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Genomic factors related to tissue tropism in Chlamydia pneumoniae infection.
BMC Genomics 16:268 (2015)
BACKGROUND: Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn) are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause acute infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract and have been implicated in chronic inflammatory diseases. Although of significant clinical relevance, complete genome sequences of only four clinical Cpn strains have been obtained. All of them were isolated from the respiratory tract and shared more than 99% sequence identity. Here we investigate genetic differences on the whole-genome level that are related to Cpn tissue tropism and pathogenicity. RESULTS: We have sequenced the genomes of 18 clinical isolates from different anatomical sites (e.g. lung, blood, coronary arteries) of diseased patients, and one animal isolate. In total 1,363 SNP loci and 184 InDels have been identified in the genomes of all clinical Cpn isolates. These are distributed throughout the whole chlamydial genome and enriched in highly variable regions. The genomes show clear evidence of recombination in at least one potential region but no phage insertions. The tyrP gene was always encoded as single copy in all vascular isolates. Phylogenetic reconstruction revealed distinct evolutionary lineages containing primarily non-respiratory Cpn isolates. In one of these, clinical isolates from coronary arteries and blood monocytes were closely grouped together. They could be distinguished from all other isolates by characteristic nsSNPs in genes involved in RB to EB transition, inclusion membrane formation, bacterial stress response and metabolism. CONCLUSIONS: This study substantially expands the genomic data of Cpn and elucidates its evolutionary history. The translation of the observed Cpn genetic differences into biological functions and the prediction of novel pathogen-oriented diagnostic strategies have to be further explored.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Chlamydia Pneumoniae ; Comparative Genomics ; Genome Assembly ; Indels ; Snps ; Tissue Tropism
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1471-2164
e-ISSN
1471-2164
Journal
BMC Genomics
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Volume: 16,
Issue: 1,
Article Number: 268
Publisher
BioMed Central
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Peer reviewed
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Institute of Human Genetics (IHG)