Name: Expression, Purification, and Antimicrobial Activity of S100A12 (Video) | JoVE Journal
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Description: Learn to express and purify S100A12 for antimicrobial assays against H. pylori. This optimized protocol yields stable pure dimer with metal-binding capacity for microbiology research.

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This research was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs Career Development Award 1IK2BX001701, CTSA award UL1TR000445 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, the National Science Foundation Award Numbers 1547757 and 1400969, and NIH grant GM05551. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent official views of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences or the National Institutes of Health.

1. Expression of S100A12
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	<li>Transform competent BL21 DE3 cells with a pGEMEX-S100a12 plasmid using a standard heat shock protocol18. Add 1 to 5 &#181;L of plasmid to 50 &#181;L of bacteria in a microcentrifuge tube on ice. Incubate for 20 min.</li>
	<li>Heat shock the cells at 42 &#176;C for 30 s.</li>
	<li>Incubate the cells on ice for 2 min.</li>
	<li>Add 500 &#181;L of SOC media to the cells. Incubate at 37 &#176;C with shaking at 250 rpm on an orbital shaker for 1 h.</li>
	<li>Plate 150 &#181;L of the transformation reaction on LB-agar medium (supplemented with 100 &#181;g/mL ampicillin). Incubate for 12-16 h at 37 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Pick one colony. Inoculate 2 mL of LB (supplemented with 100 &#181;g/mL ampicillin).</li>
	<li>Incubate for 4-6 h at 37 &#176;C on an orbital shaker (300 rpm). The OD600 should read between 1-3 absorbance units.</li>
	<li>Add 500 &#181;L of starter culture to 50 mL of ZYM-5052 autoinduction media26 supplemented with 100 &#181;g/mL of ampicillin. For best aeration and maximum expression, use a 250 mL baffled Erlenmeyer flask. Shake (300 rpm) for 24 h, at 37 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Transfer bacterial suspension to a centrifuge tube. Pellet the cells by centrifugation (4,000 x g, 10 min) at 4 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Decant the media, log sample, and store cell paste at -80 &#176;C. Sample is stable for years.</li>
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2. Purification of S100A12 Using Low Pressure Chromatography
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	<li>Resuspend cells in 30 mL of 20 mM Tris, pH 8.0.</li>
	<li>Sonicate the suspension on ice to lyse cells. Use ~20 W output, 5 s on and 5 s off cycle for 5 min.</li>
	<li>Transfer the solution to high-speed centrifuge tubes. Clarify the cell lysate by centrifugation, 20,000 x g for 30 min at 4 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Decant the supernatant and transfer to a clean 100 mL polypropylene beaker. Cool the solution by placing the beaker on ice. Add a stir bar and slowly add 11.20 g of ammonium sulfate. Allow the solution to stir on ice for an additional 1 h. This will create a 60% solution of ammonium sulfate and precipitate most of the E. coli endogenous proteins. S100A12 will remain soluble.</li>
	<li>Centrifuge the solution at 4 &#176;C, 20,000 x g for 20 min to pellet the precipitated protein.</li>
	<li>Decant the supernatant and transfer to dialysis tubing (MWCO 3,500 kDa). Dialyze against 1 L of 20 mM Tris, pH 8.0 at 4 &#176;C. Change the dialysis buffer twice. Allow 4 h in between changes.</li>
	<li>Anion exchange chromatography
	<ol>
		<li>Perform chromatography on a low pressure system. Typical flow rate is 1 mL/min.</li>
		<li>Equilibrate a 5 mL Sepharose column with 10 mL of 20 mM Tris, pH 8.0.</li>
		<li>Load the ~40 mL of S100A12 solution using the sample pump (collect the flow through).</li>
		<li>Wash the column with 10 mL of 20 mM Tris, pH 8.</li>
		<li>Develop the column with a 0-30% gradient (Buffer B is 20 mM Tris, pH 8.0, 1 M NaCl) over 19 column volumes (CV, 95 mL). Collect 5 mL fractions.</li>
		<li>Take a 10 &#181;L aliquot of each fraction and analyze using MES SDS PAGE with Coomassie staining. Run gel using constant voltage (20 V/cm) for 30 min.</li>
		<li>Pool fractions containing S100A12. S100A12 runs at ~10 kDa protein on a denaturing gel.</li>
		<li>Concentrate fractions to 5 mL using an ultrafiltration device (MWCO 10 kDa). Centrifuge at 3,000 x g for ~8 min. Take the top fraction.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Size-exclusion chromatography
	<ol>
		<li>Equilibrate S75 column with 1 CV (120 mL) of 20 mM Tris pH 8, 100 mM NaCl.</li>
		<li>Inject &#60; 5 mL of concentrated S100A12 fractions (from the ion exchange chromatography).</li>
		<li>Develop the column at a flow rate of 1 mL/m over 120 mL. Collect 5 mL fractions.</li>
		<li>Take a 10 &#181;L aliquot of each fraction and analyze using SDS PAGE with Coomassie staining. Validate protein identity using western blot or mass spectrometry (calculated molecular mass of monomeric subunit 10,575.0 Da, measured 10575.4 Da).</li>
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	</li>
	<li>Pool fractions
	<ol>
		<li>Measure the absorbance of the protein A280 using a spectrophotometer. Use the SEC buffer as a blank. The calculated extinction coefficient for S100A12 homodimer is 5960 M-1 cm-1. 
		NOTE: Typical yields are 35-45 mg of S100A12 per 50 mL of culture.</li>
		<li>Aliquot S100A12 into 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tubes (1 mg/tube), flash freeze in liquid nitrogen and store at -80 &#176;C.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
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3. Antimicrobial Activity Assays
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	<li>Streak H. pylori strain G27 onto tryptic soy agar plates supplemented with 5% sheep blood (blood agar plates). Grow 2-3 days at 37 &#176;C in room air supplemented with 5% carbon dioxide.</li>
	<li>Inoculate H. pylori into Brucella broth supplemented with 1x cholesterol. Culture overnight shaking (250 rpm) at 37 &#176;C in room air supplemented with 5% carbon dioxide.</li>
	<li>Dilute H. pylori 1:10 into 50% Brucella broth, 50% calprotectin buffer plus 1x cholesterol and culture in medium alone or supplemented with 100 &#181;M zinc chloride plus 0, 100 or 1,000 &#181;g/mL of purified S100A12. Culture overnight shaking (250 rpm) at 37 &#176;C in room air supplemented with 5% carbon dioxide.</li>
	<li>The following day, perform serial dilutions and plate onto blood agar plates. Allow bacterial colonies to grow for 2-3 days at 37 &#176;C in room air supplemented with 5% carbon dioxide. Enumerate the colony forming units to calculate bacterial growth in the presence or absence of S100A12 and/or exogenous zinc.</li>
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An efficient protocol for both expression and purification of human S100A12 is presented. The E. coli expression system is the most common tool used for the production of recombinant proteins, particularly when mg quantities are required for biochemical and biophysical studies. A key enhancement of the procedure described here is the use of auto-induction media26 which increases the yield of purified protein by a factor of almost thirty as compared to expression with standard Luria-broth ...

S100 proteins are a class of the EF-hand family of calcium binding proteins with a diverse array of functions1. They are expressed in a tissue and cell specific manner, and regulate a broad spectrum of cellular functions2,3. Unique to calcium binding proteins, S100 proteins exhibit both intracellular and extracellular functions4,5. Within the cell, Ca2+ binding induces a conformational change that exposes a hydrophobic surface that specifically targets protein binding partners6. This intracellular mechanism regulates important processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation and energy metabolism. In the extracellular milieu, S100 proteins exhibit two functions7. In one, they act as damage associated molecular pattern (DAMP) proteins and initiate a pro-inflammatory immune response through interaction with pattern recognition receptors8,9. Additionally, several members of the S100 protein class sequester transition metals, a function that serves to starve microbial pathogens in a process termed nutritional immunity10,11.
S100A12 (also known as calgranulin C and EN-RAGE) is highly expressed in macrophages and neutrophils and has been identified as a potential biomarker for inflammatory diseases12,13. In addition to binding calcium at its EF-Hand sites, S100A12 has two high affinity transition metal binding sites located at opposite ends of the dimer interface14,15. Each binding site is comprised of three histidine residues and one aspartic acid residue and can chelate zinc or copper16,17. Recently, we reported that S100A12-dependent zinc starvation is important in regulating Helicobacter pylori growth and the activity of pro-inflammatory virulence factors18.
H. pylori infects the stomach of about half of the world&#39;s human population; making it arguably one of the most successful bacterial pathogens19. Infection with H. pylori can lead to significant gastric disease outcomes including gastritis, peptic and duodenal ulcer, mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, and invasive gastric adenocarcinoma (stomach cancer). Stomach cancer is the leading cause of non-cardia cancer-associated death in the world, and the single biggest associated risk factor for stomach cancer is infection with H. pylori.
H. pylori persists in the gastric niche despite a robust immune response to the pathogen, underscoring the need for a better understanding of immune mechanisms of controlling this bacterial infection20,21,22,23. H. pylori-associated inflammation is characterized by a profound infiltration of polymorphonuclear cells, or neutrophils, which deposit a repertoire of antimicrobial proteins, including S100A12, at the site of infection18,24,25. In an effort to understand the complex dialogue between host and pathogen, we sought to refine the technique to purify S100A12 and use it to study the antimicrobial affect it exerts upon this medically relevant pathogen. The protocol below outlines an improved technique for S100A12 purification in its biologically active state; capable of binding nutrient metals with high affinity and chelating them away from invading microorganisms. Furthermore, the methods below highlight the utility of this protein as a critical reagent to study the mechanism by which innate antimicrobial molecules restrict the growth of bacterial pathogens.
S100A-family proteins have gained appreciation as an important group of innate immune system molecules which participate in immune signaling as well as host defense27. The most well-studied of these is calprotectin (MRP-8/14, calgranulin A/B, S100A8/A9)28,29,30. Calprotectin is a neutrophil-associated protein which forms a heterodimer of the S100A8 and S100A9 subunits which binds transition metals at the dimer interface31. Calprotectin has been shown to possess two metal binding sites: Site 1 can bind Zn2+, Mn2+, or Fe2+, and Site 2 can bind Zn2+ 31,32. Numerous reports have demonstrated that calprotectin has antimicrobial activities against diverse pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and H. pylori, and that the inhibitory effects are due to the metal chelation activity of calprotectin25,28,29.
Previous work demonstrated calprotectin exerts numerous activities on H. pylori including altering the lipid A structure in the outer membrane, repressing the cag-Type IV secretion system (which is a major proinflammatory virulence factor within H. pylori), inducing biofilm formation, and repressing H. pylori growth and viability in a dose-dependent manner25,33. Furthermore, genetic and biochemical assays revealed the antibacterial activity of calprotectin against H. pylori was largely derived from its ability to bind nutrient zinc25. H. pylori requires zinc, as was determined by previous research which utilized a chemically defined medium to ascertain the micronutrient requirements for this pathogen to grow and proliferate34. Additionally, calprotectin was highly abundant within H. pylori-infected tissues, and associated with neutrophilic infiltrates, indicating the host may be employing calprotectin as an antimicrobial strategy during infection and subsequent inflammation25,35.
Recent evidence from unbiased proteomics screening techniques suggests that under conditions where reactive oxygen species are plentiful, calprotectin undergoes post-translational modifications which alter the hexa-histidine binding site, thereby inhibiting the metal-binding activity of the protein36. As such, we hypothesized that other S100A-family proteins among the wide repertoire of these molecules could potentially act as auxiliary metal-chelators. We selected S100A12 for further study because it was not identified in the aforementioned screen for post-translational modification, it has the capacity to bind zinc, and it is highly abundant in human tissues derived from H. pylori-infected individuals.
Our work indicates that S100A12 can inhibit H. pylori growth and viability in a dose-dependent manner in the G27 strain of H. pylori, and that the antimicrobial activity of this protein can be reversed by the addition of excess nutrient zinc. This work complements our previous work indicating S100A12 exerted antimicrobial activity against PMSS1 and 7.13 strains of H. pylori, demonstrating its broad antibacterial activity against numerous clinical isolates and laboratory-adapted strains of H. pylori18. Together, these results confirm the importance of S100A12 as a mechanism to control bacterial growth and proliferation via nutritional immunity. Future studies of this important host-bacterial interaction could include exploiting the activity of S100A12 to reduce bacterial burden within host tissues, or determining the contribution of this protein to immune signaling in the context of H. pylori infection.

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expression, purification, and antimicrobial activity of s100a12

Expression, Purification, and Antimicrobial Activity of S100A12

Calgranulin proteins are important mediators of innate immunity and are members of the S100 class of the EF-hand family of calcium binding proteins. Some S100 proteins have the capacity to bind transition metals with high affinity and effectively sequester them away from invading microbial pathogens in a process that is termed "nutritional immunity". S100A12 (EN-RAGE) binds both zinc and copper and is highly abundant in innate immune cells such as macrophages and neutrophils. We report a refined method for the expression, enrichment and purification of S100A12 in its active, metal-binding configuration. Utilization of this protein in bacterial growth and viability analyses reveals that S100A12 has antimicrobial activity against the bacterial pathogen, Helicobacter pylori. The antimicrobial activity is predicated on the zinc-binding activity of S100A12, which chelates nutrient zinc, thereby starving H. pylori which requires zinc for growth and proliferation.

S100A12 expression and purification
A three-step purification produced ~40 mg of recombinant S100A12 from 50 mL of bacterial culture. The first step was an ammonium sulfate precipitation of endogenous E. coli proteins. This step was followed by anion-exchange chromatography (Figure1A). The protein is tracked by a SDS-PAGE stained with Coomassie Brilliant Blue (Figure 1B). ...

Here, we present a method to express and purify S100A12 (calgranulin C). We describe a protocol to measure its antimicrobial activity against the human pathogen H. pylori.

Calgranulin proteins are important mediators of innate immunity and are members of the S100 class of the EF-hand family of calcium binding proteins. Some ...

The overall goal of this protocol is to facilitate the isolation and purification of S100A12 in its active form so that it can be utilized for antimicrobial assays. This method can help answer key questions in the microbiology field, such as what is the role of S100A12, an antimicrobial peptide, which is produced in response to infection by pathogenic bacteria. The main advantage of this technique is that our optimized protocol provides high yields of stable pure S100A12 dimer, which has the capacity to bind and sequester nutrient metals.Generally, individuals new to this method will struggle because S100A12 forms oligomers of varying sizes under certain conditions, and these oligomers have diminished antimicrobial activity in vitro. We first had the idea for this method when we began purifying and studying the antimicrobial activity of a related S100A family protein called calprotectin. Visual demonstration of this method is critical to the size and column final purification steps.And the antimicrobial assays are important to the success of this process. To being this procedure, transform competent BL21 DE3 cells as outlined in the text protocol. Next, add one to five microliters of plasmid to 50 microliters of bacteria in a micro centrifuge tube on ice.Incubate for 20 minutes. After this, heat-shock the cells at 42 degrees Celsius for 30 seconds. Incubate on ice for two minutes.Then, add 500 microliters of SOC media. Incubate at 37 degrees Celsius on an orbital shaker at 250 rpm for one hour. Next, plate 150 microliters of the transformation reaction on LB arga medium, supplemented with 100 micrograms per milliliter ampicillin.Incubate for 12 to 16 hours at 37 degrees Celsius. After incubation, pick a single colony and inoculate two milliliters of ampicillin supplemented LB medium. Incubate at 37 degrees Celsius on an orbital shaker, at 300 rpm, for four to six hours.Next, add 500 microliters of starter culture to 50 milliliters of ampicillin supplemented ZYM 5052 autoinduction media. Shake at 300 rpm for 24 hours at 37 degrees Celsius. Then, transfer the bacteria suspension to a centrifuge tube.Centrifuge at 4, 000 times G and four degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. After centrifugation, decamp the media, log the sample, and store the cell paste at minus 80 degrees Celsius. To begin, resuspend the cell paste in 30 milliliters of 20 millimolar of tris, at pH 8.0 Next, sonicate the suspension on ice at 20 watts using a five seconds on and five seconds off cycle for five minutes to lyse the cells.Transfer the sonicated solution to high-end centrifugation tubes. Centrifuge at 20, 000 times G at four degrees Celsius for 30 minutes to clarify the cell lysate. After this, decant the supernatant into a clean 100 milliliter polypropylene beaker.Place the beaker on ice to cool the solution. Add a stir bar and slowly add 11.20 grams of ammonium sulfate. Stir the solution on ice for one hour.Then, transfer the solution to centrifuge tubes and centrifuge at 20, 000 times G at four degrees Celsius for 20 minutes to pellet the precipitated protein. Decant the supernatant into dialysis tubing. Dialyze against one liter of 20 millimolar tris at four degrees Celsius and pH 8.0 Change the dialysis buffer twice with four hours between changes.After this, equilibrate a five milliliter sepharose column with 10 milliliters of 20 millimolar tris. Using the sample pump, load approximately 40 milliliters of S100A12 solution. Collect the flow through.Next, wash the column with 20 millimolar tris. Develop the column using a zero to 30%gradient over 19 column volumes. Collect five milliliter fractions.Use MES SDS page with coomassie staining to analyze a 10 microliter aliquot of each fraction. Then, pull the fractions containing S100A12. Using an ultra filtration device, concentrate the fractions to five milliliters.After this, equilibrate an S75 column, with a 120 milliliter solution of 20 millimolar tris and 100 millimolar sodium chloride. Inject the five milliliter sample of concentrated fractions. Next, develop the column at a flow rate of one milliliter per minute over 120 milliliters.Collect five milliliter fractions. Using SDS-PAGE with coomassie staining, analyze a 20 microliter aliquot of each sample. Then validate the protein identity and pull the fractions as outlined in the text protocol.To begin, streak H.pylori into brucella broth supplemented with 1X cholesterol. Culture overnight at 37 degrees Celsius with shaking at 250 rpm with air supplemented with 5%carbon dioxide. Dilute the H.pylori one to ten to a mixture of 50%brucella broth and 50%calprotectin buffer plus 1X cholesterol.And add S100A12 protein and/or exogenous metals as necessary. The antimicrobial assays are a critical point. It is important to use calprotectin buffer to ensure the stability of the S100A12 dimers, and to provide a metal deficient mineral medium for the bacteriological growth assays so that the protein will not be overwhelmed with excess micronutrients, which are commonly present in rich complex bacteriological media.The following day, serially dilute the samples. Next, plate onto blood agar plates. Allow the bacteria colonies to grow for two to three days at 37 degrees Celsius in air supplemented with 5%carbon dioxide.After this, calculate bacterial growth as outlined in the text protocol. In this study, a refined method is presented for expressing and purifying S100A12 in its active metal-binding configuration. The three-step purification process begins with an ammonium sulfate precipitation of endogenous E.coli proteins, which is followed by anion-exchange chromatography.After tracking the protein via an SDS-PAGE with coomassie brilliant blue. The fractions containing S100A12 are pulled for size exclusion chromatography. S100A12 is a homodimer with 92 amino acids per subunit and has a total molecular weight of about 21 kilodaltons.The antimicrobial activity of S100A12 is then investigated via quantitative microbiological culture techniques. Enumeration of bacteria cells reveals that exposure to 100 micrograms per milliliter of S100A12 in the presence or the absence of an exogenous source of nutrients zinc did not significantly inhibit bacteria viability. However, exposure to 1, 000 micrograms per milliliter of S100A12 in medium alone results in a 69-fold decrease in bacterial viability.Adding an exogenous source of nutrient zinc reverses this result, which demonstrates that the antimicrobial activity of S100A12 is dependent upon its zinc-sequestration activity. Once mastered, the protein expression in purification can be done in three to four days, if it is performed properly. Following this procedure, other methods like inductively coupled mass spectrometry can be used in order to answer additional questions.Like how does metal sequestration restrict microbial growth? After its development, this technique paved the way for researchers in the field of microbiology to explore nutritional immunity of H.pylori. After watching this video, you should have a good understanding of how to express, purify, and quantify the activity of the antimicrobial protein S100A12.Don't forget that working with H.pylori can be extremely hazardous. And precautions, such as working in a BS2 certified space should always be taken when performing this procedure. The implications of this technique extend toward gastric diseases, including ulcer, gastritis, and invasive adnexal carcinoma.By understanding these processes, we will be better equipped to build novel antimicrobial molecules that target these processes. Though this method can provide insight into the biochemistry of S100A family proteins, it can also be applied to studying their role in immune signaling and numerous disease processing such as cancer, arthritis, and infectious disease.

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