Staphylococcus aureus delta toxin modulates both extracellular membrane vesicle biogenesis and amyloid formation

Author:

Wang Xiaogang1ORCID,Uppu Divakara SSM1,Dickey Seth W.23,Burgin Dylan J.2,Otto Michael2,Lee Jean C.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

2. Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , Bethesda, Maryland, USA

3. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine,University of Maryland , Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus secretes phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs), a family of small, amphipathic, secreted peptides with multiple biologic activities. Community-acquired S. aureus strains produce high levels of PSMs in planktonic cultures, and PSM alpha peptides have been shown to augment the release of extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs). We observed that amyloids, aggregates of proteins characterized by a fibrillar morphology and stained with specific dyes, co-purified with MVs harvested from cell-free culture supernatants of community-acquired S. aureus strains. δ-toxin was a major component of amyloid fibrils that co-purified with strain LAC MVs, and δ-toxin promoted the production of MVs and amyloid fibrils in a dose-dependent manner. To determine whether MVs and amyloid fibrils were generated under in vivo conditions, we inoculated mice with S. aureus harvested from planktonic cultures. Bacterial MVs were isolated and purified from lavage fluids recovered from infected animals. Although δ-toxin was the most abundant PSM in lavage fluids, amyloid fibrils could not be detected in these samples. Our findings expand our understanding of amyloid fibril formation in S. aureus cultures, reveal the important roles of δ-toxin in amyloid fibril formation and MV biogenesis, and demonstrate that MVs are generated in vivo in a staphylococcal infection model. IMPORTANCE Extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs) produced by Staphylococcus aureus in planktonic cultures encapsulate a diverse cargo of bacterial proteins, nucleic acids, and glycopolymers that are protected from destruction by external factors. δ-toxin, a member of the phenol soluble modulin family, was shown to be critical for MV biogenesis. Amyloid fibrils co-purified with MVs generated by virulent, community-acquired S. aureus strains, and fibril formation was dependent on expression of the S. aureus δ-toxin gene ( hld ). Mass spectrometry data confirmed that the amyloid fibrils were comprised of δ-toxin. Although S. aureus MVs were produced in vivo in a localized murine infection model, amyloid fibrils were not observed in the in vivo setting. Our findings provide critical insights into staphylococcal factors involved in MV biogenesis and amyloid formation.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

HHS | NIH | NIAID | Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

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