Commercial porcine gastric mucin contributes to variation in production of small molecule virulence factors by Pseudomonas aeruginosa when cultured in different formulations of artificial sputum medium
Journal of Bacteriology(2021)
摘要
Site-specific in vitro culture media are being developed to investigate microbial pathogenicity and ecology in nutrient environments that are more reflective of disease. For microbial ecology research in cystic fibrosis (CF), different artificial sputum media (ASM) formulations have been created to recapitulate the nutrient availability of the CF lung environment. However, these ASM formulations vary in concentration of amino acids, mucin, and other niche-specific compounds. Here, we measured the differential production of small molecule virulence factors by Pseudomonas aeruginosa , the predominant pathogen in CF pulmonary infections, cultured in nine different ASM formulations via liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and molecular networking. We show that different ASM formulations lead to different phenotypes and metabolic profiles of P. aeruginosa and commercial porcine gastric mucin (PGM) contains a myriad of contaminants, including iron, which affect P. aeruginosa physiology.
IMPORTANCE Different media formulations aiming to replicate in vivo infection environments contain different nutrients, which affects interpretation of experimental results. Inclusion of undefined components, such as commercial porcine gastric mucin (PGM), in an otherwise chemically defined medium can alter the nutrient content of the medium in unexpected ways and influence experimental outcomes.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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