Studying phase variation mechanisms in B. fragilis will enhance engineering of human microbiota and rational design of symbiote-friendly antibiotics to limit evolution and subsequent mobilization of antibiotic-resistance genes. We combine single-cell microfluidics with genomics and biochemistry to specifically dissect a two-part regulatory system enabling coordinated phase variation: promoter inversion and termination control. To study these fundamental principles governing phase variable gene expression, I will be trained primarily in genomics and single-cell microfluidics by my co-mentors, Dr. Robert Landick and Dr. Ophelia Venturelli. Dr. Landick’s decades of experience studying fundamental mechanisms of prokaryotic gene regulation combined with Dr. Venturelli’s expertise in anaerobic bacteriology, engineering, and microfluidics provide me optimal training to achieve my career goal. The state-of-the-art facilities and resources provided by UW-Madison and the Departments of Biochemistry and Bacteriology provide me with the optimal environment in which I will carry out this project.

项目概要和摘要 基因表达的相位变化使细菌能够产生异质群体并组织起来 共同能够承受不同环境扰动的社区。 基因表达的变化同时发生在多个位点以产生广泛的表型变异，但是如何 多相可变基因座的表达是否协调尚不清楚，我们开发了突破性的单相。 细胞微流体技术可直接、同时、随时间研究多个位点的相位变化 跟踪专门的细菌亚群并学习决定其相对关系的基本原理 我们了解脆弱拟杆菌的丰度、发育速度和相互关联性。 脆弱拟杆菌是一种重要的人类肠道共生体，可直接抑制病原体，例如 艰难梭菌迅速进化出大量可移动、相变的抗生素抗性基因。 研究脆弱拟杆菌的相变机制将增强人类微生物群的工程和合理性 设计共生体友好型抗生素，以限制抗生素耐药性的进化和随后的动员 我们将单细胞微流体与基因组学和生物化学相结合，专门剖析两部分。 调节系统可实现协调的相变：启动子反转和终止控制。 这些控制相变基因表达的基本原则，我将主要接受基因组学方面的培训 以及我的合作导师 Robert Landick 博士和 Ophelia Venturelli 博士的单细胞微流体学。 与博士结合数十年研究原核基因调控基本机制的经验。 Venturelli 在厌氧细菌学、工程学和微流体学方面的专业知识为我提供了最佳的培训 实现我的职业目标 威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校和威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校提供的最先进的设施和资源。 生物化学系和细菌学系为我提供了最佳的环境 这个项目。