
Citation: Satoshi Kami, Rintaro Tsuchikado, Hiromi Nishida. DNA replication and cell enlargement of Enterococcus faecalis protoplasts[J]. AIMS Microbiology, 2019, 5(4): 347-357. doi: 10.3934/microbiol.2019.4.347
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In native forms of bacteria, precise chromosomal DNA replication occurs during cell growth and division. To transfer the genetic information (chromosomal DNA) by cell division, DNA replication is required, which is also associated with cell surface biosynthesis (cell size) [1]–[8].
Lysozyme-treated bacterial protoplasts do not undergo prolonged growth or division in the presence of an inhibitor of peptidoglycan biosynthesis [9]. To recover to their native forms, cell wall re-synthesis is necessary [10]. However, bacterial protoplasts and spheroplasts can enlarge in Difco Marine Broth (DMB) containing an inhibitor of peptidoglycan biosynthesis, for example, penicillin [11]–[15]. The calcium and magnesium ions in DMB as well as the processes of transcription and translation are essential for spheroplast enlargement [15]. DNA replication has been reported to occur during spheroplast enlargement [11],[12],[16],[17], and the RNA expression pattern of the enlarged spheroplasts differs from that of normally divided cells (native forms) [13]. For example, DNA replication of chromosome and plasmid occurred during the enlargement incubation of Escherichia coli spheroplasts [11]. Generally, DNA replication is essential before cell division. However, if a cell does not divide, this may be unnecessary for spheroplast enlargement. If a spheroplast possesses a sufficient amount of chromosomal DNA, transcription and translation could occur in the cell. Thus, we speculated that DNA replication was halted during spheroplast enlargement. When native forms are used, it is not determined whether the drug inhibits cell division or membrane synthesis. However, when protoplasts are used, the cells do not divide, so the influence on cell membrane synthesis can be estimated.
In this study, we used the Gram-positive, lactic acid bacterium Enterococcus faecalis. Enterococcus is an important bacterium for ecology, epidemiology, and virulence [18]. The genetic diversity E. faecalis has been demonstrated [19]. We measured the amounts of DNA present in protoplasts of E. faecalis NBRC 100480 (type strain of this species) at 0, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h of enlargement incubation using real-time quantitative (q) polymerase chain reactions (PCRs). Furthermore, we added novobiocin, an inhibitor of DNA replication, to the incubation medium at 24 h. Thereafter, we measured the amount of DNA in the cells and observed the degree of cell enlargement.
A single colony of E. faecalis NBRC 100480 was streaked on a de Man, Rogosa, and Sharpe (MRS) agar plate (10 g/L peptone, 10 g/L beef extract, 5.0 g/L yeast extract, 20 g/L dextrose, 1.0 g/L polysorbate 80, 2.0 g/L ammonium citrate, 5.0 g/L sodium acetate, 0.1 g/L magnesium sulfate, 0.05 g/L manganese sulfate, 2.0 g/L dipotassium phosphate, and 15 g/L Bacto agar [BD, Franklin Lakes, NJ]) and cultured for 24 h at 37 °C. A single colony was then inoculated in 5 mL of fresh MRS broth overnight at 37 °C. An aliquot (500 µL) of the overnight culture was resuspended in 10 mL of MRS broth and subsequently cultured at 37 °C without shaking until the culture reached an optical density (OD) of 0.7 at 600 nm as measured by a BioPhotometer (Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany). The cells (1 mL) were centrifuged at 11,000 × g for 1 min and then resuspended in a buffer (1 mL) consisting of 0.1 M Tris-HCl (pH 7.6) and 0.3 M sucrose containing 5 mg/mL egg white lysozyme (Wako, Osaka, Japan). The mixture was incubated at 37 °C without shaking for 3 h. Then, the protoplasts were centrifuged at 7000 r.p.m. for 5 min and resuspended in DMB (5 g/L peptone, 1 g/L yeast extract, 0.1 g/L ferric citrate, 19.45 g/L NaCl, 5.9 g/L MgCl2, 3.24 g/L MgSO4, 1.8 g/L CaCl2, 0.55 g/L KCl, 0.16 g/L NaHCO3, 0.08 g/L KBr, 34 mg/L SrCl2, 22 mg/L H3BO3, 8 mg/L Na2HPO4, 4 mg/L Na2SiO3, 2.4 mg/L NaF, and 1.6 mg/L NH4NO3 [BD]) containing 300 µg/mL penicillin G. The penicillin was added to inhibit the regeneration of cell walls in the protoplasts. The resulting suspension (5 µL) was diluted with 1 mL of DMB containing 300 µg/mL penicillin G (Wako) and incubated at 24 °C.
Next, DNA was extracted from the culture (1 mL) and purified using a NucleoSpin® Tissue XS kit (Macherey-Nagel GmbH & Co. KG, Düren, Germany). From the resultant 15 µL of each DNA solution, 1 or 5 µL was used for qPCR. We designed the DNA primers for real-time qPCR based on the genomic DNA sequence of E. faecalis in the DNA database. A comparative genomic analysis of Enterococci showed that the single-copy gene dnaA (encoding chromosomal replication initiator protein DnaA) locates near the replication initiation site [20]. On the E. faecalis genome, the single-copy gene parC (encoding DNA topoisomerase IV subunit A) locates at the most distant region from dnaA. These dnaA and parC positions were conserved among the complete chromosomes of E. faecalis [21]–[29]. Thus, we estimated that parC locates near the replication termination site. We designed dnaA (5′-TGAATCAACCAGATGCCAAA-3′ and 5′-CCGAAATTGTTCGGATGTCT-3′) and parC (5′-GTACAACGCCGCATTCTCTT-3′ and 5′-CCCCATAATGTTTCCGACAG-3′) PCR primers. The DNA was amplified using a FastStart Essential DNA Green Master kit (Roche) on a LightCycler® Nano system (Roche). qPCR was performed at 95 °C for 600 s followed by 45 cycles of denaturation (95 °C for 10 s), annealing (55 °C for 10 s), and extension (72 °C for 15 s). After extension, a melting curve analysis was performed from 60 °C–95 °C at 0.1 °C/s to confirm that nonspecific products had not been generated. The quantification cycle (Cq) values were obtained using LightCycler® Nano Software (Roche) (Figure 1).
Phase-contrast microscopy images of the protoplasts were obtained using an Olympus CKX41 (Tokyo, Japan). The cell sizes were measured using cellSens Standard 1.11 imaging software (Olympus).
Novobiocin, an inhibitor of DNA replication, was added to the incubation medium at 24 h at a final concentration of 50 µg/mL. Then, we measured the DNA amount in the cells and observed the cell enlargement at 24 (addition of novobiocin), 48, 72, and 96 h of incubation.
Normally divided cells of E. faecalis underwent a log phase before 6 h of incubation was reached (Figure 2A). In addition, novobiocin inhibited growth of normally divided cells of E. faecalis (Figure 2A). A significant difference in Cq values between qPCRs for dnaA and parC was observed (p < 0.05) in the protoplasts at 3 h (log phase) of growth. However, it was not observed (p > 0.05) at 12 h (stationary phase) (Figure 2B). Considering that dnaA locates near the replication initiation site on the E. faecalis chromosomal DNA and parC locates near the replication termination site, DNA replication activities in the log phase of growth were more than in the stationary phase. Those results were consistent with the previous study of other bacteria [30].
The cell size of E. faecalis protoplasts increased in DMB containing penicillin (Figures 3, 4). Vacuole-like structures were generated between 24 and 48 h of incubation (Figure 3). Vacuoles or vacuole-like structures have been frequently observed in enlarged bacterial spheroplasts or protoplasts, and their shape is maintained [11]–[17]. In our experiment, the enlarged vacuole-like structures in the E. faecalis protoplasts proceeded to press against the plasma membrane, and the cell could not maintain its spherical shape (Figure 3). This characteristic of the vacuole-like structures in enlarged E. faecalis protoplasts is unique.
dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | |
0 h | 0 h | 24 h | 24 h | 48 h | 48 h | 72 h | 72 h | 96 h | |
parC 0 h | 0.214 | ||||||||
dnaA 24 h | 1 | 0.050 | |||||||
parC 24 h | 1 | 1 | 0.877 | ||||||
dnaA 48 h | 0.032 | 0.003 | 0.013 | 0.050 | |||||
parC 48 h | 0.233 | 0.007 | 0.233 | 0.186 | 0.033 | ||||
dnaA 72 h | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.013 | 0.010 | 0.877 | 0.032 | |||
parC 72 h | 0.082 | 0.013 | 0.183 | 0.050 | 1 | 0.877 | 0.426 | ||
dnaA 96 h | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.018 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.582 | 0.131 | |
parC 96 h | 0.013 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.027 | 1 | 0.016 | 1 | 0.877 | 0.038 |
The Cq values significantly decreased during the course of the incubation (Figure 5, Table 1). Thus, the protoplasts of E. faecalis underwent DNA replication during the enlargement incubation. The Cq values of the qPCRs for dnaA were lower than those for parC at each incubation time (Figure 5). Notably, those for dnaA were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than those for parC at 48 and 96 h of incubation (Table 1). This might show that DNA replication was maintained at a high level during the enlargement incubation. The difference between the Cq values at 0 and 96 h of the cell enlargement incubation was 8–9 (Figure 5), indicating that the DNA amount in the E. faecalis protoplasts at 96 h of incubation was 200–500 times higher than that at 0 h.
Interestingly, although cell size seemed to constantly increase (Figures 3, 4), the DNA replication speed (rate) was not constant (Figure 5). The replication speed was the highest between 24 and 48 h of incubation. Thus, there was a decrease of approximately 2 Cq values between 24 and 48 h (Figure 5). On the other hand, there was a decrease of approximately 1 Cq value between the other 24 h intervals (Figure 5). Based on the cell observations, vacuole-like structures were frequently observed after 24 h of incubation (Figure 3). This suggests that DNA replication of E. faecalis protoplasts may be related to vacuole-like structure generation. If chromosome DNA is associated with the plasma membrane [3]–[6], additional DNA may cause membrane rearrangements that lead to vacuole formation and expansion.
We added the DNA replication inhibitor novobiocin to the medium at 24 h of incubation. Novobiocin inhibits DNA gyrase activity [31],[32]. Following novobiocin addition, cell enlargement was strongly inhibited (Figures 6 and 7). However, the cells tended to grow very slowly (Figure 7). At 96 h of incubation, some protrusions were observed (Figure 6). These results suggest that the E. faecalis protoplasts were alive after novobiocin addition. Additionally, vacuole-like structures were not observed (Figure 6). Although normally divided cells did not form colonies on the agar medium in the presence of novobiocin, they formed colonies in the absence of novobiocin after incubation in the presence of novobiocin, indicating that the cells were alive in the presence of novobiocin (Figure S1). In addition, the E. faecalis protoplasts enlarged after novobiocin removal (Figure S2). Although the chromosomal DNA was synthesized between 24 and 48 h of incubation, the Cq values were almost unchanged after 48 h (Figure 8). This indicates that DNA replication stopped after 48 h of incubation. It is suggested that novobiocin affected DNA gyrase soon after its addition, but it may not have been effective in blocking the first round of DNA replication after the addition of novobiocin [33]. Thus, DNA replication (DNA biosynthesis) may be associated with biosynthesis of the plasma membrane and vacuole-like structures' membranes in E. faecalis protoplasts. This strongly suggests that DNA replication is required for the cell enlargement of E. faecalis.
In native forms, DNA replication is associated with cell surface biosynthesis for normal cell division. If bacterial protoplasts maintain such a system (the relationship between DNA replication and cell surface biosynthesis), chromosomal DNA replication (biosynthesis) might be associated with plasma membrane biosynthesis in E. faecalis protoplasts. Additionally, our findings strongly suggest that plasma membrane biosynthesis may be associated with the biosynthesis of the vacuole-like structures' membranes. To elucidate the relationship between vacuole formation and protoplast enlargement, further research is required.
In conclusion, we demonstrated that DNA replication was occurring while the E. faecalis protoplasts were enlarging. Novobiocin inhibited cell enlargement as well as DNA replication. Thus, chromosomal DNA replication plays an important role in the enlargement of E. faecalis protoplasts.
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dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | |
0 h | 0 h | 24 h | 24 h | 48 h | 48 h | 72 h | 72 h | 96 h | |
parC 0 h | 0.214 | ||||||||
dnaA 24 h | 1 | 0.050 | |||||||
parC 24 h | 1 | 1 | 0.877 | ||||||
dnaA 48 h | 0.032 | 0.003 | 0.013 | 0.050 | |||||
parC 48 h | 0.233 | 0.007 | 0.233 | 0.186 | 0.033 | ||||
dnaA 72 h | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.013 | 0.010 | 0.877 | 0.032 | |||
parC 72 h | 0.082 | 0.013 | 0.183 | 0.050 | 1 | 0.877 | 0.426 | ||
dnaA 96 h | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.018 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.582 | 0.131 | |
parC 96 h | 0.013 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.027 | 1 | 0.016 | 1 | 0.877 | 0.038 |
dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | parC | dnaA | |
0 h | 0 h | 24 h | 24 h | 48 h | 48 h | 72 h | 72 h | 96 h | |
parC 0 h | 0.214 | ||||||||
dnaA 24 h | 1 | 0.050 | |||||||
parC 24 h | 1 | 1 | 0.877 | ||||||
dnaA 48 h | 0.032 | 0.003 | 0.013 | 0.050 | |||||
parC 48 h | 0.233 | 0.007 | 0.233 | 0.186 | 0.033 | ||||
dnaA 72 h | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.013 | 0.010 | 0.877 | 0.032 | |||
parC 72 h | 0.082 | 0.013 | 0.183 | 0.050 | 1 | 0.877 | 0.426 | ||
dnaA 96 h | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.018 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.582 | 0.131 | |
parC 96 h | 0.013 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.027 | 1 | 0.016 | 1 | 0.877 | 0.038 |