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ES Journal of Clinical Medicine

ISSN: 2768-010X

Anti-bacterial vaccine activities of Zn, ZnONPs and Zn2+-induced activated peptidoglycan autolysins against Gram-positive and Gram negative Bacteria

  • Review Article

  • Tsuneo Ishida*
  • Midori-Ku, Saitama-Shi, Saitama-Ken, Japan
  • *Corresponding author: Dr. Sci. Tsuneo Ishida, 2-3-6, Saido, Midori-Ku, Saitama-Shi, Saitama-Ken, 336-0907, Japan
  • Received: Jan 30, 2020; Accepted: Mar 12, 2020; Published: Mar 15, 2020

Abstract

Firstly, against Gram-positive bacteria, adsoption of Zn2+ ions to the bacterial cell surface increases cell wall cohesion and favors the projection of elongated SasG away from the cell surface. Zinc importer adcABC of the primary group A streptococcus (GAS) zinc uptake system is composed of a cell surface-exposed zinc-binding protein (adcA), an inner membrane permease (AdcB), and a cytosolic ATPase (AdcC) that provides the energy for zinc import by ATP hydrolysis. Multivalent fusion DNA vaccine against Brucella abortus has been constructed that the expression of BAB antigens conjugated to SOD protein can polarize mice immunity to a Th1-type phenotype.

ZnO-NPs are attractive antibacterial properties due to increased specific surface area as the reduced particle size leading to enhanced particle surface reactivity. Bacteriolytic activity of ZnO-NPs is associated with the generation of ROS including H2O2, OH, and O2-2 that ROS have been cell wall damage due to ZnO-localized interaction, enhanced membrane permeability, internalization of Nps due to loss pf proton motive force and uptake of toxic dissolved zinc ions. Released zinc ions from zinc oxide penetrate the bacterial cell wall via diffusion that ZnO-NPs disintegrate the cell membrane and accumulate in the cytoplasm. ZnO-NPs caused significant up-regulation of biosynthesis and degradation.

S.aureus amidase AmiA of PGN autolysin is acted on PGN binding and cleavage that amiA distinguishes PGN mostly by the peptide, and cleavage is facilitated by a zinc-activated molecule. The autolytic activity of the recombinant amidase of the Aas (autolysin/adhesin of Staphylococcus saprophyticus) is inhibited and is neccesary for the C-terminal GW repeats, not the N-terminal repeats. AmiB catalyzes the degradation of PGN in bacteria, resulting in a marked increases of sensitivity to oxidative stress and organic acids. Amidase activity of amiC controls cell separation and PGN fragments release. In these autolysins, zinc-dependent PGN autolysin of amidases may be enhanced and induced anti-bacterial vaccine activities. Lytic amidase autolysin LytA associates with the cell wall via its zinc-binding motif. The LytB PGN hydrolase responsible for physical separation of daughter cells cleaves the GlcNAc-β-(1,4)-MurNAc glycosidic bond of PGN building units. LytC, LytD, and LytF are expressed in the same subpopuration of cells and complete flagellar synthesis.

Secondly, against Gram-negative bacteria, ZnuA is a high affinity acquisition of Zn2+ in E. coli was demonstrated and shown to occur via the ABC permease, Znu ABC that the Znu permease comprises the SBP ZnuA, and an ABC tranporter. The acquisition of zinc by P. aeruginosa PAO1 reveals a hitherto unrecognized complexity in zinc homeostasis that enables the bacterium to survive under zinc limitation that the mechanisms and pathways uitilyzed by P. aeruginosa to survive and promulgate in environments of varying Zn2+ abundance, with the findings widely applicable to other prokaryotic organisms. Recombinant flagella and pili to targeting lipo-polysacharides and O-antigens have shown some promise in a preventing infection that outer membrane protein including OprF and OprI are newer representative of vaccine candidates. Recombinant AfeA expresses abundant epitopes on the bacterial surface and induces protective responses in the mouse pulmonary clearance model following aerosol challenge with Moraxella catarrhalis. ETEC is the most common bacerial cause of children’s diarrea, in which antigen and antitoxin antibodies that neutralized both toxins that are associated with all cases of ETEC diarrhea, and polypeptide or subunit vaccines have the potential to effectively protect against ETEC diarrhea. Thus, the antibacterial mechanism of ZnO-NPs is likely due to disruption of the cell membrane and oxidative stress such as Campylobacter.

Amidase gene (AmiB) catalyzes the degradation of PGN in Gram-negative bacteria that the amiB is involved in the separation of daughter cells after cell devision and inactivation of the amiB gene, resulting in a marked increases of sensitivity to oxidative stress and organic acids. AmiC controls cell separation and PGN fragments release. Zinc-dependent endopeptidases are predicted to hydrolyze PGN to facilitate cell growth that zinc avaliability affects strong activity of cell wall hydrolases, and zur-regulated endopeptidases are present in divergent Gram-negative bacteria. Zinc-regulated peptidase maintains cell wall integrity during immune-mediated nutrient sequestration against Acinetobacter baumannii. Carboxypeptidases are exopeptidases that remove a single amino acid residue from the C terminus of proteins or peptides that the carboxypeptidase B1 of and its evaluation have been high molecular characterization for TBVs against Malaria eradication. MCPs of the M32 family of peptidases exhibit a significant hydrolytic activity and different hydrolysis patterns against Trypanosoma brucei or cruzi. Thus, zinc-depedent carboxypeptidase autolysin could adapt to be appreciable the anti-bacterial vaccines. Autolysin mediated bacteriolysis- and zinc dependent lysis-induced bacterial cell death can contribute to the bactericidal vaccine activities. Human PGLYRPs are novel class of recognition and effector molecules with broad Zn2+ -dependent bactericidal activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Keywords

ZnO-NPs, PGN hydrolase and autolysin, Zn2+ ions-induced autolysin, Zinc dependent anti-bacterial vaccine, Amidase, ROS