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Research program: Systems Biology of the Living Cell 1Subprogram: Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety

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Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences

Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safetytheme: Stress response in bio(medical) systems

research approach Systems Biology

Quantitative systems analysis of stress induced biochemical and physiological cellular responses (bioenergetics of temperature, pH & antimicrobial stress)

Drug induced mitochondrial dysfunction (C. elegans)

Environmental stress induced response on physiology (S. cerevisiae and C. albicans)

Microbial stress: sporulation and antibiotic resistance.

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The role of mitochondria in temperature stress:Dynamic control of yeast respiratory efficiency

Why? To prevent irreversible damage? ROS?

30oC 37oC

38oC 38oC→30oC

Postmus et al., Microbiology 2011

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Systems biology answering the why

Aim:

Systems biology of ROS and ageing: Gertien Smits, Hans v/d Spek

Integrated approach C. elegans & S. cerevisiae

Integration of quantitative biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology and cell biology in quantitative, time resolved models of

stress and age induced ROS production, ROS damage induction, and cellular responses

Collaborators: Chris de Koster, Natal van Riel, Takenori Yamamoto, Ron Wanders, Peter Reiss, Frank Baas

Ageing: developmental drift or ROS induced damage

New researcher in the group: McGillarvy fellow Yelena Budovskaya (+PhD)

Budovskaya et al., 2008. Cell

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Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences

Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safetytheme: Stress response in bio(medical) systems

research approach Systems Biology

Drug induced mitochondrial dysfunction (C. elegans)

Environmental stress induced response on physiology (S. cerevisiae and C. albicans)

Microbial stress: sporulation and antibiotic resistance.

“Omics” approaches to understand adaptation to pH, temperature and antimicrobial stress (and to prevent it):Frans Klis, Gertien SmitsStanley Brul, Benno ter Kuile with collaborations:De Koster, Manders, Rep.RUMC, VWA, AMC

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Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safetytheme: Stress response in biomedical systems

the role of the intracellular pH

nucleus7.0 vacuole

5.6

ATPADP

ATPADP

Vma1

ATPADP

Vma1

ATPADP

late endosome

early endosome

peroxisomes?

mitochondrialmatrix7.2-5

mitochondrialintermembrane

space?

endoplasmicreticulum

7.0

Golginetwork

secretoryvesicle

5.2 H+

H+

H+

H+

H+

Na+/K+

K+

H+

Kha1

Vnx1

Na+/K+

H+

Nha1Nha1

Vma1

Pma1

K+

Trk1,2Trk1,2

cytosol7.0

Na+/K+

H+

Nhx1

Vma1

ATPADP

Vma1

ATPADP

6.7

6.0

nucleus7.0

ADP

ATP

H+

ETCH+

H+

F1FOATPase

H+

Pi

ATP

ADP

PiC

AAC

Orij et al., BBA 2011

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Regulation of yeast lipid biosynthesis by pHcyt

Young,….Orij…..Smits and Loewen. 2010. Science (329)

Growth No Growth

Young et al.,Science 2010

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Intracellular pH: a second messenger for cellular decision making?

t (hours)

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

6

6.2

6.4

6.6

6.8

7

7.2

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

pHc

gro

wth

rat

ep

Hc

ln (

OD

600

cor)

pH 5.0

pH 4.5

pH 4.0

pH 3.5

pH 3.0

pH 2.5

pH 2.0

0

0.04

0.08

0.12

0.16

0.2

6.8 7 7.2 7.4pHcyt

6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.46.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4

fra

ctio

n

wild type

mutants

wild type

mutants

Mutants Primary screen Rescreening Total found % Identified

Table 1 Screen statistics

pHcyt low

pHcyt high

19

8

57

99

76

107

84

93

Mutants Primary screen Rescreening Total found % Identified

Table 1 Screen statistics

pHcyt low

pHcyt high

19

8

57

99

76

107

84

93

0 5 10 15

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***

*

*

*

**

**

*

**

*

cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process

cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process

mitochondrion organizationmitochondrion organization

regulation of intracellular pHregulation of intracellular pH

tRNA aminoacylationtRNA aminoacylation

structural constituent of ribosomestructural constituent of ribosome

hydrogen ion transmembrane transporter activity

hydrogen ion transmembrane transporter activity

aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activityaminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity

mitochondrial inner membranemitochondrial inner membrane

nucleoplasmnucleoplasm

mitochondrial large ribosomal subunitmitochondrial large ribosomal subunit

proton-transportingV-type ATPase complex

proton-transportingV-type ATPase complex

proton-transporting two-sector ATPase complex, catalytic domain

proton-transporting two-sector ATPase complex, catalytic domain

**

component

function

process

component

function

process

fold enrichmentfold enrichment

Orij et al., submitted

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Intracellular pH: a second messenger for cellular decision making?

Orij et al., submitted

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The role of the wall proteome of Candida albicans in mucosal and systemic infections

1 cm

pH 4

pH 7 invasive

Before washing After washing

pH 7

pH 4

pH 7

pH 4

Sosinska et al. Microbiology 2010; Sorgo et al. Euk. Cell 2011; Klis et al. Future Microbiology, 2011

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-6.00

-4.00

-2.00

0.00

2.00

4.00

6.00

8.00

10.00

So

d5

Ph

r1

Hy

r1

Als

3

Als

1Ih

d1/

Pg

a36

Rb

t5C

rh1

1

So

d4

Als

5

Ch

t2

Ssr

1

To

s1M

p65

/Scw

1Y

wp

1/P

ga

24

Pg

a4

Utr

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Pir

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Quantitation of the adaptations in the wall proteome of Candida albicans in biomats grown at pH 7 and 4

Goals● Determine wall protein levels during infection-related stress conditions using MS-based quantitation (FT-MS) ● Identify wall protein-based vaccine targets and potential diagnostic proteins

Collaborations● Chris de Koster (MS), Eric Manders, Martijn Rep (Fusarium oxysporum) ● Mihai Netea, Univ Nijmegen (vaccine targets, diagnostics)

Heilmann et al., Microbiology 2011

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Bacterial spore formers are of prime concern to microbial food stability:

• Spores from the genus Bacillus are extremely stress resistant (heat!)

• This allows surviving spores to germinate and grow causing food spoilage

Brul et al., Food Microbiology 2011

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Johan van Beilen (PhDst)

Genetic Metabolic Diseases (AMC):

Prof. Ron Wanders

Weak Organic Acid Stress: Membrane & Intracellular pH

Elucidating the function of RodZ in weak organic acid resistance in B. subtilis.

In vivo pH meter: pHulorin

Ter Beek and Brul, Curr. Opin Biotech. 2010

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Heat treatment

Problem of spore germination & outgrowth: Heterogeneity!

Single-cell live imaging of heterogeneous germination and outgrowth of Bacillus subtilis (cells &) spores

Rachna Pandey (ERASMUS MUNDUS PhDst)

Centre for Advanced Microscopy:

Dr. Erik Manders

Germination

1

2

3 4

5 67

89

10 11

12

1

2

3 4

56

7

89

10 11

12

Time-resolved single cell analysis

Time-resolved single spore germination & outgrowth analysis

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The spore coat proteome of Bacilli

Wishwas Abhyankar

(ERASMUS MUNDUS, PhDst)

Mass Spectrometry of Biomacromolecules: Prof. Chris de Koster

TSB MOPS MOPS MOPS dilutions pre-culture Sporulation medium medium

96 hours Spore coat isolation

& SDS extraction

Trypsin digestion Desalting

LC-ESI-MS/MS

MASCOT analysis

Harvesting of spores

Reduction &

alkylationof disulfide

bridges

Abhyankar et al., Proteomics 2011

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Targeted Inhibition of Bacterial Spores (TIBS)

Microarray Department:Dr. Timo Breit

Alex Ter Beek (PD)

Goal: To find targets that prevent spore germination & outgrowth under conditions

of (mild) preservation

50 10 15 20 25 30 5040 60 70 80 90 100110120130 Time (minutes)

We need to understand the mechanistic basis of spore germination & outgrowth (in control & stress conditions)

heat weak organic acids (sorbic-, lactic acid)

Expression studies of B. subtilis spore outgrowth

under (mild) stress conditions

Ter Beek et al., Food Microbiology 2011

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Adaptations to pH & antimicrobial stress; challenges & collaborations within SILS

Goals Biomedical yeasts● Determine Candida albicans wall protein levels during infection-related stress conditions (important pH perturbation) using MS-based quantitation (FT-MS) ● Identify wall protein-based vaccine targets and potential diagnostic proteins

Collaborations (apart from yeast groups UvA, VU, FINSysB EU)● Chris de Koster (MS), Eric Manders, Martijn Rep (Fusarium oxysporum) ● Mihai Netea, Radboud Univ. Med. Centre (vaccine targets, diagnostics)

Goals bacterial (food)spoilage organisms ● Determine the role of the intracellular pH in regulating cell growth ● Identify targets to interfere with spore germination & growth of Bacilli● Identify the genetic basis (mutations) underlying stress adaptation

Collaborations (apart from the European Spore Conference core)● Chris de Koster (MS), Eric Manders, (Live Imaging), AMC (genome seq.)● TNO (screening antimicrobial compounds), FES partners for spore purification

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Molecular Biology and Microbial Food Safety;research focus of our group members

Food spoilage bacteria

Stanley Brul (staff), Benno Ter Kuile (VWA & staff), Jan Smelt (seior scientist) Merijn Schuurmans (post-doc*), Nadine Händel (PhD VWA), Alex Ter Beek (post-doc), Johan van Beilen (PhD), Wishwas Abhyankar (PhD), Rachna Pandey (PhD), NN4 (PhD FES).

Systems Biology of Stress & AgeingGertien Smits (staff), Hans van der Spek (staff), Yelena Budovskaya (staff McGillarvy), R. de Boer (PhD), Rueben Smith (PhD), Marco Lezzerini (PhD McGillarvy), Belinda Koenders (technical support 0,5), Marcel Scholte (supp. 0,4)

Medical yeastsGertien Smits (staff), Frans Klis (staff), Stanley Brul (staff), Alice Sorgo (PhD), Clemens Heilmann (PhD), Azmat Ullah (PhD)

General Support Marian de Jong and Muus de Haan (both ~1 day a week. Rest teaching & SILS)