The human milk protein-lipid complex HAMLET disrupts glycolysis and induces death in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Roche-Hakansson, Hazeline ; Vansarla, Goutham LU ; Marks, Laura R and Hakansson, Anders P LU
(2019)
In Journal of Biological Chemistry
294(51).
p.19511-19522
- Abstract
HAMLET is a complex of human a-lactalbumin (ALA) and oleic acid and kills several Gram-positive bacteria by a mechanism that bears resemblance to apoptosis in eukaryotic cells. To identify HAMLET's bacterial targets, here we used Streptococcus pneumoniae as a model organism and employed a proteomic approach that identified several potential candidates. Two of these targets were the glycolytic enzymes fructose bis-phosphate aldolase (FBPA) and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). Treatment of pneumococci with HAMLET immediately inhibited their ATP and lactate production, suggesting that HAMLET inhibits glycolysis. This observation was supported by experiments with recombinant bacterial enzymes, along with biochemical and... (More)
HAMLET is a complex of human a-lactalbumin (ALA) and oleic acid and kills several Gram-positive bacteria by a mechanism that bears resemblance to apoptosis in eukaryotic cells. To identify HAMLET's bacterial targets, here we used Streptococcus pneumoniae as a model organism and employed a proteomic approach that identified several potential candidates. Two of these targets were the glycolytic enzymes fructose bis-phosphate aldolase (FBPA) and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). Treatment of pneumococci with HAMLET immediately inhibited their ATP and lactate production, suggesting that HAMLET inhibits glycolysis. This observation was supported by experiments with recombinant bacterial enzymes, along with biochemical and bacterial viability assays, indicating that HAMLET's activity is partially inhibited by high glucose-mediated stimulation of glycolysis but enhanced in the presence of the glycolysis inhibitor 2-deoxyglucose. Both HAMLET and ALA bound directly to each glycolytic enzyme in solution and solid phase assays and effectively inhibited their enzymatic activities. In contrast, oleic acid alone had little to no inhibitory activity. However, ALA alone also exhibited no bactericidal activity and did not block glycolysis in whole cells, suggesting a role for the lipid moiety in the internalization of HAMLET into the bacterial cells to reach its target(s). This was verified by inhibition of enzyme activity in whole cells after HAMLET but not ALA exposure. The results of this study suggest that part of HAMLET's antibacterial activity relates to its ability to target and inhibit glycolytic enzymes, providing an example of a natural antimicrobial agent that specifically targets glycolysis.
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- author
- Roche-Hakansson, Hazeline
; Vansarla, Goutham
LU
; Marks, Laura R
and Hakansson, Anders P
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- volume
- 294
- issue
- 51
- pages
- 19511 - 19522
- publisher
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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- pmid:31694917
- scopus:85077016355
- ISSN
- 1083-351X
- DOI
- 10.1074/jbc.RA119.009930
- project
- Mechanism involved in HAMLET induced bacterial death
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- English
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title = {{The human milk protein-lipid complex HAMLET disrupts glycolysis and induces death in Streptococcus pneumoniae}},
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