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Series GSE117878 Query DataSets for GSE117878
Status Public on Sep 27, 2018
Title Transcriptional and functional analysis of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis exposure to tetracycline
Organism Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Commercial probiotic bacteria must be tested for acquired antibiotic resistance elements to avoid potential transfer to pathogens. The European Food Safety Authority recommends testing resistance using microdilution culture techniques previously used to establish inhibitory thresholds for the Bifidobacterium genus. Many Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis strains exhibit increased resistance to tetracycline, historically attributed to the ribosomal protection gene tet(W). However, some strains that harbor genetically identical tet(W) genes show various inhibition levels suggesting that other genetic elements also contribute to observed differences. Here, we adapted several molecular assays to confirm the inhibition of B. animalis subsp. lactis strains Bl-04 and HN019, and employed RNA-seq to assess the transcriptional differences related to genomic polymorphisms. We detected specific stress responses to the antibiotic by correlating ATP concentration to viable genome copies from droplet digital PCR, and found that the bacteria were still metabolically active in high drug concentrations. Transcriptional analyses revealed that several polymorphic regions, particularly a novel multi-drug efflux transporter, were differentially expressed between the strains in each experimental condition, likely having phenotypic effects. We also found that the tet(W) gene was up-regulated only during sub-inhibitory tetracycline concentrations, while two novel tetracycline resistance genes were up-regulated at high concentrations. Furthermore, many genes involved in amino acid metabolism and transporter function were up-regulated while genes for complex carbohydrate utilization, protein metabolism, and CRISPR-Cas systems were down-regulated. These results provide high-throughput means for assessing antibiotic resistance and determine the genetic network that contributes to the global tetracycline response between two highly related probiotic strains.
 
Overall design Two bacterial strains, B. lactis Bl-04 and B. lactis HN019. Control (ISO_0): colonies picked into MRS broth to O.D. 0.16-2.0, diluted 1:500, and grown to O.D. 0.14-0.30 (early log phase; three treatments: 1) (ISO_4) as control, but exposed to 4 µg/mL tetracycline, 2) (LOG_8) as control, but not diluted 1:500 and exposed to 8 µg/mL tetracycline, 3) (LOG_32) as control, but not diluted 1:500 and exposed to 32 µg/mL tetracycline. Two replicates of each.
 
Contributor(s) Morovic W, Roos P, Zabel B, Hidalgo-Cantabrana C, Kiefer A, Barrangou R
Citation(s) 30266728
BioProject PRJNA481603
Submission date Jul 30, 2018
Last update date Apr 27, 2022
Contact name Wesley w. Morovic
E-mail(s) wesley.morovic@dupont.com
Phone 608-395-2819
Organization name DuPont Nutrition & Health
Department Genomics & Microbiome Science
Street address 3329 Agriculture Dr.
City Madison
State/province WI
ZIP/Postal code 53716
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL25402 Illumina HiSeq 2500 (Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis)
Samples (16)
GSM3314419 Bl-04_ISO_0_1
GSM3314420 Bl-04_ISO_0_2
GSM3314421 HN019_ISO_0_1
Relations
SRA SRP155754

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GSE117878_RNAseq_Bl-04_alignment.gff.gz 1.3 Mb (ftp)(http) GFF
GSE117878_raw_seq_counts.tsv.gz 510.8 Kb (ftp)(http) TSV
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