Wenming Zhu1, Bonnie B Plikaytis, Thomas M Shinnick. 1. Tuberculosis/Mycobacteriology Branch, Division of AIDS, STD, and TB Laboratory Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Abstract
SETTING: Resuscitation promoting factors (Rpfs) are proteins, originally identified in Micrococcus luteus, that promote recovery of bacteria from a viable but non-replicating phase (e.g., stationary phase or latency) to a replicating phase. Purified M. luteus Rpf can stimulate growth and increase recovery of M. luteus bacteria as well as Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria from prolonged stationary cultures. OBJECTIVE: To clone and characterize Rpfs from mycobacteria. DESIGN: We cloned one M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis rpf gene and one M. tuberculosis rpf gene into the pET19b or pET21a vector for expression in Escherichia coli. The His-tag recombinant proteins were purified and characterized. RESULTS: When the purified recombinant proteins were added to Sauton medium (a relatively minimal medium) at 100-500 pM, lag phase for mycobacteria from non-replicating cultures was shortened and there was a 10- to 100-fold increase in colony-forming units compared with control samples. In most probable number assays, the mycobacterial Rpfs increased recovery of mycobacteria from late stationary culture by about 10-fold. The Rpfs also promoted recovery of extensively washed Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteria inoculated into Sauton medium. Rpfs had only minor effects on growth of M. tuberculosis in BACTEC 12B broth, a rich medium. CONCLUSION: The mycobacterial Rpfs demonstrate resuscitation activities similar to those of the M. luteus Rpf.
SETTING: Resuscitation promoting factors (Rpfs) are proteins, originally identified in Micrococcus luteus, that promote recovery of bacteria from a viable but non-replicating phase (e.g., stationary phase or latency) to a replicating phase. Purified M. luteus Rpf can stimulate growth and increase recovery of M. luteus bacteria as well as Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria from prolonged stationary cultures. OBJECTIVE: To clone and characterize Rpfs from mycobacteria. DESIGN: We cloned one M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis rpf gene and one M. tuberculosis rpf gene into the pET19b or pET21a vector for expression in Escherichia coli. The His-tag recombinant proteins were purified and characterized. RESULTS: When the purified recombinant proteins were added to Sauton medium (a relatively minimal medium) at 100-500 pM, lag phase for mycobacteria from non-replicating cultures was shortened and there was a 10- to 100-fold increase in colony-forming units compared with control samples. In most probable number assays, the mycobacterial Rpfs increased recovery of mycobacteria from late stationary culture by about 10-fold. The Rpfs also promoted recovery of extensively washed Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteria inoculated into Sauton medium. Rpfs had only minor effects on growth of M. tuberculosis in BACTEC 12B broth, a rich medium. CONCLUSION: The mycobacterial Rpfs demonstrate resuscitation activities similar to those of the M. luteus Rpf.
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