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Xue J, Li S, Wang L, Zhao Y, Zhang L, Zheng Y, Zhang W, Chen Z, Jiang T, Sun Y. Enhanced fatty acid biosynthesis by Sigma28 in stringent responses contributes to multidrug resistance and biofilm formation in Helicobacter pylori. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2024; 68:e0085024. [PMID: 39046242 PMCID: PMC11373199 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00850-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
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The metabolic state of bacteria significantly contributes to their resistance to antibiotics; however, the specific metabolic mechanisms conferring antimicrobial resistance in Helicobacter pylori remain largely understudied. Employing transcriptomic and non-targeted metabolomics, we characterized the metabolic reprogramming of H. pylori when challenged with antibiotic agents. We observed a notable increase in both genetic and key proteomic components involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. Inhibition of this pathway significantly enhanced the antibiotic susceptibility of the sensitive and multidrug-resistant H. pylori strains while also disrupting their biofilm-forming capacities. Further analysis revealed that antibiotic treatment induced a stringent response, triggering the expression of the hp0560-hp0557 operon regulated by Sigma28 (σ28). This activation in turn stimulated the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway, thereby enhancing the antibiotic tolerance of H. pylori. Our findings reveal a novel adaptive strategy employed by H. pylori to withstand antibiotic stress.
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- Junyuan Xue
- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Section of Infection and Immunity, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology of Education Department of Guizhou, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Jiangsu Luye Diagnostic Technology, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Bouillet S, Bauer TS, Gottesman S. RpoS and the bacterial general stress response. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2024; 88:e0015122. [PMID: 38411096 PMCID: PMC10966952 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00151-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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SUMMARYThe general stress response (GSR) is a widespread strategy developed by bacteria to adapt and respond to their changing environments. The GSR is induced by one or multiple simultaneous stresses, as well as during entry into stationary phase and leads to a global response that protects cells against multiple stresses. The alternative sigma factor RpoS is the central GSR regulator in E. coli and conserved in most γ-proteobacteria. In E. coli, RpoS is induced under conditions of nutrient deprivation and other stresses, primarily via the activation of RpoS translation and inhibition of RpoS proteolysis. This review includes recent advances in our understanding of how stresses lead to RpoS induction and a summary of the recent studies attempting to define RpoS-dependent genes and pathways.
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- Sophie Bouillet
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Majdalani N, Chattopadhyay M, Keller C, Gottesman S. Lack of polyamines leads to cotranslational degradation of the general stress factor RpoS in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104943. [PMID: 37343699 PMCID: PMC10372455 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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The specialized sigma factor RpoS mediates a general stress response in Escherichia coli and related bacteria, activating promoters that allow cells to survive stationary phase and many stresses. RpoS synthesis and stability are regulated at multiple levels. Translation of RpoS is positively regulated by multiple small RNAs in response to stress. Degradation of RpoS, dependent upon the adaptor protein RssB, is rapid during exponential growth and ceases upon starvation or other stresses, increasing accumulation of RpoS. E. coli carrying mutations that block the synthesis of polyamines were previously found to have low levels of RpoS, while levels increased rapidly when polyamines were added. We have used a series of reporters to examine the basis for the lack of RpoS in polyamine-deficient cells. The polyamine requirement was independent of small RNA-mediated positive regulation of RpoS translation. Mutations in rssB stabilize RpoS and significantly bypassed the polyamine deficit, suggesting that lack of polyamines might lead to rapid RpoS degradation. However, rates of degradation of mature RpoS were unaffected by polyamine availability. Codon optimization in rpoS partially relieved the polyamine dependence, suggesting a defect in RpoS translation in the absence of polyamines. Consistent with this, a hyperproofreading allele of ribosomal protein S12, encoded by rpsL, showed a decrease in RpoS levels, and this decrease was also suppressed by either codon optimization or blocking RpoS degradation. We suggest that rpoS codon usage leads it to be particularly sensitive to slowed translation, due to either lack of polyamines or hyperproofreading, leading to cotranslational degradation. We dedicate this study to Herb Tabor and his foundational work on polyamines, including the basis for this study.
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- Nadim Majdalani
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Zhai Y, Minnick PJ, Pribis JP, Garcia-Villada L, Hastings PJ, Herman C, Rosenberg SM. ppGpp and RNA-polymerase backtracking guide antibiotic-induced mutable gambler cells. Mol Cell 2023; 83:1298-1310.e4. [PMID: 36965481 PMCID: PMC10317147 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/27/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat and often results from new mutations. Antibiotics can induce mutations via mechanisms activated by stress responses, which both reveal environmental cues of mutagenesis and are weak links in mutagenesis networks. Network inhibition could slow the evolution of resistance during antibiotic therapies. Despite its pivotal importance, few identities and fewer functions of stress responses in mutagenesis are clear. Here, we identify the Escherichia coli stringent starvation response in fluoroquinolone-antibiotic ciprofloxacin-induced mutagenesis. Binding of response-activator ppGpp to RNA polymerase (RNAP) at two sites leads to an antibiotic-induced mutable gambler-cell subpopulation. Each activates a stress response required for mutagenic DNA-break repair: surprisingly, ppGpp-site-1-RNAP triggers the DNA-damage response, and ppGpp-site-2-RNAP induces σS-response activity. We propose that RNAP regulates DNA-damage processing in transcribed regions. The data demonstrate a critical node in ciprofloxacin-induced mutagenesis, imply RNAP-regulation of DNA-break repair, and identify promising targets for resistance-resisting drugs.
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- Yin Zhai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Graduate Program in Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Graduate Program in Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Graduate Program in Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Program, Rice University, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Derdouri N, Ginet N, Denis Y, Ansaldi M, Battesti A. The prophage-encoded transcriptional regulator AppY has pleiotropic effects on E. coli physiology. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010672. [PMID: 36930675 PMCID: PMC10057817 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Bacterial genome diversity is influenced by prophages, which are viral genomes integrated into the bacterial chromosome. Most prophage genes are silent but those that are expressed can provide unexpected properties to their host. Using as a model E. coli K-12 that carries 9 defective prophages in its genome, we aimed at highlighting the impact of genes encoded by prophages on host physiology. We focused our work on AppY, a transcriptional regulator encoded on the DLP12 prophage. By performing RNA-Seq experiments, we showed that AppY production modulates the expression of more than 200 genes. Among them, 11 were identified by ChIP-Seq as direct AppY targets. AppY directly and positively regulates several genes involved in the acid stress response including the master regulator gene gadE but also nhaR and gadY, two genes important for biofilm formation. Moreover, AppY indirectly and negatively impacts bacterial motility by favoring the degradation of FlhDC, the master regulator of the flagella biosynthesis. As a consequence of these regulatory effects, AppY increases acid stress resistance and biofilm formation while also causing a strong defect in motility. Our research shed light on the importance to consider the genetic interactions occurring between prophages and bacteria to fully understand bacterial physiology. It also highlights how a prophage-encoded transcriptional regulator integrates in a complex manner into the host regulatory network and how it benefits its host, allowing it to cope with changing environmental conditions.
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- Naoual Derdouri
- Aix Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Plateforme Transcriptome, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée-, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Identification of Attenuators of Transcriptional Termination: Implications for RNA Regulation in Escherichia coli. mBio 2022; 13:e0237122. [PMID: 36226957 PMCID: PMC9765468 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02371-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The regulatory function of many bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) requires the binding of the RNA chaperone Hfq to the 3' portion of the sRNA intrinsic terminator, and therefore sRNA signaling might be regulated by modulating its terminator. Here, using a multicopy screen developed with the terminator of sRNA SgrS, we identified an sRNA gene (cyaR) and three protein-coding genes (cspD, ygjH, and rof) that attenuate SgrS termination in Escherichia coli. Analyses of CyaR and YgjH, a putative tRNA binding protein, suggested that the CyaR activity was indirect and the effect of YgjH was moderate. Overproduction of the protein attenuators CspD and Rof resulted in more frequent readthrough at terminators of SgrS and two other sRNAs, and regulation by SgrS of target mRNAs was reduced. The effect of Rof, a known inhibitor of Rho, was mimicked by bicyclomycin or by a rho mutant, suggesting an unexpected role for Rho in sRNA termination. CspD, a member of the cold shock protein family, bound both terminated and readthrough transcripts, stabilizing them and attenuating termination. By RNA sequencing analysis of the CspD overexpression strain, we found global effects of CspD on gene expression across some termination sites. We further demonstrated effects of endogenous CspD under slow growth conditions where cspD is highly expressed. These findings provided evidence of changes in the efficiency of intrinsic termination, confirming this as an additional layer of the regulation of sRNA signaling. IMPORTANCE Growing evidence suggests that the modulation of intrinsic termination and readthrough of transcription is more widespread than previously appreciated. For small RNAs, proper termination plays a critical role in their regulatory function. Here, we present a multicopy screen approach to identify factors that attenuate small RNA termination and therefore abrogate signaling dependent on the small RNA. This study highlights a new aspect of regulation of small RNA signaling as well as the modulation of intrinsic termination.
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Vigué A, Vautier D, Kaytoue A, Senger B, Arntz Y, Ball V, Ben Mlouka A, Gribova V, Hajjar-Garreau S, Hardouin J, Jouenne T, Lavalle P, Ploux L. Escherichia coli Biofilm Formation, Motion and Protein Patterns on Hyaluronic Acid and Polydimethylsiloxane Depend on Surface Stiffness. J Funct Biomater 2022; 13:jfb13040237. [PMID: 36412878 PMCID: PMC9680287 DOI: 10.3390/jfb13040237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The surface stiffness of the microenvironment is a mechanical signal regulating biofilm growth without the risks associated with the use of bioactive agents. However, the mechanisms determining the expansion or prevention of biofilm growth on soft and stiff substrates are largely unknown. To answer this question, we used PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane, 9-574 kPa) and HA (hyaluronic acid gels, 44 Pa-2 kPa) differing in their hydration. We showed that the softest HA inhibited Escherichia coli biofilm growth, while the stiffest PDMS activated it. The bacterial mechanical environment significantly regulated the MscS mechanosensitive channel in higher abundance on the least colonized HA-44Pa, while Type-1 pili (FimA) showed regulation in higher abundance on the most colonized PDMS-9kPa. Type-1 pili regulated the free motion (the capacity of bacteria to move far from their initial position) necessary for biofilm growth independent of the substrate surface stiffness. In contrast, the total length travelled by the bacteria (diffusion coefficient) varied positively with the surface stiffness but not with the biofilm growth. The softest, hydrated HA, the least colonized surface, revealed the least diffusive and the least free-moving bacteria. Finally, this shows that customizing the surface elasticity and hydration, together, is an efficient means of affecting the bacteria's mobility and attachment to the surface and thus designing biomedical surfaces to prevent biofilm growth.
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- Annabelle Vigué
- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- PISSARO Proteomic Facility, IRIB, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Mulhouse Materials Science Institute, CNRS/Haute Alsace University, 68057 Mulhouse, France
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- PISSARO Proteomic Facility, IRIB, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Polymers, Biopolymers, Surfaces Laboratory, CNRS/UNIROUEN/INSA Rouen, Normandie University, 76821 Rouen, France
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- PISSARO Proteomic Facility, IRIB, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Polymers, Biopolymers, Surfaces Laboratory, CNRS/UNIROUEN/INSA Rouen, Normandie University, 76821 Rouen, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM UMR-S 1121 Biomaterial Bioengineering, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, 67037 Strasbourg, France
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Sun Q, Gao S, Yu S, Zheng P, Zhou J. Production of (2S)-sakuranetin from (2S)-naringenin in Escherichia coli by strengthening methylation process and cell resistance. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2022; 7:1117-1125. [PMID: 36017331 PMCID: PMC9399173 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2022.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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(2S)-Sakuranetin is a 7-O-methylflavonoid that has anticancer, antiviral, and antimicrobial activities. Methylation process is involved in biosynthesizing (2S)-sakuranetin from (2S)-naringenin, in which S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) serves as the methyl donor. In this study, after methyl donor and substrate inhibition were identified as limiting factors for (2S)-sakuranetin biosynthesis, an efficient (2S)-sakuranetin-producing strain was constructed by enhancing methyl donor supply and cell tolerance to (2S)-naringenin. Firstly, PfOMT3 from Perilla frutescens was selected as the optimal flavonoid 7-O-methyltransferase (F7-OMT) for the conversion of (2S)-naringenin to (2S)-sakuranetin. Then, the methylation process was upregulated by regulating pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) content, key enzymes in methionine synthesis pathway, and the availability of ATP. Furthermore, genes that can enhance cell resistance to (2S)-naringenin were identified from molecular chaperones and sRNAs. Finally, by optimizing the fermentation process, 681.44 mg/L of (2S)-sakuranetin was obtained in 250-mL shake flasks. The titer of (2S)-sakuranetin reached 2642.38 mg/L in a 5-L bioreactor, which is the highest titer ever reported. This work demonstrates the importance of cofactor PLP in methylation process, and provides insights to biosynthesize other O-methylated flavonoids efficiently in E. coli.
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- Qiumeng Sun
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Corresponding author. School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China.
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- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education and School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education on Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Corresponding author. Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China.
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Brown AN, Anderson MT, Bachman MA, Mobley HLT. The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2022; 86:e0011021. [PMID: 35442087 PMCID: PMC9199408 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00110-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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ArcAB, also known as the Arc system, is a member of the two-component system family of bacterial transcriptional regulators and is composed of sensor kinase ArcB and response regulator ArcA. In this review, we describe the structure and function of these proteins and assess the state of the literature regarding ArcAB as a sensor of oxygen consumption. The bacterial quinone pool is the primary modulator of ArcAB activity, but questions remain for how this regulation occurs. This review highlights the role of quinones and their oxidation state in activating and deactivating ArcB and compares competing models of the regulatory mechanism. The cellular processes linked to ArcAB regulation of central metabolic pathways and potential interactions of the Arc system with other regulatory systems are also reviewed. Recent evidence for the function of ArcAB under aerobic conditions is challenging the long-standing characterization of this system as strictly an anaerobic global regulator, and the support for additional ArcAB functionality in this context is explored. Lastly, ArcAB-controlled cellular processes with relevance to infection are assessed.
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- Aric N. Brown
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Khaova EA, Kashevarova NM, Tkachenko AG. Ribosome Hibernation: Molecular Strategy of Bacterial Survival (Review). APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683822030061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Wölflingseder M, Tutz S, Fengler VH, Schild S, Reidl J. Regulatory Interplay of RpoS and RssB Controls Motility and Colonization in Vibrio cholerae. Int J Med Microbiol 2022; 312:151555. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2022.151555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Marmion M, Macori G, Ferone M, Whyte P, Scannell A. Survive and thrive: Control mechanisms that facilitate bacterial adaptation to survive manufacturing-related stress. Int J Food Microbiol 2022; 368:109612. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Menestreau M, Rachedi R, Risoul V, Foglino M, Latifi A. The CcdB toxin is an efficient selective marker for CRISPR-plasmids developed for genome editing in cyanobacteria. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2022; 2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000512. [PMID: 35622522 PMCID: PMC9015812 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 01/01/1970] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cyanobacteria, the only prokaryotes able of oxygenic photosynthesis are important primary producers that play a key role in the fields of agriculture, aquatic ecology and environmental protection. Their versatile metabolism makes them interesting candidates for various biotechnological applications. Recently, a great progress has been made in the field of their genetic manipulations by the development of CRISPR-based approaches. However, most of the available plasmids are rather difficult to manipulate, which renders their use challenging. In this study, we used the CcdB toxin as a selection marker to improve Cpf1-based plasmids designed for genome-editing in cyanobacteria. Our results demonstrate that this selection increased the rate of success of plasmid construction, and thus of genome editing.
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- Martin Menestreau
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IMM, LCB, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IMM, LCB, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IMM, LCB, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IMM, LCB, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IMM, LCB, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille, France
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Adler BA, Kazakov AE, Zhong C, Liu H, Kutter E, Lui LM, Nielsen TN, Carion H, Deutschbauer AM, Mutalik VK, Arkin AP. The genetic basis of phage susceptibility, cross-resistance and host-range in Salmonella. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2021; 167. [PMID: 34910616 PMCID: PMC8744999 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Though bacteriophages (phages) are known to play a crucial role in bacterial fitness and virulence, our knowledge about the genetic basis of their interaction, cross-resistance and host-range is sparse. Here, we employed genome-wide screens in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to discover host determinants involved in resistance to eleven diverse lytic phages including four new phages isolated from a therapeutic phage cocktail. We uncovered 301 diverse host factors essential in phage infection, many of which are shared between multiple phages demonstrating potential cross-resistance mechanisms. We validate many of these novel findings and uncover the intricate interplay between RpoS, the virulence-associated general stress response sigma factor and RpoN, the nitrogen starvation sigma factor in phage cross-resistance. Finally, the infectivity pattern of eleven phages across a panel of 23 genome sequenced Salmonella strains indicates that additional constraints and interactions beyond the host factors uncovered here define the phage host range.
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- Benjamin A Adler
- The UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, Berkeley, California, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.,Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.,Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.,Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.,Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.,Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Mulyanti D, Soewandhi SN, Riani C. Insertion of prpoD_rpoS fragment enhances expression of recombinant protein by dps auto-inducible promoter in Escherichia coli. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:5833-5845. [PMID: 34342815 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06562-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nowadays, recombinant therapeutic proteins have been widely produced and consumed. For the safety and effectiveness of the protein production, an auto-inducible expression vector is required to replace inducer interference, which is uneconomic and could be harmful. In this research, an auto-inducible expression plasmid, pCAD2_sod (a pBR322 derivate plasmid), which was under dps (RpoS-dependent gene) promoter control, was modified to provide RpoS at earlier phase. Hence, accumulates more target protein and resulting a new plasmid, pCAD2+_sod. pCAD2_sod had been constructed to automatically induces the expression of recombinant superoxide dismutase (SOD) from Staphylococcus equorum (rMnSODSeq) in the stationary growth phase of Escherichia coli. This work aimed to obtain pCAD2+_sod and determine the expression level of rMnSODSeq on mRNA and protein level. METHOD AND RESULTS A synthetic rpoS coding region under rpoD promoter control (prpoD_rpoS) was inserted to pCAD2_sod and generated pCAD2+_sod. The rMnSODSeq (24.3 kDa) produced from pCAD2+_sod was ~ 1.5 fold higher at 37 °C and more intense at 43 °C compared to that from pCAD2_sod, likewise shifted to earlier phase (after 1 h of incubation), as shown in the SDS-PAGE. The dismutase activity was also retained after zymography assay. The mRNA level from pCAD2+_sod was determined by qPCR and gave quantification cycle (Cq) values of cDNA lowest among others. It made the relative quantification (RQ) of the mRNA expression towards rho reference gene were high. CONCLUSIONS The prpoD_rpoS insertion shifts and increases the rMnSODSeq production from stationary to exponential phase. The pCAD2+_sod plasmid is potential for further recombinant protein productions.
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- Dina Mulyanti
- School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology, Ganesha 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia.,Department of Pharmacy, Bandung Islamic University, Ranggagading 8, Bandung, 40116, Indonesia
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- School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology, Ganesha 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia.
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Zhao P, Tian P. Biosynthesis pathways and strategies for improving 3-hydroxypropionic acid production in bacteria. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 37:117. [PMID: 34128152 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03091-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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3-Hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) represents an economically important platform compound from which a panel of bulk chemicals can be derived. Compared with petroleum-dependent chemical synthesis, bioproduction of 3-HP has attracted more attention due to utilization of renewable biomass. This review outlines bacterial production of 3-HP, covering aspects of host strains (e.g., Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae), metabolic pathways, key enzymes, and hurdles hindering high-level production. Inspired by the state-of-the-art advances in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, we come up with protocols to overcome the hurdles constraining 3-HP production. The protocols range from rewiring of metabolic networks, alleviation of metabolite toxicity, to dynamic control of cell size and density. Especially, this review highlights the substantial contribution of microbial growth to 3-HP production, as we recognize the synchronization between cell growth and 3-HP formation. Accordingly, we summarize the following growth-promoting strategies: (i) optimization of fermentation conditions; (ii) construction of gene circuits to alleviate feedback inhibition; (iii) recruitment of RNA polymerases to overexpress key enzymes which in turn boost cell growth and 3-HP production. Lastly, we propose metabolic engineering approaches to simplify downstream separation and purification. Overall, this review aims to portray a picture of bacterial production of 3-HP.
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- Peng Zhao
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioprocess, College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China.
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Selection of a Gentamicin-Resistant Variant Following Polyhexamethylene Biguanide (PHMB) Exposure in Escherichia coli Biofilms. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10050553. [PMID: 34068600 PMCID: PMC8151986 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10050553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Antibiotic resistance is one of the most important issues facing modern medicine. Some biocides have demonstrated the potential of selecting resistance to antibiotics in bacteria, but data are still very scarce and it is important to better identify the molecules concerned and the underlying mechanisms. This study aimed to assess the potential of polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), a widely used biocide in a variety of sectors, to select antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli grown in biofilms. Biofilms were grown on inox coupons and then exposed daily to sublethal concentrations of PHMB over 10 days. Antibiotic-resistant variants were then isolated and characterized phenotypically and genotypically to identify the mechanisms of resistance. Repeated exposure to PHMB led to the selection of an E. coli variant (Ec04m1) with stable resistance to gentamycin (8-fold increase in minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) compared to the parental strain. This was also associated with a significant decrease in the growth rate in the variant. Sequencing and comparison of the parental strain and Ec04m1 whole genomes revealed a nonsense mutation in the aceE gene in the variant. This gene encodes the pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 component of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex, which catalyzes the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA and CO2. A growth experiment in the presence of acetate confirmed the role of this mutation in a decreased susceptibility to both PHMB and gentamicin (GEN) in the variant. This work highlights the potential of PHMB to select resistance to antibiotics in bacteria, and that enzymes of central metabolic pathways should be considered as a potential target in adaptation strategies, leading to cross-resistance toward biocides and antibiotics in bacteria.
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Wang Z, Zhao S, Li Y, Zhang K, Mo F, Zhang J, Hou Y, He L, Liu Z, Wang Y, Xu Y, Wang H, Buck M, Matthews SJ, Liu B. RssB-mediated σ S Activation is Regulated by a Two-Tier Mechanism via Phosphorylation and Adaptor Protein - IraD. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:166757. [PMID: 33346011 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.166757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Regulation of bacterial stress responding σS is a sophisticated process and mediated by multiple interacting partners. Controlled proteolysis of σS is regulated by RssB which maintains minimal level of σS during exponential growth but then elevates σS level while facing stresses. Bacteria developed different strategies to regulate activity of RssB, including phosphorylation of itself and production of anti-adaptors. However, the function of phosphorylation is controversial and the mechanism of anti-adaptors preventing RssB-σS interaction remains elusive. Here, we demonstrated the impact of phosphorylation on the activity of RssB and built the RssB-σS complex model. Importantly, we showed that the phosphorylation site - D58 is at the interface of RssB-σS complex. Hence, mutation or phosphorylation of D58 would weaken the interaction of RssB with σS. We found that the anti-adaptor protein IraD has higher affinity than σS to RssB and its binding interface on RssB overlaps with that for σS. And IraD-RssB complex is preferred over RssB-σS in solution, regardless of the phosphorylation state of RssB. Our study suggests that RssB possesses a two-tier mechanism for regulating σS. First, phosphorylation of RssB provides a moderate and reversible tempering of its activity, followed by a specific and robust inhibition via the anti-adaptor interaction.
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- Zhihao Wang
- BioBank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710061, China; Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- BioBank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710061, China
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- BioBank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710061, China
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- BioBank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710061, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- National Facility for Protein Science, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
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- BioBank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710061, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- BioBank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710061, China; Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom; Instrument Analysis Center of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China.
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Alattas H, Wong S, Slavcev RA. Identification of Escherichia coli Host Genes That Influence the Bacteriophage Lambda (λ) T4 rII Exclusion (Rex) Phenotype. Genetics 2020; 216:1087-1102. [PMID: 33033112 PMCID: PMC7768251 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.120.303643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The T4rII exclusion (Rex) phenotype is the inability of T4rII mutant bacteriophage to propagate in hosts (Escherichia coli) lysogenized by bacteriophage lambda (λ). The Rex phenotype, triggered by T4rII infection of a rex+ λ lysogen, results in rapid membrane depolarization imposing a harsh cellular environment that resembles stationary phase. Rex "activation" has been proposed as an altruistic cell death system to protect the λ prophage and its host from T4rII superinfection. Although well studied for over 60 years, the mechanism behind Rex still remains unclear. We have identified key nonessential genes involved in this enigmatic exclusion system by examining T4rII infection across a collection of rex+ single-gene knockouts. We further developed a system for rapid, one-step isolation of host mutations that could attenuate/abrogate the Rex phenotype. For the first time, we identified host mutations that influence Rex activity and rex+ host sensitivity to T4rII infection. Among others, notable genes include tolA, ompA, ompF, ompW, ompX, ompT, lpp, mglC, and rpoS They are critical players in cellular osmotic balance and are part of the stationary phase and/or membrane distress regulons. Based on these findings, we propose a new model that connects Rex to the σS, σE regulons and key membrane proteins.
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- Hibah Alattas
- School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Gautam LK, Sharma P, Capalash N. Attenuation of Acinetobacter baumannii virulence by inhibition of polyphosphate kinase 1 with repurposed drugs. Microbiol Res 2020; 242:126627. [PMID: 33131985 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Acinetobacter baumannii is clinically one of the most significant pathogens, especially in intensive care settings, because of its multidrug-resistance (MDR). Repurposing of high-affinity drugs is a faster and more plausible approach for combating the emergence of MDR and to tackle bacterial infections. This study was aimed to evaluate the approved drugs potentially inhibiting A. baumannii PPK1 (AbPPK1) mediated synthesis of polyphosphates (polyP). Based on virtual screening, molecular dynamic simulation, and CD spectroscopy for thermal stability, two stable ligands, etoposide and genistein, were found with promising contours for further investigation. Following in vitro inhibition of AbPPK1, the efficacy of selected drugs was further tested against virulence traits of A. baumannii. These drugs significantly reduced the biofilm formation, surface motility in A. baumannii and led to decreased survival under desiccation. In addition to inhibition of PPK1, both drugs increased the expression of polyP degrading enzyme, exopolyphosphatase (PPX), that might be responsible for the decrease in the total cellular polyP. Since polyP modulates the virulence factors in bacteria, destabilization of the polyP pool by these drugs seems particularly striking for their therapeutic applications against A. baumannii.
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- Lalit Kumar Gautam
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, BMS Block-I, Sector- 25, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, BMS Block-I, Sector- 25, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, BMS Block-I, Sector- 25, Chandigarh, 160014, India.
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Gayán E, Van den Bergh B, Michiels J, Michiels CW, Aertsen A. Synthetic reconstruction of extreme high hydrostatic pressure resistance in Escherichia coli. Metab Eng 2020; 62:287-297. [PMID: 32979485 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2020.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Although high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) is an interesting parameter to be applied in bioprocessing, its potential is currently limited by the lack of bacterial chassis capable of surviving and maintaining homeostasis under pressure. While several efforts have been made to genetically engineer microorganisms able to grow at sublethal pressures, there is little information for designing backgrounds that survive more extreme pressures. In this investigation, we analyzed the genome of an extreme HHP-resistant mutant of E. coli MG1655 (designated as DVL1), from which we identified four mutations (in the cra, cyaA, aceA and rpoD loci) causally linked to increased HHP resistance. Analysing the functional effect of these mutations we found that the coupled effect of downregulation of cAMP/CRP, Cra and the glyoxylate shunt activity, together with the upregulation of RpoH and RpoS activity, could mechanistically explain the increased HHP resistance of the mutant. Using combinations of three mutations, we could synthetically engineer E. coli strains able to comfortably survive pressures of 600-800 MPa, which could serve as genetic backgrounds for HHP-based biotechnological applications.
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- Elisa Gayán
- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001, Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for Microbiology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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Gupta AK, Siddiqui N, Dutta T. A novel mechanism of RyeA/SraC induction under acid stress. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 525:298-302. [PMID: 32087965 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.02.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RyeA/SraC is a cis-encoded small RNA (sRNA), which act as an anti-toxin to RpoS-regulated RyeB toxin in Escherichia coli. Ectopic expression of RyeA was reported to diminish the RyeB accumulation by serving as a RNA trap. Lower abundance of RyeA in the early exponential growth phase turned out to be the outcome of its degradation by RNase BN/Z. In the current study, we show that RyeA is an acid stress inducible sRNA, and global stress responsive factor RpoS appeared to be inessential in RyeA induction. Although, ryeB-pphA dicistronic transcript at low pH condition was stimulated by ∼4-fold, however, RyeB population was found to be decreased by > 50% under the same condition by the decoy action of enhanced RyeA accumulation. Investigation of the mechanism of RyeA induceduction at low pH in the exponential phase, revealed that RNase BN/Z, which catabolizes RyeA in the exponential phase, appeared to be highly sensitive to low pH stress. Both mRNA and protein level of RNase BN transpired to be decreased to <10% of their initial population. The expression of RyeA under acid stress is regulated by a feed-forward mechanism to normalize the RyeB profusion.
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- Amit Kumar Gupta
- RNA Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- RNA Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India
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- RNA Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016, India.
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Under Elevated c-di-GMP in Escherichia coli, YcgR Alters Flagellar Motor Bias and Speed Sequentially, with Additional Negative Control of the Flagellar Regulon via the Adaptor Protein RssB. J Bacteriol 2019; 202:JB.00578-19. [PMID: 31611290 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00578-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In Escherichia coli and Salmonella, the c-di-GMP effector YcgR inhibits flagellar motility by interacting directly with the motor to alter both its bias and speed. Here, we demonstrate that in both of these bacteria, YcgR acts sequentially, altering motor bias first and then decreasing motor speed. We show that when c-di-GMP levels are high, deletion of ycgR restores wild-type motor behavior in E. coli, indicating that YcgR is the only motor effector in this bacterium. Yet, motility and chemotaxis in soft agar do not return to normal, suggesting that there is a second mechanism that inhibits motility under these conditions. In Salmonella, c-di-GMP-induced synthesis of extracellular cellulose has been reported to entrap flagella and to be responsible for the YcgR-independent motility defect. We found that this is not the case in E. coli Instead, we found through reversion analysis that deletion of rssB, which codes for a response regulator/adaptor protein that normally directs ClpXP protease to target σS for degradation, restored wild-type motility in the ycgR mutant. Our data suggest that high c-di-GMP levels may promote altered interactions between these proteins to downregulate flagellar gene expression.IMPORTANCE Flagellum-driven motility has been studied in E. coli and Salmonella for nearly half a century. Over 60 genes control flagellar assembly and function. The expression of these genes is regulated at multiple levels in response to a variety of environmental signals. Cues that elevate c-di-GMP levels, however, inhibit motility by direct binding of the effector YcgR to the flagellar motor. In this study conducted mainly in E. coli, we show that YcgR is the only effector of motor control and tease out the order of YcgR-mediated events. In addition, we find that the σS regulator protein RssB contributes to negative regulation of flagellar gene expression when c-di-GMP levels are elevated.
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Bervoets I, Charlier D. Diversity, versatility and complexity of bacterial gene regulation mechanisms: opportunities and drawbacks for applications in synthetic biology. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2019; 43:304-339. [PMID: 30721976 PMCID: PMC6524683 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuz001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Gene expression occurs in two essential steps: transcription and translation. In bacteria, the two processes are tightly coupled in time and space, and highly regulated. Tight regulation of gene expression is crucial. It limits wasteful consumption of resources and energy, prevents accumulation of potentially growth inhibiting reaction intermediates, and sustains the fitness and potential virulence of the organism in a fluctuating, competitive and frequently stressful environment. Since the onset of studies on regulation of enzyme synthesis, numerous distinct regulatory mechanisms modulating transcription and/or translation have been discovered. Mostly, various regulatory mechanisms operating at different levels in the flow of genetic information are used in combination to control and modulate the expression of a single gene or operon. Here, we provide an extensive overview of the very diverse and versatile bacterial gene regulatory mechanisms with major emphasis on their combined occurrence, intricate intertwinement and versatility. Furthermore, we discuss the potential of well-characterized basal expression and regulatory elements in synthetic biology applications, where they may ensure orthogonal, predictable and tunable expression of (heterologous) target genes and pathways, aiming at a minimal burden for the host.
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- Indra Bervoets
- Research Group of Microbiology, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group of Microbiology, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Bergkessel M, Babin BM, VanderVelde D, Sweredoski MJ, Moradian A, Eggleston-Rangel R, Hess S, Tirrell DA, Artsimovitch I, Newman DK. The dormancy-specific regulator, SutA, is intrinsically disordered and modulates transcription initiation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol 2019; 112:992-1009. [PMID: 31254296 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Though most bacteria in nature are nutritionally limited and grow slowly, our understanding of core processes like transcription comes largely from studies in model organisms doubling rapidly. We previously identified a small protein of unknown function, SutA, in a screen of proteins synthesized in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during dormancy. SutA binds RNA polymerase (RNAP), causing widespread changes in gene expression, including upregulation of the ribosomal RNA genes. Here, using biochemical and structural methods, we examine how SutA interacts with RNAP and the functional consequences of these interactions. We show that SutA comprises a central α-helix with unstructured N- and C-terminal tails, and binds to the β1 domain of RNAP. It activates transcription from the rrn promoter by both the housekeeping sigma factor holoenzyme (Eσ70 ) and the stress sigma factor holoenzyme (EσS ) in vitro, but has a greater impact on EσS . In both cases, SutA appears to affect intermediates in the open complex formation and its N-terminal tail is required for activation. The small magnitudes of in vitro effects are consistent with a role in maintaining activity required for homeostasis during dormancy. Our results add SutA to a growing list of transcription regulators that use their intrinsically disordered regions to remodel transcription complexes.
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- Megan Bergkessel
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and The Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.,Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Pennetzdorfer N, Lembke M, Pressler K, Matson JS, Reidl J, Schild S. Regulated Proteolysis in Vibrio cholerae Allowing Rapid Adaptation to Stress Conditions. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:214. [PMID: 31293982 PMCID: PMC6598108 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The lifecycle of the causative agent of the severe secretory diarrheal disease cholera, Vibrio cholerae, is characterized by the transition between two dissimilar habitats, i.e., as a natural inhabitant of aquatic ecosystems and as a pathogen in the human gastrointestinal tract. Vibrio cholerae faces diverse stressors along its lifecycle, which require effective adaptation mechanisms to facilitate the survival fitness. Not surprisingly, the pathogen's transcriptome undergoes global changes during the different stages of the lifecycle. Moreover, recent evidence indicates that several of the transcription factors (i.e., ToxR, TcpP, and ToxT) and alternative sigma factors (i.e., FliA, RpoS, and RpoE) involved in transcriptional regulations along the lifecycle are controlled by regulated proteolysis. This post-translational control ensures a fast strategy by the pathogen to control cellular checkpoints and thereby rapidly respond to changing conditions. In this review, we discuss selected targets for regulated proteolysis activated by various stressors, which represent a key feature for fast adaptation of V. cholerae.
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- Institute of Molecular Microbiology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, United States
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- Institute of Molecular Microbiology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.,BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Microbiology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.,BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria
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Gottesman S. Trouble is coming: Signaling pathways that regulate general stress responses in bacteria. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:11685-11700. [PMID: 31197038 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.rev119.005593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Bacteria can rapidly and reversibly respond to changing environments via complex transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms. Many of these adaptations are specific, with the regulatory output tailored to the inducing signal (for instance, repairing damage to cell components or improving acquisition and use of growth-limiting nutrients). However, the general stress response, activated in bacterial cells entering stationary phase or subjected to nutrient depletion or cellular damage, is unique in that its common, broad output is induced in response to many different signals. In many different bacteria, the key regulator for the general stress response is a specialized sigma factor, the promoter specificity subunit of RNA polymerase. The availability or activity of the sigma factor is regulated by complex regulatory circuits, the majority of which are post-transcriptional. In Escherichia coli, multiple small regulatory RNAs, each made in response to a different signal, positively regulate translation of the general stress response sigma factor RpoS. Stability of RpoS is regulated by multiple anti-adaptor proteins that are also synthesized in response to different signals. In this review, the modes of signaling to and levels of regulation of the E. coli general stress response are discussed. They are also used as a basis for comparison with the general stress response in other bacteria with the aim of extracting key principles that are common among different species and highlighting important unanswered questions.
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- Susan Gottesman
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Identification of novel genes involved in high hydrostatic pressure resistance of Escherichia coli. Food Microbiol 2019; 78:171-178. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2018.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Exploiting tandem repetitive promoters for high-level production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:4017-4031. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09772-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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De Mets F, Van Melderen L, Gottesman S. Regulation of acetate metabolism and coordination with the TCA cycle via a processed small RNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:1043-1052. [PMID: 30591570 PMCID: PMC6338826 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1815288116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Bacterial regulatory small RNAs act as crucial regulators in central carbon metabolism by modulating translation initiation and degradation of target mRNAs in metabolic pathways. Here, we demonstrate that a noncoding small RNA, SdhX, is produced by RNase E-dependent processing from the 3'UTR of the sdhCDAB-sucABCD operon, encoding enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. In Escherichia coli, SdhX negatively regulates ackA, which encodes an enzyme critical for degradation of the signaling molecule acetyl phosphate, while the downstream pta gene, encoding the enzyme critical for acetyl phosphate synthesis, is not significantly affected. This discoordinate regulation of pta and ackA increases the accumulation of acetyl phosphate when SdhX is expressed. Mutations in sdhX that abolish regulation of ackA lead to more acetate in the medium (more overflow metabolism), as well as a strong growth defect in the presence of acetate as sole carbon source, when the AckA-Pta pathway runs in reverse. SdhX overproduction confers resistance to hydroxyurea, via regulation of ackA SdhX abundance is tightly coupled to the transcription signals of TCA cycle genes but escapes all known posttranscriptional regulation. Therefore, SdhX expression directly correlates with transcriptional input to the TCA cycle, providing an effective mechanism for the cell to link the TCA cycle with acetate metabolism pathways.
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- François De Mets
- Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-5430
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- Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-5430
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Shimizu K, Matsuoka Y. Regulation of glycolytic flux and overflow metabolism depending on the source of energy generation for energy demand. Biotechnol Adv 2018; 37:284-305. [PMID: 30576718 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Overflow metabolism is a common phenomenon observed at higher glycolytic flux in many bacteria, yeast (known as Crabtree effect), and mammalian cells including cancer cells (known as Warburg effect). This phenomenon has recently been characterized as the trade-offs between protein costs and enzyme efficiencies based on coarse-graining approaches. Moreover, it has been recognized that the glycolytic flux increases as the source of energy generation changes from energetically efficient respiration to inefficient respiro-fermentative or fermentative metabolism causing overflow metabolism. It is highly desired to clarify the metabolic regulation mechanisms behind such phenomena. Metabolic fluxes are located on top of the hierarchical regulation systems, and represent the outcome of the integrated response of all levels of cellular regulation systems. In the present article, we discuss about the different levels of regulation systems for the modulation of fluxes depending on the growth rate, growth condition such as oxygen limitation that alters the metabolism towards fermentation, and genetic perturbation affecting the source of energy generation from respiration to respiro-fermentative metabolism in relation to overflow metabolism. The intracellular metabolite of the upper glycolysis such as fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) plays an important role not only for flux sensing, but also for the regulation of the respiratory activity either directly or indirectly (via transcription factors) at higher growth rate. The glycolytic flux regulation is backed up (enhanced) by unphosphorylated EIIA and HPr of the phosphotransferase system (PTS) components, together with the sugar-phosphate stress regulation, where the transcriptional regulation is further modulated by post-transcriptional regulation via the degradation of mRNA (stability of mRNA) in Escherichia coli. Moreover, the channeling may also play some role in modulating the glycolytic cascade reactions.
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- Kazuyuki Shimizu
- Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan; Institute of Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan.
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- Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan
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Lalaouna D, Eyraud A, Devinck A, Prévost K, Massé E. GcvB small RNA uses two distinct seed regions to regulate an extensive targetome. Mol Microbiol 2018; 111:473-486. [PMID: 30447071 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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GcvB small RNA is described as post-transcriptional regulator of 1-2% of all mRNAs in Escherichia coli and Salmonella Typhimurium. At least 24 GcvB:mRNA interactions have been validated in vivo, establishing the largest characterized sRNA targetome. By performing MS2-affinity purification coupled with RNA sequencing (MAPS) technology, we identified seven additional mRNAs negatively regulated by GcvB in E. coli. Contrary to the vast majority of previously known targets, which pair to the well-conserved GcvB R1 region, we validated four mRNAs targeted by GcvB R3 region. This indicates that base-pairing through R3 seed sequence seems relatively common. We also noticed unusual GcvB pairing sites in the coding sequence of two target mRNAs. One of these target mRNAs has a pairing site displaying a unique ACA motif, suggesting that GcvB could hijack a translational enhancer element. The second target mRNA is likely regulated via an active RNase E-mediated mRNA degradation mechanism. Remarkably, we confirmed the importance of the sRNA sponge SroC in the fine-tuning control of GcvB activity in function of growth conditions such as growth phase and nutrient availability.
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- David Lalaouna
- Department of Biochemistry, RNA Group, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, RNA Group, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, RNA Group, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, RNA Group, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, RNA Group, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Experimental Evolution of Escherichia coli K-12 at High pH and with RpoS Induction. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:AEM.00520-18. [PMID: 29802191 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00520-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Experimental evolution of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110 by serial dilutions for 2,200 generations at high pH extended the range of sustained growth from pH 9.0 to pH 9.3. pH 9.3-adapted isolates showed mutations in DNA-binding regulators and envelope proteins. One population showed an IS1 knockout of phoB (encoding the positive regulator of the phosphate regulon). A phoB::kanR knockout increased growth at high pH. phoB mutants are known to increase production of fermentation acids, which could enhance fitness at high pH. Mutations in pcnB [poly(A) polymerase] also increased growth at high pH. Three out of four populations showed deletions of torI, an inhibitor of TorR, which activates expression of torCAD (trimethylamine N-oxide respiration) at high pH. All populations showed point mutations affecting the stationary-phase sigma factor RpoS, either in the coding gene or in genes for regulators of RpoS expression. RpoS is required for survival at extremely high pH. In our microplate assay, rpoS deletion slightly decreased growth at pH 9.1. RpoS protein accumulated faster at pH 9 than at pH 7. The RpoS accumulation at high pH required the presence of one or more antiadaptors that block degradation (IraM, IraD, and IraP). Other genes with mutations after high-pH evolution encode regulators, such as those encoded by yobG (mgrB) (PhoPQ regulator), rpoN (nitrogen starvation sigma factor), malI, and purR, as well as envelope proteins, such as those encoded by ompT and yahO Overall, E. coli evolution at high pH selects for mutations in key transcriptional regulators, including phoB and the stationary-phase sigma factor RpoS.IMPORTANCEEscherichia coli in its native habitat encounters high-pH stress such as that of pancreatic secretions. Experimental evolution over 2,000 generations showed selection for mutations in regulatory factors, such as deletion of the phosphate regulator PhoB and mutations that alter the function of the global stress regulator RpoS. RpoS is induced at high pH via multiple mechanisms.
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Tkachenko AG. Stress Responses of Bacterial Cells as Mechanism of Development of Antibiotic Tolerance (Review). APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683818020114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Shuman J, Giles TX, Carroll L, Tabata K, Powers A, Suh SJ, Silo-Suh L. Transcriptome analysis of a Pseudomonas aeruginosasn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mutant reveals a disruption in bioenergetics. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2018. [PMID: 29533746 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes acute and chronic human infections and is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. We previously determined that the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase encoded by glpD plays a larger role in P. aeruginosa physiology beyond its role in glycerol metabolism. To better understand the effect of a glpD mutation on P. aeruginosa physiology we compared the transcriptomes of P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 and the PAO1ΔglpD mutant using RNA-seq analysis. We determined that a null mutation of glpD significantly altered amino acid metabolism in P. aeruginosa and affected the production of intermediates that are channelled into the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Moreover, the loss of glpD induced a general stress response mediated by RpoS in P. aeruginosa. Several other phenotypes observed for the P. aeruginosa glpD mutant include increased persister cell formation, reduced extracellular ATP accumulation and increased heat output. Taken together, these findings implicate sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as a key player in energy metabolism in P. aeruginosa.
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- Jon Shuman
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University, School of Medicine, Macon, GA 31207, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University, School of Medicine, Macon, GA 31207, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University, School of Medicine, Macon, GA 31207, USA
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- Daiichi University of Pharmacy, 22-1, Tamagawa-cho, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-8511, Japan
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University, School of Medicine, Macon, GA 31207, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University, School of Medicine, Macon, GA 31207, USA
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The fight for invincibility: Environmental stress response mechanisms and Aeromonas hydrophila. Microb Pathog 2018; 116:135-145. [PMID: 29355702 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Aeromonas hydrophila is a freshwater-dwelling zoonotic bacterium that has economic importance in aquaculture. In the past decade, Aeromonas hydrophila has become increasingly important because of its emergence as a food-borne zoonotic pathogen that is resistant to different treatment regimes. Being an aquatic bacterium, Aeromonas hydrophila is frequently subjected to several stressful environmental conditions, including changes in temperature, acidic pH and starvation that challenge its survival. To cope with these stressful conditions, like every cell, A. hydrophila possesses stress response mechanisms, such as alternative sigma factors, two-component systems, heat shock proteins, cold shock proteins, and acid tolerance response systems that eventually lead the fittest to survive. Moreover, the establishment of genetic variations among the strains related to environmental stress is also of great concern. This review presents the understandings based on inter-strain variations and stress response behavior of A. hydrophila that are important to control the increasing outbreaks of this bacterium in both human populations and aquaculture.
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Tkachenko AG, Kashevarova NM, Tyuleneva EA, Shumkov MS. Stationary-phase genes upregulated by polyamines are responsible for the formation of Escherichia coli persister cells tolerant to netilmicin. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2017; 364:3739793. [PMID: 28431088 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnx084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Persisters are rare phenotypic variants of regular bacterial cells that survive lethal antibiotics or stresses owing to slowing down of their metabolism. Recently, we have shown that polyamine putrescine can upregulate persister cell formation in Escherichia coli via the stimulation of rpoS expression, encoding a master regulator of general stress response. We hypothesized that rmf and yqjD, the stationary-phase genes responsible for ribosome inactivation, might be good candidates for the similar role owing to their involvement in translational arrest and the ability to be affected by polyamines. Using reporter gene fusions or single and multiple knockout mutations in rpoS, rmf and yqjD genes, we show in this work that (i) E. coli polyamines spermidine and cadaverine can upregulate persistence, like putrescine; (ii) polyamine effects on persister cell formation are mediated through stimulation of expression of rpoS, rmf and yqjD genes; (iii) these genes are involved in persister cell formation sequentially in a dynamic fashion as cells enter the stationary phase. The data obtained in this work can be used to develop novel tools relying on a suppression of polyamine metabolism in bacteria to combat persister cells as an important cause of infections refractory to antibiotics.
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- Alexander G Tkachenko
- Laboratory of Microbial Adaptation, Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Golev str., Perm 614081, Russia.,Perm State National Research University, 15 Bukirev str., Perm 614068, Russia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Adaptation, Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Golev str., Perm 614081, Russia
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- Laboratory of Microbial Adaptation, Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Golev str., Perm 614081, Russia
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry of Stresses in Microorganisms, Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Ave., Moscow 119071, Russia
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Transcriptional Activities of the Microbial Consortium Living with the Marine Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium Reveal Potential Roles in Community-Level Nitrogen Cycling. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 84:AEM.02026-17. [PMID: 29054872 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02026-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Trichodesmium is a globally distributed cyanobacterium whose nitrogen-fixing capability fuels primary production in warm oligotrophic oceans. Like many photoautotrophs, Trichodesmium serves as a host to various other microorganisms, yet little is known about how this associated community modulates fluxes of environmentally relevant chemical species into and out of the supraorganismal structure. Here, we utilized metatranscriptomics to examine gene expression activities of microbial communities associated with Trichodesmium erythraeum (strain IMS101) using laboratory-maintained enrichment cultures that have previously been shown to harbor microbial communities similar to those of natural populations. In enrichments maintained under two distinct CO2 concentrations for ∼8 years, the community transcriptional profiles were found to be specific to the treatment, demonstrating a restructuring of overall gene expression had occurred. Some of this restructuring involved significant increases in community respiration-related transcripts under elevated CO2, potentially facilitating the corresponding measured increases in host nitrogen fixation rates. Particularly of note, in both treatments, community transcripts involved in the reduction of nitrate, nitrite, and nitrous oxide were detected, suggesting the associated organisms may play a role in colony-level nitrogen cycling. Lastly, a taxon-specific analysis revealed distinct ecological niches of consistently cooccurring major taxa that may enable, or even encourage, the stable cohabitation of a diverse community within Trichodesmium consortia.IMPORTANCETrichodesmium is a genus of globally distributed, nitrogen-fixing marine cyanobacteria. As a source of new nitrogen in otherwise nitrogen-deficient systems, these organisms help fuel carbon fixation carried out by other more abundant photoautotrophs and thereby have significant roles in global nitrogen and carbon cycling. Members of the Trichodesmium genus tend to form large macroscopic colonies that appear to perpetually host an association of diverse interacting microbes distinct from the surrounding seawater, potentially making the entire assemblage a unique miniature ecosystem. Since its first successful cultivation in the early 1990s, there have been questions about the potential interdependencies between Trichodesmium and its associated microbial community and whether the host's seemingly enigmatic nitrogen fixation schema somehow involved or benefited from its epibionts. Here, we revisit these old questions with new technology and investigate gene expression activities of microbial communities living in association with Trichodesmium.
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McDonough J, Goudsouzian LK, Papaj A, Maceli AR, Klepac-Ceraj V, Peterson CN. Stressing Escherichia coli to educate students about research: A CURE to investigate multiple levels of gene regulation. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION : A BIMONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 45:449-458. [PMID: 28407453 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.21055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been shown to increase student retention and learning in the biological sciences. Most CURES cover only one aspect of gene regulation, such as transcriptional control. Here we present a new inquiry-based lab that engages understanding of gene expression from multiple perspectives. Students carry out a forward genetic screen to identify regulators of the stationary phase master regulator RpoS in the model organism Escherichia coli and then use a series of reporter fusions to determine if the regulation is at the level of transcription or the post-transcription level. This easy-to-implement course has been run both as a 9-week long project and a condensed 5-6 week version in three different schools and types of courses. A majority of the genes found in the screen are novel, thus giving students the opportunity to contribute to original findings to the field. Assessments of this CURE show student gains in learning in many knowledge areas. In addition, attitudinal surveys suggest the students are enthusiastic about the screen and their learning about gene regulation. In summary, this lab would be an appropriate addition to an intermediate or advanced level Molecular Biology, Genetics, or Microbiology curriculum. © 2017 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 45(5):449-458, 2017.
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- Janet McDonough
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
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- Department of Natural Science, DeSales University, Center Valley, Pennsylvania
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- Biology Department, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Biology Department, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
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Chen J, Gottesman S. Hfq links translation repression to stress-induced mutagenesis in E. coli. Genes Dev 2017; 31:1382-1395. [PMID: 28794186 PMCID: PMC5580658 DOI: 10.1101/gad.302547.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Here, Chen et al. show an example of Hfq repressing translation in the absence of sRNAs via major remodeling of the mRNA. They demonstrate that, by interacting with the mutS leader, Hfq serves as a critical switch that modulates bacteria from high-fidelity DNA replication to stress-induced mutagenesis. Mismatch repair (MMR) is a conserved mechanism exploited by cells to correct DNA replication errors both in growing cells and under nongrowing conditions. Hfq (host factor for RNA bacteriophage Qβ replication), a bacterial Lsm family RNA-binding protein, chaperones RNA–RNA interactions between regulatory small RNAs (sRNAs) and target messenger RNAs (mRNAs), leading to alterations of mRNA translation and/or stability. Hfq has been reported to post-transcriptionally repress the DNA MMR gene mutS in stationary phase, possibly limiting MMR to allow increased mutagenesis. Here we report that Hfq deploys dual mechanisms to control mutS expression. First, Hfq binds directly to an (AAN)3 motif within the mutS 5′ untranslated region (UTR), repressing translation in the absence of sRNA partners both in vivo and in vitro. Second, Hfq acts in a canonical pathway, promoting base-pairing of ArcZ sRNA with the mutS leader to inhibit translation. Most importantly, using pathway-specific mutS chromosomal alleles that specifically abrogate either regulatory pathway or both, we demonstrate that tight control of MutS levels in stationary phase contributes to stress-induced mutagenesis. By interacting with the mutS leader, Hfq serves as a critical switch that modulates bacteria from high-fidelity DNA replication to stress-induced mutagenesis.
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- Jiandong Chen
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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TrmL and TusA Are Necessary for rpoS and MiaA Is Required for hfq Expression in Escherichia coli. Biomolecules 2017; 7:biom7020039. [PMID: 28471404 PMCID: PMC5485728 DOI: 10.3390/biom7020039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2017] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Previous work demonstrated that efficient RNA Polymerase sigma S-subunit (RpoS) translation requires the N6-isopentenyladenosine i6A37 transfer RNA (tRNA) modification for UUX-Leu decoding. Here we investigate the effect of two additional tRNA modification systems on RpoS translation; the analysis was also extended to another High UUX-leucine codon (HULC) protein, Host Factor for phage Qβ (Hfq). One tRNA modification, the addition of the 2’-O-methylcytidine/uridine 34 (C/U34m) tRNA modification by tRNA (cytidine/uridine-2’O)-ribose methyltransferase L (TrmL), requires the presence of the N6-isopentenyladenosine 37 (i6A37) and therefore it seemed possible that the defect in RpoS translation in the absence of i6A37 prenyl transferase (MiaA) was in fact due to the inability to add the C/U34m modification to UUX-Leu tRNAs. The second modification, addition of 2-thiouridine (s2U), part of (mnm5s2U34), is dependent on tRNA 2-thiouridine synthesizing protein A (TusA), previously shown to affect RpoS levels. We compared expression of PBAD-rpoS990-lacZ translational fusions carrying wild-type UUX leucine codons with derivatives in which UUX codons were changed to CUX codons, in the presence and absence of TrmL or TusA. The absence of these proteins, and therefore presumably the modifications they catalyze, both abolished PBAD-rpoS990-lacZ translation activity. UUX-Leu to CUX-Leu codon mutations in rpoS suppressed the trmL requirement for PBAD-rpoS990-lacZ expression. Thus, it is likely that the C/U34m and s2U34 tRNA modifications are necessary for full rpoS translation. We also measured PBAD-hfq306-lacZ translational fusion activity in the absence of C/U34m (trmL) or i6A37 (miaA). The absence of i6A37 resulted in decreased PBAD-hfq306-lacZ expression, consistent with a role for i6A37 tRNA modification for hfq translation.
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Kuhlmann NJ, Chien P. Selective adaptor dependent protein degradation in bacteria. Curr Opin Microbiol 2017; 36:118-127. [PMID: 28458096 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Energy dependent proteolysis is essential for all life, but uncontrolled degradation leads to devastating consequences. In bacteria, oligomeric AAA+ proteases are responsible for controlling protein destruction and are regulated in part by adaptor proteins. Adaptors are regulatory factors that shape protease substrate choice by either restricting or enhancing substrate recognition in several ways. In some cases, protease activity or assembly itself requires adaptor binding. Adaptors can also alter specificity by acting as scaffolds to tether particular substrates to already active proteases. Finally, hierarchical assembly of adaptors can use combinations of several activities to enhance the protease's selectivity. Because the lifetime of the constituent proteins directly affects the duration of a particular signaling pathway, regulated proteolysis impacts almost all cellular responses. In this review, we describe recent progress in regulated protein degradation, focusing on fundamental principles of adaptors and how they perform critical biological functions, such as promoting cell cycle progression and quality control.
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- Nathan J Kuhlmann
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States.
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Suppression of the Escherichia coli dnaA46 mutation by changes in the activities of the pyruvate-acetate node links DNA replication regulation to central carbon metabolism. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0176050. [PMID: 28448512 PMCID: PMC5407757 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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To ensure faithful transmission of genetic material to progeny cells, DNA replication is tightly regulated, mainly at the initiation step. Escherichia coli cells regulate the frequency of initiation according to growth conditions. Results of the classical, as well as the latest studies, suggest that the DNA replication in E. coli starts at a predefined, constant cell volume per chromosome but the mechanisms coordinating DNA replication with cell growth are still not fully understood. Results of recent investigations have revealed a role of metabolic pathway proteins in the control of cell division and a direct link between metabolism and DNA replication has also been suggested both in Bacillus subtilis and E. coli cells. In this work we show that defects in the acetate overflow pathway suppress the temperature-sensitivity of a defective replication initiator–DnaA under acetogenic growth conditions. Transcriptomic and metabolic analyses imply that this suppression is correlated with pyruvate accumulation, resulting from alterations in the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity. Consequently, deletion of genes encoding the pyruvate dehydrogenase subunits likewise resulted in suppression of the thermal-sensitive growth of the dnaA46 strain. We propose that the suppressor effect may be directly related to the PDH complex activity, providing a link between an enzyme of the central carbon metabolism and DNA replication.
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Iwase T, Matsuo T, Nishioka S, Tajima A, Mizunoe Y. Hydrophobicity of Residue 128 of the Stress-Inducible Sigma Factor RpoS Is Critical for Its Activity. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:656. [PMID: 28491053 PMCID: PMC5405132 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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RpoS is a key stress-inducible sigma factor that regulates stress resistance genes in Escherichia coli, such as the katE gene encoding catalase HPII and the glg genes encoding glycogen synthesis proteins. Monitoring RpoS activity can provide information on the stress sensitivity of E. coli isolates in clinical settings because the RpoS in these isolates is often mutated. In the present study, we found a novel, missense point mutation at RpoS residue 128 in a clinical Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) isolate. This mutation caused RpoS dysfunction and increased stress sensitivity. A mutant rpoS was cloned from a clinical STEC that is vulnerable to cold temperature and oxidative stresses. Mutant RpoS protein expression was detected in the clinical isolate, and this RpoS was non-functional according to HPII activity and glycogen levels, which are positively regulated by RpoS and thus are used as indicators for RpoS function. A reporter assay with β-galactosidase indicated that the dysfunction occurred at the transcriptional level of genes regulated by RpoS. Furthermore, substitution analysis indicated that the hydrophobicity of the amino acid at residue 128 was critical for RpoS activity; the simulation analysis indicated that the amino acids of RNA polymerase (RNAP) that interact with RpoS residue 128 are hydrophobic, suggesting that this hydrophobic interaction is critical for RpoS activity. In addition, substitution of Ile128 to Pro128 abolished RpoS activity, possibly as a result of disruption of the secondsary structure around residue 128, indicating that the structure is also a crucial factor for RpoS activity. These results indicate that only one point mutation at a hydrophobic residue of the complex formed during transcription leads to a critical change in RpoS regulation. Moreover, we found that Ile128 is widely conserved among various bacteria: several bacterial strains have Met128 or Leu128, which are hydrophobic residues, and these strains had similar or higher RpoS activity than that observed with Ile128 in this study. These data indicate that the hydrophobicity of the amino acid at residue 128 is critical for RpoS activity and is consequently important for bacterial survival. Taken together, these findings may contribute to a deeper understanding of protein functional mechanisms and bacterial stress responses.
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- Tadayuki Iwase
- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyNara, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo, Japan
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Michalowski A, Siemann-Herzberg M, Takors R. Escherichia coli HGT: Engineered for high glucose throughput even under slowly growing or resting conditions. Metab Eng 2017; 40:93-103. [PMID: 28110078 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Aerobic production-scale processes are constrained by the technical limitations of maximum oxygen transfer and heat removal. Consequently, microbial activity is often controlled via limited nutrient feeding to maintain it within technical operability. Here, we present an alternative approach based on a newly engineered Escherichia coli strain. This E. coli HGT (high glucose throughput) strain was engineered by modulating the stringent response regulation program and decreasing the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase. The strain offers about three-fold higher rates of cell-specific glucose uptake under nitrogen-limitation (0.6gGlc gCDW-1h-1) compared to that of wild type, with a maximum glucose uptake rate of about 1.8gGlc gCDW-1h-1 already at a 0.3h-1 specific growth rate. The surplus of imported glucose is almost completely available via pyruvate and is used to fuel pyruvate and lactate formation. Thus, E. coli HGT represents a novel chassis as a host for pyruvate-derived products.
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- Annette Michalowski
- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Allmandring 31, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Sedlyarova N, Shamovsky I, Bharati BK, Epshtein V, Chen J, Gottesman S, Schroeder R, Nudler E. sRNA-Mediated Control of Transcription Termination in E. coli. Cell 2016; 167:111-121.e13. [PMID: 27662085 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) have been implicated in various aspects of post-transcriptional gene regulation. Here, we demonstrate that sRNAs also act at the level of transcription termination. We use the rpoS gene, which encodes a general stress sigma factor σ(S), as a model system, and show that sRNAs DsrA, ArcZ, and RprA bind the rpoS 5'UTR to suppress premature Rho-dependent transcription termination, both in vitro and in vivo. sRNA-mediated antitermination markedly stimulates transcription of rpoS during the transition to the stationary phase of growth, thereby facilitating a rapid adjustment of bacteria to global metabolic changes. Next generation RNA sequencing and bioinformatic analysis indicate that Rho functions as a global "attenuator" of transcription, acting at the 5'UTR of hundreds of bacterial genes, and that its suppression by sRNAs is a widespread mode of bacterial gene regulation.
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- Nadezda Sedlyarova
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellbiology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohrgasse 9/5, 1030 Vienna, Austria; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellbiology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohrgasse 9/5, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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The Expression of Antibiotic Resistance Methyltransferase Correlates with mRNA Stability Independently of Ribosome Stalling. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016; 60:7178-7188. [PMID: 27645242 PMCID: PMC5118997 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01806-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Members of the Erm methyltransferase family modify 23S rRNA of the bacterial ribosome and render cross-resistance to macrolides and multiple distantly related antibiotics. Previous studies have shown that the expression of erm is activated when a macrolide-bound ribosome stalls the translation of the leader peptide preceding the cotranscribed erm. Ribosome stalling is thought to destabilize the inhibitory stem-loop mRNA structure and exposes the erm Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence for translational initiation. Paradoxically, mutations that abolish ribosome stalling are routinely found in hyper-resistant clinical isolates; however, the significance of the stalling-dead leader sequence is largely unknown. Here, we show that nonsense mutations in the Staphylococcus aureus ErmB leader peptide (ErmBL) lead to high basal and induced expression of downstream ErmB in the absence or presence of macrolide concomitantly with elevated ribosome methylation and resistance. The overexpression of ErmB is associated with the reduced turnover of the ermBL-ermB transcript, and the macrolide appears to mitigate mRNA cleavage at a site immediately downstream of the ermBL SD sequence. The stabilizing effect of antibiotics on mRNA is not limited to ermBL-ermB; cationic antibiotics representing a ribosome-stalling inducer and a noninducer increase the half-life of specific transcripts. These data unveil a new layer of ermB regulation and imply that ErmBL translation or ribosome stalling serves as a “tuner” to suppress aberrant production of ErmB because methylated ribosome may impose a fitness cost on the bacterium as a result of misregulated translation.
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Transcriptional Responses of Escherichia coli to a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of LolCDE, an Essential Component of the Lipoprotein Transport Pathway. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:3162-3175. [PMID: 27645386 PMCID: PMC5105897 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00502-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In Gram-negative bacteria, a dedicated machinery consisting of LolABCDE components targets lipoproteins to the outer membrane. We used a previously identified small-molecule inhibitor of the LolCDE complex of Escherichia coli to assess the global transcriptional consequences of interference with lipoprotein transport. Exposure of E. coli to the LolCDE inhibitor at concentrations leading to minimal and significant growth inhibition, followed by transcriptome sequencing, identified a small group of genes whose transcript levels were decreased and a larger group whose mRNA levels increased 10- to 100-fold compared to those of untreated cells. The majority of the genes whose mRNA concentrations were reduced were part of the flagellar assembly pathway, which contains an essential lipoprotein component. Most of the genes whose transcript levels were elevated encode proteins involved in selected cell stress pathways. Many of these genes are involved with envelope stress responses induced by the mislocalization of outer membrane lipoproteins. Although several of the genes whose RNAs were induced have previously been shown to be associated with the general perturbation of the cell envelope by antibiotics, a small subset was affected only by LolCDE inhibition. Findings from this work suggest that the efficiency of the Lol system function may be coupled to a specific monitoring system, which could be exploited in the development of reporter constructs suitable for use for screening for additional inhibitors of lipoprotein trafficking. IMPORTANCE Inhibition of the lipoprotein transport pathway leads to E. coli death and subsequent lysis. Early significant changes in the levels of RNA for a subset of genes identified to be associated with some periplasmic and envelope stress responses were observed. Together these findings suggest that disruption of this key pathway can have a severe impact on balanced outer membrane synthesis sufficient to affect viability.
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Bouillet S, Genest O, Jourlin-Castelli C, Fons M, Méjean V, Iobbi-Nivol C. The General Stress Response σS Is Regulated by a Partner Switch in the Gram-negative Bacterium Shewanella oneidensis. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:26151-26163. [PMID: 27810894 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.751933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Here, we show that a partner-switching system of the aquatic Proteobacterium Shewanella oneidensis regulates post-translationally σS (also called RpoS), the general stress response sigma factor. Genes SO2118 and SO2119 encode CrsA and CrsR, respectively. CrsR is a three-domain protein comprising a receiver, a phosphatase, and a kinase/anti-sigma domains, and CrsA is an anti-sigma antagonist. In vitro, CrsR sequesters σS and possesses kinase and phosphatase activities toward CrsA. In turn, dephosphorylated CrsA binds the anti-sigma domain of CrsR to allow the release of σS This study reveals a novel pathway that post-translationally regulates the general stress response sigma factor differently than what was described for other proteobacteria like Escherichia coli We argue that this pathway allows probably a rapid bacterial adaptation.
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- Sophie Bouillet
- From the Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, BIP UMR7281, 13402 Marseille, France
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- From the Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, BIP UMR7281, 13402 Marseille, France
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- From the Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, BIP UMR7281, 13402 Marseille, France
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- From the Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, BIP UMR7281, 13402 Marseille, France
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- From the Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, BIP UMR7281, 13402 Marseille, France
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Trachtmann N, Alvarez Fong KF, Guitart Font E, Sprenger GA. Construction of chromosomally encoded lacZ
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for the study of global regulation of metabolism. Eng Life Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201600056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie; Universität Stuttgart; Stuttgart Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie; Universität Stuttgart; Stuttgart Germany
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