Acterial strains at 100 CM THP1IL4I1; **p,0.01 for E. coli

Acterial strains at 100 CM THP1IL4I1; **p,0.01 for E. coli, B2599 and MSSA and #p,0.05 for CNS at 75 ; **p,0.01 for E. coli and B2599 at 50 ; NS, not significant for MSSA and CNS at 50 and for all the strains at 25 . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054589.gIL4I1 Antibacterial PropertiesFigure 2. Susceptibility of BIBS39 bacteria to IL4I1 substrates and catabolites. Bacteria were serially diluted in DMEM/F12, with: (A) no Phe, 35.49 or 500 mg/ml Phe and/or no Trp, 9.02 or 500 mg/ml Trp; (B) ten folds dilutions of phenylpyruvate from 1 mM to 10 mM; (C) ten folds dilutions of H2O2 11967625 from 1 mM to 1 mM or 64 mg/ml glutathione with or without 1 mM H2O2; (D) ten folds dilutions of NH3 from 5 mM to 50 mM or 15 mM HEPES with or without 50 mM NH3. After 24 hours, bacterial growth was monitored at an OD of 595 nm. Data are given as mean 6 SEM from five independent experiments performed in duplicate. *p,0.05 **p,0.01 ***p,0.001, Mann-Whitney test in comparison to DMEM/F12 without Phe and Trp (A), without phenylpyruvate (B) or according to the bars on the graph (C and D). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054589.gTrp or both, either H2O2 scavenging with glutathione or NH3 buffering with HEPES were sufficient to restore full growth of E. coli and staphylococci (Figure 4). This data suggest that, under our experimental conditions, the antibiotic action of IL4I1 is mainly due to H2O2 and NH3 BI 78D3 production whereas its LAAO activity does not sufficiently deplete the medium of Phe or Trp to inhibit bacterial growth, as indicated by HPLC analysis. The antibiotic effect of IL4I1 might be due to killing of the bacteria or simply to the blockade of their growth. To analyze this aspect, bacteria grown in conditioned media were reseeded in fresh medium without IL4I1. Whereas bacteria preincubated in THP1 control medium displayed vigorous growth in fresh medium, the growth of IL4I1-preincubated bacteria could not be restored under the same conditions (Figure 5). This result indicates that IL4I1 is bactericidal. We finally measured in vivo the antibacterial properties of IL4I1. A mean of 1.756108 CFU of MSSA resuspended in conditioned PBS containing or not the recombinant murine enzyme (specific activity 7.327 nmol/H2O2/h/ml 61.518) were injected into the peritoneum of C57Bl/6 mice. For this purpose, we used supernatants from 10457188 HEK293 cells, which produce the murine form of the enzyme, thus avoiding a potential immune reaction to the human form. In addition, these cells are very resistant when cultured in PBS without serum. Twenty-four hours later, mice were sacrificedFigure 3. Susceptibility of bacteria to the catabolite mix. Bacteria were serially diluted in RPMI 1640 with or without isomolar addition of phenylpyruvate, H2O2 and NH3 from 1 mM to 1 mM. After 24 hours, bacterial growth was monitored at an OD of 595 nm. Data are given as mean 6 SEM from five independent experiments performed in duplicate. **p,0.01 and *p,0.05, Mann-Whitney test in comparison to RPMI 1640. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054589.gIL4I1 Antibacterial PropertiesTable 1. Effect of amino acid depletion and IL4I1 catabolites on bacterial growth.Amino acid depletion Phe Trp No effect No effect No effect Inhibition Phe Trp No effect Inhibition Inhibition InhibitionIL4I1 catabolites addition PP 10 mM 10 mM 10 mM 10 mM H2O2 1 mM 1 mM 1 mM 1 mM NH3 5 mM 5 mM 5 mM 50 mM PP+H2O2+NH3 0.1 mM 1 mM 0.1 mM 1 mME. coliB2599 MSSA CNSNo effect Inhibition Partial inhibition Partial inhibitionEffect of Phe and Trp substrate deprivati.Acterial strains at 100 CM THP1IL4I1; **p,0.01 for E. coli, B2599 and MSSA and #p,0.05 for CNS at 75 ; **p,0.01 for E. coli and B2599 at 50 ; NS, not significant for MSSA and CNS at 50 and for all the strains at 25 . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054589.gIL4I1 Antibacterial PropertiesFigure 2. Susceptibility of bacteria to IL4I1 substrates and catabolites. Bacteria were serially diluted in DMEM/F12, with: (A) no Phe, 35.49 or 500 mg/ml Phe and/or no Trp, 9.02 or 500 mg/ml Trp; (B) ten folds dilutions of phenylpyruvate from 1 mM to 10 mM; (C) ten folds dilutions of H2O2 11967625 from 1 mM to 1 mM or 64 mg/ml glutathione with or without 1 mM H2O2; (D) ten folds dilutions of NH3 from 5 mM to 50 mM or 15 mM HEPES with or without 50 mM NH3. After 24 hours, bacterial growth was monitored at an OD of 595 nm. Data are given as mean 6 SEM from five independent experiments performed in duplicate. *p,0.05 **p,0.01 ***p,0.001, Mann-Whitney test in comparison to DMEM/F12 without Phe and Trp (A), without phenylpyruvate (B) or according to the bars on the graph (C and D). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054589.gTrp or both, either H2O2 scavenging with glutathione or NH3 buffering with HEPES were sufficient to restore full growth of E. coli and staphylococci (Figure 4). This data suggest that, under our experimental conditions, the antibiotic action of IL4I1 is mainly due to H2O2 and NH3 production whereas its LAAO activity does not sufficiently deplete the medium of Phe or Trp to inhibit bacterial growth, as indicated by HPLC analysis. The antibiotic effect of IL4I1 might be due to killing of the bacteria or simply to the blockade of their growth. To analyze this aspect, bacteria grown in conditioned media were reseeded in fresh medium without IL4I1. Whereas bacteria preincubated in THP1 control medium displayed vigorous growth in fresh medium, the growth of IL4I1-preincubated bacteria could not be restored under the same conditions (Figure 5). This result indicates that IL4I1 is bactericidal. We finally measured in vivo the antibacterial properties of IL4I1. A mean of 1.756108 CFU of MSSA resuspended in conditioned PBS containing or not the recombinant murine enzyme (specific activity 7.327 nmol/H2O2/h/ml 61.518) were injected into the peritoneum of C57Bl/6 mice. For this purpose, we used supernatants from 10457188 HEK293 cells, which produce the murine form of the enzyme, thus avoiding a potential immune reaction to the human form. In addition, these cells are very resistant when cultured in PBS without serum. Twenty-four hours later, mice were sacrificedFigure 3. Susceptibility of bacteria to the catabolite mix. Bacteria were serially diluted in RPMI 1640 with or without isomolar addition of phenylpyruvate, H2O2 and NH3 from 1 mM to 1 mM. After 24 hours, bacterial growth was monitored at an OD of 595 nm. Data are given as mean 6 SEM from five independent experiments performed in duplicate. **p,0.01 and *p,0.05, Mann-Whitney test in comparison to RPMI 1640. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054589.gIL4I1 Antibacterial PropertiesTable 1. Effect of amino acid depletion and IL4I1 catabolites on bacterial growth.Amino acid depletion Phe Trp No effect No effect No effect Inhibition Phe Trp No effect Inhibition Inhibition InhibitionIL4I1 catabolites addition PP 10 mM 10 mM 10 mM 10 mM H2O2 1 mM 1 mM 1 mM 1 mM NH3 5 mM 5 mM 5 mM 50 mM PP+H2O2+NH3 0.1 mM 1 mM 0.1 mM 1 mME. coliB2599 MSSA CNSNo effect Inhibition Partial inhibition Partial inhibitionEffect of Phe and Trp substrate deprivati.