Display options
Share it on

Front Microbiol. 2015 Jun 02;6:541. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00541. eCollection 2015.

Catch me if you can: a biotinylated proteoliposome affinity assay for the investigation of assembly of the MexA-MexB-OprM efflux pump from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Frontiers in microbiology

Véronique Yvette Ntsogo Enguéné, Alice Verchère, Gilles Phan, Isabelle Broutin, Martin Picard

Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques, Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris, UMR 8015 CNRS - Université Paris 089 Descartes , Paris, France.

PMID: 26082762 PMCID: PMC4451422 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00541

Abstract

Efflux pumps are membrane transporters that actively extrude various substrates, leading to multidrug resistance (MDR). In this study, we have designed a new test that allows investigating the assembly of the MexA-MexB-OprM efflux pump from the Gram negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The method relies on the streptavidin-mediated pull-down of OprM proteoliposomes upon interaction with MexAB proteoliposomes containing a biotin function carried by lipids. We give clear evidence for the importance of MexA in promoting and stabilizing the assembly of the MexAB-OprM complex. In addition, we have investigated the effect of the role of the lipid anchor of MexA as well as the role of the proton motive force on the assembly and disassembly of the efflux pump. The assay presented here allows for an accurate investigation of the assembly with only tens of microgram of protein and could be adapted to 96 wells plates. Hence, this work provides a basis for the medium-high screening of efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs).

Keywords: efflux pump; macro-molecular assembly; membrane protein; multidrug resistance; proteoliposome

References

  1. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 30;279(31):32116-24 - PubMed
  2. Nature. 1970 Aug 15;227(5259):680-5 - PubMed
  3. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2007 Jan;6(1):56-65 - PubMed
  4. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jun 22;96(13):7190-5 - PubMed
  5. Mol Cells. 2015;38(2):180-6 - PubMed
  6. Annu Rev Biochem. 2009;78:119-46 - PubMed
  7. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Aug;41(15):e150 - PubMed
  8. Nat Commun. 2015 Apr 22;6:6890 - PubMed
  9. J Bacteriol. 2006 Oct;188(20):7290-6 - PubMed
  10. Biochemistry. 2005 Aug 23;44(33):11115-21 - PubMed
  11. J Bacteriol. 1998 Jun;180(11):2987-91 - PubMed
  12. Mol Cell. 2008 Apr 11;30(1):114-21 - PubMed
  13. Electrophoresis. 2012 Apr;33(8):1282-7 - PubMed
  14. Chem Biol. 2011 Apr 22;18(4):454-63 - PubMed
  15. Nature. 2014 May 22;509(7501):512-5 - PubMed
  16. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Apr 28;106(17):7173-8 - PubMed
  17. Mol Microbiol. 2004 Jul;53(2):697-706 - PubMed
  18. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009 May;1794(5):826-33 - PubMed
  19. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Oct;1798(10):1953-60 - PubMed
  20. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jun 18;279(25):25939-42 - PubMed
  21. Mol Microbiol. 2010 Mar;75(6):1468-83 - PubMed
  22. J Bacteriol. 2007 Sep;189(17):6118-27 - PubMed
  23. J Bacteriol. 2006 Oct;188(20):7284-9 - PubMed
  24. Protein Expr Purif. 2005 Mar;40(1):91-100 - PubMed
  25. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2013;67:221-42 - PubMed
  26. Mol Microbiol. 2013 May;88(3):590-602 - PubMed
  27. Structure. 2010 Mar 14;18(4):507-17 - PubMed
  28. J Bacteriol. 1997 Apr;179(8):2512-8 - PubMed
  29. J Bacteriol. 2001 Mar;183(5):1734-9 - PubMed

Publication Types