Harry L. T. Mobley

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

In vivo behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA mutant with reduced urease activity (2002)

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

Helicobacter pylori arginase inhibits nitric oxide production by eukaryotic cells: A strategy for bacterial survival

Gobert, Alain P., McGee, David J., Akhtar, Mahmood, Mendz, George L., Newton, Jamie C., Cheng, Yulan, ...

The antimicrobial effect of nitric oxide (NO) is an essential part of innate immunity. The vigorous host response to the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori fails to eradicate the organism,...

Helicobacter pylori Growth and Urease Detection in the Chemically Defined Medium Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mixture

Testerman, Traci L., McGee, David J., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Obstacles continue to hinder in vitro studies of the gastric human pathogen Helicobacter pylori, including difficulty culturing the organism in the absence of serum or blood, rapid loss of viability...

Isolation of Helicobacter pylori Genes That Modulate Urease Activity

McGee, David J., May, Carrie A., Garner, Rachel M., Himpsl, Janette M., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Helicobacter pylori urease, a nickel-requiring metalloenzyme, hydrolyzes urea to NH3 and CO2. We sought to identify H. pylori genes that modulate urease activity by constructing pHP8080, a plasmid...

Membrane Topology of the NixA Nickel Transporter of Helicobacter pylori: Two Nickel Transport-Specific Motifs within Transmembrane Helices II and III

Fulkerson, John F., Mobley, Harry L. T.

NixA, the high-affinity cytoplasmic membrane nickel transport protein of Helicobacter pylori, imports Ni2+ into the cell for insertion into the active site of the urease metalloenzyme, which is...

Interaction of Proteus mirabilis Urease Apoenzyme and Accessory Proteins Identified with Yeast Two-Hybrid Technology

Heimer, Susan R., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a gram-negative bacterium associated with complicated urinary tract infections, produces a metalloenzyme urease which hydrolyzes urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide. The apourease...

Identification of the Domains of UreR, an AraC-Like Transcriptional Regulator of the Urease Gene Cluster in Proteus mirabilis

Poore, Carrie A., Coker, Christopher, Dattelbaum, Jonathan D., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to CO2 and NH3, resulting in urinary stone formation in individuals with complicated urinary tract infections. UreR, a member of the AraC...

Requirement of MrpH for Mannose-Resistant Proteus-Like Fimbria-Mediated Hemagglutination by Proteus mirabilis

Li, Xin, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Two new genes, mrpH and mrpJ, were identified downstream of mrpG in the mrp gene cluster encoding mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis. Since the...

Serum Immunoglobulin Response and Protection from Homologous Challenge by Proteus mirabilis in a Mouse Model of Ascending Urinary Tract Infection

Johnson, David E., Bahrani, Farah K., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Drachenberg, Cinthia B., Hebel, J. Richard, Belas, Robert, ...

We tested the hypothesis that experimental Proteus mirabilis urinary tract infection in mice would protect against homologous bladder rechallenge. Despite production of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG)...

In Vivo Dynamics of Type 1 Fimbria Regulation in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli during Experimental Urinary Tract Infection

Gunther, Nereus W., Lockatell, Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Escherichia coli is the primary cause of uncomplicated infections of the urinary tract including cystitis. More serious infections, characterized as acute pyelonephritis, can also develop. Type 1...

Cloning, Expression, and Catalytic Activity of Helicobacter hepaticus Urease

Beckwith, Catherine S., McGee, David J., Mobley, Harry L. T., Riley, Lela K.

Helicobacter hepaticus causes disease in the liver and lower intestinal tract of mice. It is strongly urease positive, although it does not live in an acidic environment. The H. hepaticus urease gene...

Helicobacter pylori rocF Is Required for Arginase Activity and Acid Protection In Vitro but Is Not Essential for Colonization of Mice or for Urease Activity

McGee, David J., Radcliff, Fiona J., Mendz, George L., Ferrero, Richard L., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Arginase of the Helicobacter pylori urea cycle hydrolyzes l-arginine to l-ornithine and urea. H. pylori urease hydrolyzes urea to carbon dioxide and ammonium, which neutralizes acid. Both enzymes are...

Development of a PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Assay Using the Nucleotide Sequence of the Helicobacter hepaticus Urease Structural Genes ureAB

Shen, Zeli, Schauer, David B., Mobley, Harry L. T., Fox, James G.

Infection with Helicobacter hepaticus causes chronic active hepatitis in certain strains of mice and is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in A/JCr mice. Like the gastric helicobacters, H....

Use of Green Fluorescent Protein To Assess Urease Gene Expression by Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis during Experimental Ascending Urinary Tract Infection

Zhao, Hui, Thompson, Richard B., Lockatell, Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a cause of complicated urinary tract infection, expresses urease when exposed to urea. While it is recognized that the positive transcriptional activator UreR induces gene...

MrpB Functions as the Terminator for Assembly of Proteus mirabilis Mannose-Resistant Proteus-Like Fimbriae

Li, Xin, Mobley, Harry L. T.

Insertional mutagenesis studies of mrpB, a putative pilin-encoding open reading frame of the mrp gene cluster, which encodes mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae of Proteus mirabilis,...

Helicobacter pylori Glutamine Synthetase Lacks Features Associated with Transcriptional and Posttranslational Regulation

Garner, Rachel M., Fulkerson, John, Mobley, Harry L. T.

Helicobacter pylori urease, produced in abundance, is indispensable for the survival of H. pylori in animal hosts. Urea is hydrolyzed by the enzyme, resulting in the liberation of excess ammonia,...

In Vivo Phase Variation of Escherichia coli Type 1 Fimbrial Genes in Women with Urinary Tract Infection

Lim, Jean K., Gunther, Nereus W., Zhao, Hui, Johnson, David E., Keay, Susan K., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Type 1 fimbriae, expressed by most Escherichia coli strains, are thought to attach to human uroepithelium as an initial step in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infections (UTI). Numerous reports...

Genomic Analysis of a Pathogenicity Island in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073: Distribution of Homologous Sequences among Isolates from Patients with Pyelonephritis, Cystitis, and CatheterAssociated Bacteriuria and from Fecal Samples

Guyer, Debra M., Kao, Jyh-Shyang, Mobley, Harry L. T.

Urinary tract infection is the most frequently diagnosed kidney and urologic disease and Escherichia coli is by far the most common etiologic agent. Uropathogenic strains have been shown to contain...

Helicobacter pylori Containing Only Cytoplasmic Urease Is Susceptible to Acid

Krishnamurthy, Partha, Parlow, Mary, Zitzer, Jason B., Vakil, Nimish B., Mobley, Harry L. T., Levy, Marilyn, ...

Helicobacter pylori, an important etiologic agent in a variety of gastroduodenal diseases, produces large amounts of urease as an essential colonization factor. We have demonstrated previously that...

H-NS Is a Repressor of the Proteus mirabilis Urease Transcriptional Activator Gene ureR

Coker, Christopher, Bakare, Olubunmi O., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Expression of Proteus mirabilis urease is governed by UreR, an AraC-like positive transcriptional activator. A poly(A) tract nucleotide sequence, consisting of A6TA2CA2TGGTA5GA6TGA5, is located 16 bp...

Repression of bacterial motility by a novel fimbrial gene product

Li, Xin, Rasko, David A., Lockatell, C.Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L.T.

Proteus mirabilis is a common uropathogen in patients with long-term catheterization or with structural or functional abnormalities in the urinary tract. The mannose-resistant, Proteus-like (MR/P)...

Visualization of Proteus mirabilis within the Matrix of Urease-Induced Bladder Stones during Experimental Urinary Tract Infection

Li, Xin, Zhao, Hui, Lockatell, C. Virginia, Drachenberg, Cinthia B., Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

The virulence of a urease-negative mutant of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis and its wild-type parent strain was assessed by using a CBA mouse model of catheterized urinary tract infection. Overall,...

In Vivo Behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA Mutant with Reduced Urease Activity

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

Urease of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: Evidence for Regulation by Fur and a trans-Acting Factor

Heimer, Susan R., Welch, Rod A., Perna, Nicole T., Pósfai, György, Evans, Peter S., Kaper, James B., ...

Recent genomic analyses of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain EDL933 revealed two loci encoding urease gene homologues (ureDABCEFG), which are absent in nonpathogenic E. coli strain K-12. This report...

Assessment of Virulence of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Type 1 Fimbrial Mutants in Which the Invertible Element Is Phase-Locked On or Off

Gunther, Nereus W., Snyder, Jennifer A., Lockatell, Virginia, Blomfield, Ian, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Type 1 fimbria is a proven virulence factor of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), causing urinary tract infections. Expression of the fimbria is regulated at the transcriptional level by a...

Sat, the Secreted Autotransporter Toxin of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Is a Vacuolating Cytotoxin for Bladder and Kidney Epithelial Cells

Guyer, Debra M., Radulovic, Suzana, Jones, Faye-Ellen, Mobley, Harry L. T.

The secreted autotransporter toxin (Sat) of uropathogenic Escherichia coli exhibits cytopathic activity upon incubation with HEp-2 cells. We further investigated the effects of Sat on cell lines more...

UreR, the Transcriptional Activator of the Proteus mirabilis Urease Gene Cluster, Is Required for Urease Activity and Virulence in Experimental Urinary Tract Infections

Dattelbaum, Jonathan D., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a cause of complicated urinary tract infection, produces urease, an essential virulence factor for this species. UreR, a member of the AraC/XylS family of transcriptional...

Visualization of Proteus mirabilis Morphotypes in the Urinary Tract: the Elongated Swarmer Cell Is Rarely Observed in Ascending Urinary Tract Infection

Jansen, Angela M., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a common cause of nosocomial and catheter-associated urinary tract infection, colonizes the bladder and ascends the ureters to the proximal tubules of the kidneys, leading to the...

Development of an Intranasal Vaccine To Prevent Urinary Tract Infection by Proteus mirabilis

Li, Xin, Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Lane, M. Chelsea, Warren, John W., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis commonly infects the complicated urinary tract and is associated with urolithiasis. Stone formation is caused by bacterial urease, which hydrolyzes urea to ammonia, causing local pH...

Autotransporter Genes pic and tsh Are Associated with Escherichia coli Strains That Cause Acute Pyelonephritis and Are Expressed during Urinary Tract Infection

Heimer, Susan R., Rasko, David A., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

We have identified two chromosomal open reading frames in uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strain CFT073 which are highly homologous to serine protease autotransporters Pic and Tsh. Both cloned...

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

Burall, Laurel S., Harro, Janette M., Li, Xin, Lockatell, C.Virginia, Himpsl, Stephanie D., Hebel, J. Richard, ...

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...

Transcriptome of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli during Urinary Tract Infection

Snyder, Jennifer A., Haugen, Brian J., Buckles, Eric L., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Donnenberg, Michael S., ...

A uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain CFT073-specific DNA microarray that includes each open reading frame was used to analyze the transcriptome of CFT073 bacteria isolated directly from the urine...

Mannose-Resistant Proteus-Like Fimbriae Are Produced by Most Proteus mirabilis Strains Infecting the Urinary Tract, Dictate the In Vivo Localization of Bacteria, and Contribute to Biofilm Formation

Jansen, Angela M., Lockatell, Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, an etiologic agent of complicated urinary tract infections, expresses mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae whose expression is phase variable. Here we examine the role of...

The IrgA Homologue Adhesin Iha Is an Escherichia coli Virulence Factor in Murine Urinary Tract Infection

Johnson, James R., Jelacic, Srdjan, Schoening, Laura M., Clabots, Connie, Shaikh, Nurmohammad, Mobley, Harry L. T., ...

The role of the Escherichia coli iron-regulated gene homologue adhesin (Iha) in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) is unknown. We performed a series of complementary analyses to...

Role of Motility in the Colonization of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in the Urinary Tract

Lane, M. Chelsea, Lockatell, Virginia, Monterosso, Greta, Lamphier, Daniel, Weinert, Julia, Hebel, J. Richard, ...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) causes most uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in humans. Flagellum-mediated motility and chemotaxis have been suggested to contribute to virulence by...

Coordinate Expression of Fimbriae in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Snyder, Jennifer A., Haugen, Brian J., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Maroncle, Nathalie, Hagan, Erin C., Johnson, David E., ...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli is the most common etiological agent of urinary tract infections. Bacteria can often express multiple adhesins during infection in order to favor attachment to specific...

Role of Phase Variation of Type 1 Fimbriae in a Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Cystitis Isolate during Urinary Tract Infection†

Snyder, Jennifer A., Lloyd, Amanda L., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Type 1 fimbrial phase-locked mutants of uropathogenic Escherichia coli cystitis isolate F11 were used to assess the role of the invertible element during urinary tract infection. Compared to the wild...

Nutritional Requirements and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Helicobacter Species in Chemically Defined Media

Testerman, Traci L., Conn, P. Brian, Mobley, Harry L. T., McGee, David J.

The growth of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori in the absence of serum remains challenging, and nutritional requirements have only partially been defined, while almost nothing is known about...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Generally Lack Functional Trg and Tap Chemoreceptors Found in the Majority of E. coli Strains Strictly Residing in the Gut

Lane, M. Chelsea, Lloyd, Amanda L., Markyvech, Tiffany A., Hagan, Erin C., Mobley, Harry L. T.

The prevalence and function of four chemoreceptors, Tsr, Tar, Trg, and Tap, were determined for a collection of uropathogenic, fecal-commensal, and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains. tar and tsr...

Helicobacter pylori arginase inhibits nitric oxide production by eukaryotic cells: A strategy for bacterial survival

Gobert, Alain P., McGee, David J., Akhtar, Mahmood, Mendz, George L., Newton, Jamie C., Cheng, Yulan, ...

The antimicrobial effect of nitric oxide (NO) is an essential part of innate immunity. The vigorous host response to the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori fails to eradicate the organism,...

Helicobacter pylori Growth and Urease Detection in the Chemically Defined Medium Ham's F-12 Nutrient Mixture

Testerman, Traci L., McGee, David J., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Obstacles continue to hinder in vitro studies of the gastric human pathogen Helicobacter pylori, including difficulty culturing the organism in the absence of serum or blood, rapid loss of viability...

Isolation of Helicobacter pylori Genes That Modulate Urease Activity

McGee, David J., May, Carrie A., Garner, Rachel M., Himpsl, Janette M., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Helicobacter pylori urease, a nickel-requiring metalloenzyme, hydrolyzes urea to NH3 and CO2. We sought to identify H. pylori genes that modulate urease activity by constructing pHP8080, a plasmid...

Membrane Topology of the NixA Nickel Transporter of Helicobacter pylori: Two Nickel Transport-Specific Motifs within Transmembrane Helices II and III

Fulkerson, John F., Mobley, Harry L. T.

NixA, the high-affinity cytoplasmic membrane nickel transport protein of Helicobacter pylori, imports Ni2+ into the cell for insertion into the active site of the urease metalloenzyme, which is...

Interaction of Proteus mirabilis Urease Apoenzyme and Accessory Proteins Identified with Yeast Two-Hybrid Technology

Heimer, Susan R., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a gram-negative bacterium associated with complicated urinary tract infections, produces a metalloenzyme urease which hydrolyzes urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide. The apourease...

Identification of the Domains of UreR, an AraC-Like Transcriptional Regulator of the Urease Gene Cluster in Proteus mirabilis

Poore, Carrie A., Coker, Christopher, Dattelbaum, Jonathan D., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to CO2 and NH3, resulting in urinary stone formation in individuals with complicated urinary tract infections. UreR, a member of the AraC...

Requirement of MrpH for Mannose-Resistant Proteus-Like Fimbria-Mediated Hemagglutination by Proteus mirabilis

Li, Xin, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Two new genes, mrpH and mrpJ, were identified downstream of mrpG in the mrp gene cluster encoding mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis. Since the...

Serum Immunoglobulin Response and Protection from Homologous Challenge by Proteus mirabilis in a Mouse Model of Ascending Urinary Tract Infection

Johnson, David E., Bahrani, Farah K., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Drachenberg, Cinthia B., Hebel, J. Richard, Belas, Robert, ...

We tested the hypothesis that experimental Proteus mirabilis urinary tract infection in mice would protect against homologous bladder rechallenge. Despite production of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG)...

In Vivo Dynamics of Type 1 Fimbria Regulation in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli during Experimental Urinary Tract Infection

Gunther, Nereus W., Lockatell, Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Escherichia coli is the primary cause of uncomplicated infections of the urinary tract including cystitis. More serious infections, characterized as acute pyelonephritis, can also develop. Type 1...

Cloning, Expression, and Catalytic Activity of Helicobacter hepaticus Urease

Beckwith, Catherine S., McGee, David J., Mobley, Harry L. T., Riley, Lela K.

Helicobacter hepaticus causes disease in the liver and lower intestinal tract of mice. It is strongly urease positive, although it does not live in an acidic environment. The H. hepaticus urease gene...

Helicobacter pylori rocF Is Required for Arginase Activity and Acid Protection In Vitro but Is Not Essential for Colonization of Mice or for Urease Activity

McGee, David J., Radcliff, Fiona J., Mendz, George L., Ferrero, Richard L., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Arginase of the Helicobacter pylori urea cycle hydrolyzes l-arginine to l-ornithine and urea. H. pylori urease hydrolyzes urea to carbon dioxide and ammonium, which neutralizes acid. Both enzymes are...

Development of a PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Assay Using the Nucleotide Sequence of the Helicobacter hepaticus Urease Structural Genes ureAB

Shen, Zeli, Schauer, David B., Mobley, Harry L. T., Fox, James G.

Infection with Helicobacter hepaticus causes chronic active hepatitis in certain strains of mice and is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in A/JCr mice. Like the gastric helicobacters, H....

Use of Green Fluorescent Protein To Assess Urease Gene Expression by Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis during Experimental Ascending Urinary Tract Infection

Zhao, Hui, Thompson, Richard B., Lockatell, Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a cause of complicated urinary tract infection, expresses urease when exposed to urea. While it is recognized that the positive transcriptional activator UreR induces gene...

MrpB Functions as the Terminator for Assembly of Proteus mirabilis Mannose-Resistant Proteus-Like Fimbriae

Li, Xin, Mobley, Harry L. T.

Insertional mutagenesis studies of mrpB, a putative pilin-encoding open reading frame of the mrp gene cluster, which encodes mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae of Proteus mirabilis,...

Helicobacter pylori Glutamine Synthetase Lacks Features Associated with Transcriptional and Posttranslational Regulation

Garner, Rachel M., Fulkerson, John, Mobley, Harry L. T.

Helicobacter pylori urease, produced in abundance, is indispensable for the survival of H. pylori in animal hosts. Urea is hydrolyzed by the enzyme, resulting in the liberation of excess ammonia,...

In Vivo Phase Variation of Escherichia coli Type 1 Fimbrial Genes in Women with Urinary Tract Infection

Lim, Jean K., Gunther, Nereus W., Zhao, Hui, Johnson, David E., Keay, Susan K., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Type 1 fimbriae, expressed by most Escherichia coli strains, are thought to attach to human uroepithelium as an initial step in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infections (UTI). Numerous reports...

Genomic Analysis of a Pathogenicity Island in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073: Distribution of Homologous Sequences among Isolates from Patients with Pyelonephritis, Cystitis, and CatheterAssociated Bacteriuria and from Fecal Samples

Guyer, Debra M., Kao, Jyh-Shyang, Mobley, Harry L. T.

Urinary tract infection is the most frequently diagnosed kidney and urologic disease and Escherichia coli is by far the most common etiologic agent. Uropathogenic strains have been shown to contain...

Helicobacter pylori Containing Only Cytoplasmic Urease Is Susceptible to Acid

Krishnamurthy, Partha, Parlow, Mary, Zitzer, Jason B., Vakil, Nimish B., Mobley, Harry L. T., Levy, Marilyn, ...

Helicobacter pylori, an important etiologic agent in a variety of gastroduodenal diseases, produces large amounts of urease as an essential colonization factor. We have demonstrated previously that...

H-NS Is a Repressor of the Proteus mirabilis Urease Transcriptional Activator Gene ureR

Coker, Christopher, Bakare, Olubunmi O., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Expression of Proteus mirabilis urease is governed by UreR, an AraC-like positive transcriptional activator. A poly(A) tract nucleotide sequence, consisting of A6TA2CA2TGGTA5GA6TGA5, is located 16 bp...

Repression of bacterial motility by a novel fimbrial gene product

Li, Xin, Rasko, David A., Lockatell, C.Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L.T.

Proteus mirabilis is a common uropathogen in patients with long-term catheterization or with structural or functional abnormalities in the urinary tract. The mannose-resistant, Proteus-like (MR/P)...

Visualization of Proteus mirabilis within the Matrix of Urease-Induced Bladder Stones during Experimental Urinary Tract Infection

Li, Xin, Zhao, Hui, Lockatell, C. Virginia, Drachenberg, Cinthia B., Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

The virulence of a urease-negative mutant of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis and its wild-type parent strain was assessed by using a CBA mouse model of catheterized urinary tract infection. Overall,...

In Vivo Behavior of a Helicobacter pylori SS1 nixA Mutant with Reduced Urease Activity

Nolan, Kylie J., McGee, David J., Mitchell, Hazel M., Kolesnikow, Tassia, Harro, Janette M., O'Rourke, Jani, ...

Helicobacter pylori mutants devoid of urease activity fail to colonize the gastric mucosa of mice; however, the effect of decreased levels of urease on colonization has not been examined. The nixA...

Urease of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: Evidence for Regulation by Fur and a trans-Acting Factor

Heimer, Susan R., Welch, Rod A., Perna, Nicole T., Pósfai, György, Evans, Peter S., Kaper, James B., ...

Recent genomic analyses of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain EDL933 revealed two loci encoding urease gene homologues (ureDABCEFG), which are absent in nonpathogenic E. coli strain K-12. This report...

Assessment of Virulence of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Type 1 Fimbrial Mutants in Which the Invertible Element Is Phase-Locked On or Off

Gunther, Nereus W., Snyder, Jennifer A., Lockatell, Virginia, Blomfield, Ian, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Type 1 fimbria is a proven virulence factor of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), causing urinary tract infections. Expression of the fimbria is regulated at the transcriptional level by a...

Sat, the Secreted Autotransporter Toxin of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Is a Vacuolating Cytotoxin for Bladder and Kidney Epithelial Cells

Guyer, Debra M., Radulovic, Suzana, Jones, Faye-Ellen, Mobley, Harry L. T.

The secreted autotransporter toxin (Sat) of uropathogenic Escherichia coli exhibits cytopathic activity upon incubation with HEp-2 cells. We further investigated the effects of Sat on cell lines more...

UreR, the Transcriptional Activator of the Proteus mirabilis Urease Gene Cluster, Is Required for Urease Activity and Virulence in Experimental Urinary Tract Infections

Dattelbaum, Jonathan D., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a cause of complicated urinary tract infection, produces urease, an essential virulence factor for this species. UreR, a member of the AraC/XylS family of transcriptional...

Visualization of Proteus mirabilis Morphotypes in the Urinary Tract: the Elongated Swarmer Cell Is Rarely Observed in Ascending Urinary Tract Infection

Jansen, Angela M., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a common cause of nosocomial and catheter-associated urinary tract infection, colonizes the bladder and ascends the ureters to the proximal tubules of the kidneys, leading to the...

Development of an Intranasal Vaccine To Prevent Urinary Tract Infection by Proteus mirabilis

Li, Xin, Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Lane, M. Chelsea, Warren, John W., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis commonly infects the complicated urinary tract and is associated with urolithiasis. Stone formation is caused by bacterial urease, which hydrolyzes urea to ammonia, causing local pH...

Autotransporter Genes pic and tsh Are Associated with Escherichia coli Strains That Cause Acute Pyelonephritis and Are Expressed during Urinary Tract Infection

Heimer, Susan R., Rasko, David A., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

We have identified two chromosomal open reading frames in uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strain CFT073 which are highly homologous to serine protease autotransporters Pic and Tsh. Both cloned...

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

Burall, Laurel S., Harro, Janette M., Li, Xin, Lockatell, C.Virginia, Himpsl, Stephanie D., Hebel, J. Richard, ...

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...

Transcriptome of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli during Urinary Tract Infection

Snyder, Jennifer A., Haugen, Brian J., Buckles, Eric L., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Donnenberg, Michael S., ...

A uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain CFT073-specific DNA microarray that includes each open reading frame was used to analyze the transcriptome of CFT073 bacteria isolated directly from the urine...

Mannose-Resistant Proteus-Like Fimbriae Are Produced by Most Proteus mirabilis Strains Infecting the Urinary Tract, Dictate the In Vivo Localization of Bacteria, and Contribute to Biofilm Formation

Jansen, Angela M., Lockatell, Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, an etiologic agent of complicated urinary tract infections, expresses mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae whose expression is phase variable. Here we examine the role of...

The IrgA Homologue Adhesin Iha Is an Escherichia coli Virulence Factor in Murine Urinary Tract Infection

Johnson, James R., Jelacic, Srdjan, Schoening, Laura M., Clabots, Connie, Shaikh, Nurmohammad, Mobley, Harry L. T., ...

The role of the Escherichia coli iron-regulated gene homologue adhesin (Iha) in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) is unknown. We performed a series of complementary analyses to...

Role of Motility in the Colonization of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in the Urinary Tract

Lane, M. Chelsea, Lockatell, Virginia, Monterosso, Greta, Lamphier, Daniel, Weinert, Julia, Hebel, J. Richard, ...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) causes most uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in humans. Flagellum-mediated motility and chemotaxis have been suggested to contribute to virulence by...

Coordinate Expression of Fimbriae in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Snyder, Jennifer A., Haugen, Brian J., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Maroncle, Nathalie, Hagan, Erin C., Johnson, David E., ...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli is the most common etiological agent of urinary tract infections. Bacteria can often express multiple adhesins during infection in order to favor attachment to specific...

Role of Phase Variation of Type 1 Fimbriae in a Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Cystitis Isolate during Urinary Tract Infection†

Snyder, Jennifer A., Lloyd, Amanda L., Lockatell, C. Virginia, Johnson, David E., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Type 1 fimbrial phase-locked mutants of uropathogenic Escherichia coli cystitis isolate F11 were used to assess the role of the invertible element during urinary tract infection. Compared to the wild...

Nutritional Requirements and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Helicobacter Species in Chemically Defined Media

Testerman, Traci L., Conn, P. Brian, Mobley, Harry L. T., McGee, David J.

The growth of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori in the absence of serum remains challenging, and nutritional requirements have only partially been defined, while almost nothing is known about...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Generally Lack Functional Trg and Tap Chemoreceptors Found in the Majority of E. coli Strains Strictly Residing in the Gut

Lane, M. Chelsea, Lloyd, Amanda L., Markyvech, Tiffany A., Hagan, Erin C., Mobley, Harry L. T.

The prevalence and function of four chemoreceptors, Tsr, Tar, Trg, and Tap, were determined for a collection of uropathogenic, fecal-commensal, and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains. tar and tsr...

Protease Activity, Secretion, Cell Entry, Cytotoxicity, and Cellular Targets of Secreted Autotransporter Toxin of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli▿

Maroncle, Nathalie M., Sivick, Kelsey E., Brady, Rebecca, Stokes, Faye-Ellen, Mobley, Harry L. T.

The secreted autotransporter toxin (Sat), found predominantly in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, is a member of the SPATE (serine protease autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae) family and, as such,...

Helicobacter pylori HP1512 Is a Nickel-Responsive NikR-Regulated Outer Membrane Protein▿

Davis, Gregg S., Flannery, Erika L., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Helicobacter pylori is dependent upon the production of the highly abundant and active metalloenzyme urease for colonization of the human stomach. Thus, H. pylori has an absolute requirement for the...

Defining Genomic Islands and Uropathogen-Specific Genes in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli▿

Lloyd, Amanda L., Rasko, David A., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains are responsible for the majority of uncomplicated urinary tract infections, which can present clinically as cystitis or pyelonephritis. UPEC strain...

Quantitative Profile of the Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Proteome during Growth in Human Urine▿

Alteri, Christopher J., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of microbial pathogens are critical components that mediate direct interactions between microbes and their surrounding environment. Consequently, the study of OMPs is...

Complex Interplay between Type 1 Fimbrial Expression and Flagellum-Mediated Motility of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli▿

Lane, M. Chelsea, Simms, Amy N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Type 1 fimbriae and flagella have been previously shown to contribute to the virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) within the urinary tract. In this study, the relationship between...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Antigens Expressed during Urinary Tract Infection▿

Hagan, Erin C., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) represents a prevalent and potentially severe infectious disease. In this study, we describe the...

Expression of flagella is coincident with uropathogenic Escherichia coli ascension to the upper urinary tract

Lane, M. Chelsea, Alteri, Christopher J., Smith, Sara N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) cause most uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in humans. Because UTIs are considered to occur in an ascending manner, flagellum-mediated motility has...

Multiple Genes Repress Motility in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Constitutively Expressing Type 1 Fimbriae▿ †

Simms, Amy N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Two surface organelles of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), flagella and type 1 fimbriae, are critical for colonization of the urinary tract but mediate opposite actions. Flagella propel...

Complete Genome Sequence of Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis, a Master of both Adherence and Motility▿ †

Pearson, Melanie M., Sebaihia, Mohammed, Churcher, Carol, Quail, Michael A., Seshasayee, Aswin S., Luscombe, Nicholas M., ...

The gram-negative enteric bacterium Proteus mirabilis is a frequent cause of urinary tract infections in individuals with long-term indwelling catheters or with complicated urinary tracts (e.g., due...

Outer Membrane Antigens of the Uropathogen Proteus mirabilis Recognized by the Humoral Response during Experimental Murine Urinary Tract Infection▿

Nielubowicz, Greta R., Smith, Sara N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Proteus mirabilis, a gram-negative bacterium, is a frequent cause of complicated urinary tract infections in those with functional or anatomical abnormalities or those subject to long-term...

PapX, a P Fimbrial Operon-Encoded Inhibitor of Motility in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli▿

Simms, Amy N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Motility and adherence are two integral aspects of bacterial pathogenesis. Adherence, often mediated by fimbriae, permits bacteria to attach to host cells and establish infection, whereas...

Fitness of Escherichia coli during Urinary Tract Infection Requires Gluconeogenesis and the TCA Cycle

Alteri, Christopher J., Smith, Sara N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Microbial pathogenesis studies traditionally encompass dissection of virulence properties such as the bacterium's ability to elaborate toxins, adhere to and invade host cells, cause tissue damage, or...

Vaccination with Proteus Toxic Agglutinin, a Hemolysin-Independent Cytotoxin In Vivo, Protects against Proteus mirabilis Urinary Tract Infection▿

Alamuri, Praveen, Eaton, Kathryn A., Himpsl, Stephanie D., Smith, Sara N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Complicated urinary tract infections (UTI) caused by Proteus mirabilis are associated with severe pathology in the bladder and kidney. To investigate the roles of two established cytotoxins, the HpmA...

Oxygen-Limiting Conditions Enrich for Fimbriate Cells of Uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli▿

Lane, M. Chelsea, Li, Xin, Pearson, Melanie M., Simms, Amy N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

MR/P fimbriae of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis undergo invertible element-mediated phase variation whereby an individual bacterium switches between expressing fimbriae (phase ON) and not expressing...

Mucosal Immunization with Iron Receptor Antigens Protects against Urinary Tract Infection

Alteri, Christopher J., Hagan, Erin C., Sivick, Kelsey E., Smith, Sara N., Mobley, Harry L. T.

Uncomplicated infections of the urinary tract, caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli, are among the most common diseases requiring medical intervention. A preventive vaccine to reduce the...