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Infection and Immunity, May 2004, p. 2922-2938, Vol. 72, No. 5
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2922-2938.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Proteus mirabilis Genes That Contribute to Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infection: Identification of 25 Signature-Tagged Mutants Attenuated at Least 100-Fold

Laurel S. Burall,1,{dagger} Janette M. Harro,1,{dagger} Xin Li,1 C.Virginia Lockatell,2 Stephanie D. Himpsl,1 J. Richard Hebel,3 David E. Johnson,2,4 and Harry L. T. Mobley1*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology,1 Division of Infectious Diseases,2 Department of Epidemiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine,3 Research Service, Department of Veteran Affairs, Baltimore, Maryland 212014

Received 2 October 2003/ Returned for modification 11 December 2003/ Accepted 26 January 2004

Proteus mirabilis, a common cause of urinary tract infections (UTI) in individuals with functional or structural abnormalities or with long-term catheterization, forms bladder and kidney stones as a consequence of urease-mediated urea hydrolysis. Known virulence factors, besides urease, are hemolysin, fimbriae, metalloproteases, and flagella. In this study we utilized the CBA mouse model of ascending UTI to evaluate the colonization of mutants of P. mirabilis HI4320 that were generated by signature-tagged mutagenesis. By performing primary screening of 2,088 P. mirabilis transposon mutants, we identified 502 mutants that ranged from slightly attenuated to unrecoverable. Secondary screening of these mutants revealed that 114 transposon mutants were reproducibly attenuated. Cochallenge of 84 of these single mutants with the parent strain in the mouse model resulted in identification of 37 consistently out-competed P. mirabilis transposon mutants, 25 of which were out-competed >100-fold for colonization of the bladder and/or kidneys by the parent strain. We determined the sequence flanking the site of transposon insertion in 29 attenuated mutants and identified genes affecting motility, iron acquisition, transcriptional regulation, phosphate transport, urease activity, cell surface structure, and key metabolic pathways as requirements for P. mirabilis infection of the urinary tract. Two mutations localized to a ~42-kb plasmid present in the parent strain, suggesting that the plasmid is important for colonization. Isolation of disrupted genes encoding proteins with homologies to known bacterial virulence factors, especially the urease accessory protein UreF and the disulfide formation protein DsbA, showed that the CBA mouse model and mutant pools are a reliable source of attenuated mutants with mutations in virulence genes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Phone: (410) 706-1617. Fax: (410) 706-6751. E-mail: hmobley{at}umaryland.edu.

Editor: A. D. O'Brien

{dagger} L.S.B. and J.M.H contributed equally to this study.

Infection and Immunity, May 2004, p. 2922-2938, Vol. 72, No. 5
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2922-2938.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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