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Qiu Y, Ozturk S, Cui X, Qin W, Wu Q, Liu S. Increased heat tolerance and transcriptome analysis of Salmonella enterica Enteritidis PT 30 heat-shocked at 42 ℃. Food Res Int 2023; 167:112636. [PMID: 37087231 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
Abstract
In this study, we compared the heat tolerance parameter (D65℃) values of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis PT 30 (S. Enteritidis ) heat adapted at different degrees (at 42 ℃ for 20-180 min) and cultivated using two methods. The treated group with the highest D65℃ value (LP-42 ℃-60 min) and the untreated groups (Control-TSB and Control-TSA) were subjected to transcriptome analysis. Heat-adaptation increased the D65℃ values of S. Enteritidis by 24.5-60.8%. The D65℃ values of the LP-42 ℃-60 min group (1.85 ± 0.13 min, 7.7% higher) was comparable to that of the Control-TSA. A total of 483 up- and 443 downregulated genes of S. enteritidis were identified in the LP-42 ℃-60 min group (log2fold change > 1, adjusted p-value < 0.05). Among these genes, 5 co-expressed and 15 differentially expressed genes in the LP-42 ℃-60 min and Control-TSA grops possibly contributed to the high D65℃ values of S. Enteritidis . The Rpo regulon was involved in the heat adaptation of S. Enteritidis , as evidenced by the significant upregulation of rpoS, rpoN, and rpoE. KEGG enrichment pathways, such as biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, tricarboxylic acid, and ribosomes were identified and mapped to reveal the molecular mechanisms of S. enteritidis during heat adaptation. This study quantified the enhanced heat tolerance of S. Enteritidis heat adapted at different degrees of heat-adaptation. The results of this study may serve as a basis for elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the enhanced heat tolerance at the transcriptome level.
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- Yan Qiu
- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China
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- Department of Food Engineering, Gümüşhane University, Gümüşhane, Turkey
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China; Food Processing and Safety Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China; Food Processing and Safety Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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Elpers L, Deiwick J, Hensel M. Effect of Environmental Temperatures on Proteome Composition of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. Mol Cell Proteomics 2022; 21:100265. [PMID: 35788066 PMCID: PMC9396072 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2022.100265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (STM) is a major cause of gastroenteritis and transmitted by consumption of contaminated food. STM is associated to food originating from animals (pork, chicken, eggs) or plants (vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs). Infection of warm-blooded mammalian hosts by STM and the underlying complex regulatory network of virulence gene expression depend on various environmental conditions encountered in hosts. However, less is known about the proteome and possible regulatory networks for gene expression of STM outside the preferred host. Nutritional limitations and changes in temperature are the most obvious stresses outside the native host. Thus, we analyzed the proteome profile of STM grown in rich medium (LB medium) or minimal medium (PCN medium) at temperatures ranging from 8 °C to 37 °C. LB medium mimics the nutritional rich environment inside the host, whereas minimal PCN medium represents nutritional limitations outside the host, found during growth of fresh produce (field conditions). Further, the range of temperatures analyzed reflects conditions within natural hosts (37 °C), room temperature (20 °C), during growth under agricultural conditions (16 °C and 12 °C), and during food storage (8 °C). Implications of altered nutrient availability and growth temperature on STM proteomes were analyzed by HPLC/MS-MS and label-free quantification. Our study provides first insights into the complex adaptation of STM to various environmental temperatures, which allows STM not only to infect mammalian hosts but also to enter new infection routes that have been poorly studied so far. With the present dataset, global virulence factors, their impact on infection routes, and potential anti-infective strategies can now be investigated in detail. Especially, we were able to demonstrate functional flagella at 12 °C growth temperature for STM with an altered motility behavior.
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- Laura Elpers
- Abt. Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Abt. Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Abt. Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany,CellNanOs – Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück, School of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany,For correspondence: Michael Hensel
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RNA thermometer-coordinated assembly of the Yersinia injectisome. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167667. [PMID: 35667470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The type III secretion system (T3SS) is indispensable for successful host cell infection by many Gram-negative pathogens. The molecular syringe delivers effector proteins that suppress the host immune response. Synthesis of T3SS components in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis relies on host body temperature, which induces the RNA thermometer (RNAT)-controlled translation of lcrF coding for a virulence master regulator that activates transcription of the T3SS regulon. The assembly of the secretion machinery follows a strict coordinated succession referred to as outside-in assembly, in which the membrane ring complex and the export apparatus represent the nucleation points. Two components essential for the initial assembly are YscJ and YscT. While YscJ connects the membrane ring complex with the export apparatus in the inner membrane, YscT is required for a functional export apparatus. Previous transcriptome-wide RNA structuromics data suggested the presence of unique intercistronic RNATs upstream of yscJ and yscT. Here, we show by reporter gene fusions that both upstream regions confer translational control. Moreover, we demonstrate the temperature-induced opening of the Shine-Dalgarno region, which facilitates ribosome binding, by in vitro structure probing and toeprinting methods. Rationally designed thermostable RNAT variants of the yscJ and yscT thermometers confirmed their physiological relevance with respect to T3SS assembly and host infection. Since we have shown in a recent study that YopN, the gatekeeper of type III secretion, also is under RNAT control, it appears that the synthesis, assembly and functionality of the Yersinia T3S machinery is coordinated by RNA-based temperature sensors at multiple levels.
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Pienkoß S, Javadi S, Chaoprasid P, Nolte T, Twittenhoff C, Dersch P, Narberhaus F. The gatekeeper of Yersinia type III secretion is under RNA thermometer control. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009650. [PMID: 34767606 PMCID: PMC8612567 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Many bacterial pathogens use a type III secretion system (T3SS) as molecular syringe to inject effector proteins into the host cell. In the foodborne pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, delivery of the secreted effector protein cocktail through the T3SS depends on YopN, a molecular gatekeeper that controls access to the secretion channel from the bacterial cytoplasm. Here, we show that several checkpoints adjust yopN expression to virulence conditions. A dominant cue is the host body temperature. A temperature of 37°C is known to induce the RNA thermometer (RNAT)-dependent synthesis of LcrF, a transcription factor that activates expression of the entire T3SS regulon. Here, we uncovered a second layer of temperature control. We show that another RNAT silences translation of the yopN mRNA at low environmental temperatures. The long and short 5’-untranslated region of both cellular yopN isoforms fold into a similar secondary structure that blocks ribosome binding. The hairpin structure with an internal loop melts at 37°C and thereby permits formation of the translation initiation complex as shown by mutational analysis, in vitro structure probing and toeprinting methods. Importantly, we demonstrate the physiological relevance of the RNAT in the faithful control of type III secretion by using a point-mutated thermostable RNAT variant with a trapped SD sequence. Abrogated YopN production in this strain led to unrestricted effector protein secretion into the medium, bacterial growth arrest and delayed translocation into eukaryotic host cells. Cumulatively, our results show that substrate delivery by the Yersinia T3SS is under hierarchical surveillance of two RNATs. Temperature serves as reliable external cue for pathogenic bacteria to recognize the entry into or exit from a warm-blooded host. At the molecular level, a temperature of 37°C induces various virulence-related processes that manipulate host cell physiology. Here, we demonstrate the temperature-dependent synthesis of the secretion regulator YopN in the foodborne pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, a close relative of Yersinia pestis. YopN blocks secretion of effector proteins through the type III secretion system unless host cell contact is established. Temperature-specific regulation relies on an RNA structure in the 5’-untranslated region of the yopN mRNA, referred to as RNA thermometer, which allows ribosome binding and thus translation initiation only at an infection-relevant temperature of 37°C. A mutated variant of the thermosensor resulting in a closed conformation prevented synthesis of the molecular gatekeeper YopN and led to permanent secretion and defective translocation of virulence factors into host cells. We suggest that the RNA thermometer plays a critical role in adjusting the optimal cellular concentration of a surveillance factor that maintains the controlled translocation of virulence factors.
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- Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Rottendorf Pharma GmbH, Ennigerloh, Germany
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- Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Brewer SM, Twittenhoff C, Kortmann J, Brubaker SW, Honeycutt J, Massis LM, Pham THM, Narberhaus F, Monack DM. A Salmonella Typhi RNA thermosensor regulates virulence factors and innate immune evasion in response to host temperature. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009345. [PMID: 33651854 PMCID: PMC7954313 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Sensing and responding to environmental signals is critical for bacterial pathogens to successfully infect and persist within hosts. Many bacterial pathogens sense temperature as an indication they have entered a new host and must alter their virulence factor expression to evade immune detection. Using secondary structure prediction, we identified an RNA thermosensor (RNAT) in the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of tviA encoded by the typhoid fever-causing bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi). Importantly, tviA is a transcriptional regulator of the critical virulence factors Vi capsule, flagellin, and type III secretion system-1 expression. By introducing point mutations to alter the mRNA secondary structure, we demonstrate that the 5' UTR of tviA contains a functional RNAT using in vitro expression, structure probing, and ribosome binding methods. Mutational inhibition of the RNAT in S. Typhi causes aberrant virulence factor expression, leading to enhanced innate immune responses during infection. In conclusion, we show that S. Typhi regulates virulence factor expression through an RNAT in the 5' UTR of tviA. Our findings demonstrate that limiting inflammation through RNAT-dependent regulation in response to host body temperature is important for S. Typhi's "stealthy" pathogenesis.
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- Susan M. Brewer
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Twittenhoff C, Brandenburg VB, Righetti F, Nuss AM, Mosig A, Dersch P, Narberhaus F. Lead-seq: transcriptome-wide structure probing in vivo using lead(II) ions. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:e71. [PMID: 32463449 PMCID: PMC7337928 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The dynamic conformation of RNA molecules within living cells is key to their function. Recent advances in probing the RNA structurome in vivo, including the use of SHAPE (Selective 2'-Hydroxyl Acylation analyzed by Primer Extension) or kethoxal reagents or DMS (dimethyl sulfate), provided unprecedented insights into the architecture of RNA molecules in the living cell. Here, we report the establishment of lead probing in a global RNA structuromics approach. In order to elucidate the transcriptome-wide RNA landscape in the enteric pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, we combined lead(II) acetate-mediated cleavage of single-stranded RNA regions with high-throughput sequencing. This new approach, termed 'Lead-seq', provides structural information independent of base identity. We show that the method recapitulates secondary structures of tRNAs, RNase P RNA, tmRNA, 16S rRNA and the rpsT 5'-untranslated region, and that it reveals global structural features of mRNAs. The application of Lead-seq to Y. pseudotuberculosis cells grown at two different temperatures unveiled the first temperature-responsive in vivo RNA structurome of a bacterial pathogen. The translation of candidate genes derived from this approach was confirmed to be temperature regulated. Overall, this study establishes Lead-seq as complementary approach to interrogate intracellular RNA structures on a global scale.
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- Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 381214 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 381214 Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Twittenhoff C, Heroven AK, Mühlen S, Dersch P, Narberhaus F. An RNA thermometer dictates production of a secreted bacterial toxin. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008184. [PMID: 31951643 PMCID: PMC6992388 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Frequent transitions of bacterial pathogens between their warm-blooded host and external reservoirs are accompanied by abrupt temperature shifts. A temperature of 37°C serves as reliable signal for ingestion by a mammalian host, which induces a major reprogramming of bacterial gene expression and metabolism. Enteric Yersiniae are Gram-negative pathogens accountable for self-limiting gastrointestinal infections. Among the temperature-regulated virulence genes of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is cnfY coding for the cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNFY), a multifunctional secreted toxin that modulates the host’s innate immune system and contributes to the decision between acute infection and persistence. We report that the major determinant of temperature-regulated cnfY expression is a thermo-labile RNA structure in the 5’-untranslated region (5’-UTR). Various translational gene fusions demonstrated that this region faithfully regulates translation initiation regardless of the transcription start site, promoter or reporter strain. RNA structure probing revealed a labile stem-loop structure, in which the ribosome binding site is partially occluded at 25°C but liberated at 37°C. Consistent with translational control in bacteria, toeprinting (primer extension inhibition) experiments in vitro showed increased ribosome binding at elevated temperature. Point mutations locking the 5’-UTR in its 25°C structure impaired opening of the stem loop, ribosome access and translation initiation at 37°C. To assess the in vivo relevance of temperature control, we used a mouse infection model. Y. pseudotuberculosis strains carrying stabilized RNA thermometer variants upstream of cnfY were avirulent and attenuated in their ability to disseminate into mesenteric lymph nodes and spleen. We conclude with a model, in which the RNA thermometer acts as translational roadblock in a two-layered regulatory cascade that tightly controls provision of the CNFY toxin during acute infection. Similar RNA structures upstream of various cnfY homologs suggest that RNA thermosensors dictate the production of secreted toxins in a wide range of pathogens. Bacterial pathogens closely survey the ambient conditions and induce virulence genes only at appropriate conditions. Upon host contact, many pathogens secrete toxins in order to subvert host defense systems. We find that such a secreted toxin in enteropathogenic Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is produced only at host body temperature. This regulation depends on a temperature-responsive RNA structure, an RNA thermometer, in the 5’-untranslated region of the toxin mRNA, which prevents translation at low temperatures when the bacterium is outside the host. Preventing melting of the RNA structure at 37°C by nucleotide substitutions that stabilize base pairing resulted in avirulent Yersinia strains unable to infect mice. Given that similar RNA thermometer-like structures exist upstream of related toxin genes in various bacterial pathogens, we propose that RNA thermometer-mediated toxin production is an evolutionary conserved mechanism. Interfering with opening of such regulatory structures might thus be a promising strategy targeting a broad spectrum of bacterial pathogens.
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- Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Bressin A, Schulte-Sasse R, Figini D, Urdaneta EC, Beckmann BM, Marsico A. TriPepSVM: de novo prediction of RNA-binding proteins based on short amino acid motifs. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:4406-4417. [PMID: 30923827 PMCID: PMC6511874 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
In recent years, hundreds of novel RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) have been identified, leading to the discovery of novel RNA-binding domains. Furthermore, unstructured or disordered low-complexity regions of RBPs have been identified to play an important role in interactions with nucleic acids. However, these advances in understanding RBPs are limited mainly to eukaryotic species and we only have limited tools to faithfully predict RNA-binders in bacteria. Here, we describe a support vector machine-based method, called TriPepSVM, for the prediction of RNA-binding proteins. TriPepSVM applies string kernels to directly handle protein sequences using tri-peptide frequencies. Testing the method in human and bacteria, we find that several RBP-enriched tri-peptides occur more often in structurally disordered regions of RBPs. TriPepSVM outperforms existing applications, which consider classical structural features of RNA-binding or homology, in the task of RBP prediction in both human and bacteria. Finally, we predict 66 novel RBPs in Salmonella Typhimurium and validate the bacterial proteins ClpX, DnaJ and UbiG to associate with RNA in vivo.
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- Annkatrin Bressin
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- IRI Life Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- IRI Life Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- IRI Life Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195 Berlin, Germany.,Free University of Berlin, Takustrasse 9, 14195 Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Computational Biology (ICB), Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Abstract
Temperature variation is one of the multiple parameters a microbial pathogen encounters when it invades a warm-blooded host. To survive and thrive at host body temperature, human pathogens have developed various strategies to sense and respond to their ambient temperature. An instantaneous response is mounted by RNA thermometers (RNATs), which are integral sensory structures in mRNAs that modulate translation efficiency. At low temperatures outside the host, the folded RNA blocks access of the ribosome to the translation initiation region. The temperature shift upon entering the host destabilizes the RNA structure and thus permits ribosome binding. This reversible zipper-like mechanism of RNATs is ideally suited to fine-tune virulence gene expression when the pathogen enters or exits the body of its host. This review summarizes our present knowledge on virulence-related RNATs and discusses recent developments in the field.
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Wang F, Guo Y, Li W, Lu C, Yan Q. Generation of a KSHV K13 deletion mutant for vFLIP function study. J Med Virol 2018; 90:753-760. [PMID: 29244209 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV)-encoded viral Fas-associated death domain-like IL-1-converting enzyme inhibitory protein (vFLIP) is one of the latently expressed genes and plays a key role in cell survival and maintenance of latent infection by activating the NF-κB pathway. To obtain a genetic system for studying KSHV vFLIP mutation in the context of the viral genome, we generated recombinant viruses lacking the coding sequence (CDS) of vFLIP gene (K13/ORF71) by bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) technology and the Escherichia coli Red recombination system. After a series of verification with PCR, restriction digestion and sequencing, the K13 deletion bacmids was transfected into a stable viral producer cell line based on iSLK cells to create vFLIP-knockout mutant. Importantly, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) could be de novo infected by vFLIP mutant virus, which are now available for studying the roles of vFLIP in regulation of other KSHV genes and viral pathogenesis.
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- Fei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Pathogen Biology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China.,Department of Microbiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P. R. China.,Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Prevention and Treatment of Tumor, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogen Biology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China.,Department of Microbiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogen Biology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China.,Department of Microbiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pathogen Biology of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China.,Department of Microbiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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Dawoud TM, Davis ML, Park SH, Kim SA, Kwon YM, Jarvis N, O’Bryan CA, Shi Z, Crandall PG, Ricke SC. The Potential Link between Thermal Resistance and Virulence in Salmonella: A Review. Front Vet Sci 2017; 4:93. [PMID: 28660201 PMCID: PMC5469892 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
In some animals, the typical body temperature can be higher than humans, for example, 42°C in poultry and 40°C in rabbits which can be a potential thermal stress challenge for pathogens. Even in animals with lower body temperatures, when infection occurs, the immune system may increase body temperature to reduce the chance of survival for pathogens. However, some pathogens can still easily overcome higher body temperatures and/or rise in body temperatures through expression of stress response mechanisms. Salmonella is the causative agent of one of the most prevalent foodborne illnesses, salmonellosis, and can readily survive over a wide range of temperatures due to the efficient expression of the heat (thermal) stress response. Therefore, thermal resistance mechanisms can provide cross protection against other stresses including the non-specific host defenses found within the human body thus increasing pathogenic potential. Understanding the molecular mechanisms associated with thermal responses in Salmonella is crucial in designing and developing more effective or new treatments for reducing and eliminating infection caused by Salmonella that have survived heat stress. In this review, Salmonella thermal resistance is assessed followed by an overview of the thermal stress responses with a focus on gene regulation by sigma factors, heat shock proteins, along with the corresponding thermosensors and their association with virulence expression including a focus on a potential link between heat resistance and potential for infection.
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- Turki M. Dawoud
- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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Zhuo L, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Li J, Zhang XH, Li YZ. Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 Coordinates Expressions of the Duplicate groEL and Single groES Genes for Synergistic Functions of GroELs and GroES. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:733. [PMID: 28496436 PMCID: PMC5406781 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00733] [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: 02/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Chaperonin GroEL (Cpn60) requires cofactor GroES (Cpn10) for protein refolding in bacteria that possess single groEL and groES genes in a bicistronic groESL operon. Among 4,861 completely-sequenced prokaryotic genomes, 884 possess duplicate groEL genes and 770 possess groEL genes with no neighboring groES. It is unclear whether stand-alone groEL requires groES in order to function and, if required, how duplicate groEL genes and unequal groES genes balance their expressions. In Myxococcus xanthus DK1622, we determined that, while duplicate groELs were alternatively deletable, the single groES that clusters with groEL1 was essential for cell survival. Either GroEL1 or GroEL2 required interactions with GroES for in vitro and in vivo functions. Deletion of groEL1 or groEL2 resulted in decreased expressions of both groEL and groES; and ectopic complementation of groEL recovered not only the groEL but also groES expressions. The addition of an extra groES gene upstream groEL2 to form a bicistronic operon had almost no influence on groES expression and the cell survival rate, whereas over-expression of groES using a self-replicating plasmid simultaneously increased the groEL expressions. The results indicated that M. xanthus DK1622 cells coordinate expressions of the duplicate groEL and single groES genes for synergistic functions of GroELs and GroES. We proposed a potential regulation mechanism for the expression coordination.
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- Li Zhuo
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong UniversityJinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong UniversityJinan, China.,College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of ChinaQingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong UniversityJinan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong UniversityJinan, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of ChinaQingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, School of Life Science, Shandong UniversityJinan, China
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Grosso-Becera MV, Servín-González L, Soberón-Chávez G. RNA structures are involved in the thermoregulation of bacterial virulence-associated traits. Trends Microbiol 2015; 23:509-18. [PMID: 25999019 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pathogenic bacteria are exposed to temperature changes during colonization of the human body and during exposure to environmental conditions. Virulence-associated traits are mainly expressed by pathogenic bacteria at 37°C. We review different cases of post-transcriptional regulation of virulence-associated proteins through RNA structures (called RNA thermometers or RNATs) that modulate the translation of mRNAs. The analysis of RNATs in pathogenic bacteria has started to produce a comprehensive picture of the structures involved, and of the genes regulated by this mechanism. However, we are still not able to predict the functionality of putative RNATs predicted by bioinformatics methods, and there is not a global approach to measure the effect of these RNA structures in gene regulation during bacterial infections.
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- María Victoria Grosso-Becera
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones, Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Escolar, Apartado Postal 70228, DF, México
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones, Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Escolar, Apartado Postal 70228, DF, México
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones, Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Escolar, Apartado Postal 70228, DF, México.
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Righetti F, Narberhaus F. How to find RNA thermometers. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2014; 4:132. [PMID: 25279353 PMCID: PMC4166951 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Temperature is one of the decisive signals that a mammalian pathogen has entered its warm-blooded host. Among the many ways to register temperature changes, bacteria often use temperature-modulated structures in the untranslated region of mRNAs. In this article, we describe how such RNA thermometers (RNATs) have been discovered one by one upstream of heat shock and virulence genes in the past, and how next-generation sequencing approaches are able to reveal novel temperature-responsive RNA structures on a global scale.
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Krajewski SS, Narberhaus F. Temperature-driven differential gene expression by RNA thermosensors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1839:978-988. [PMID: 24657524 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Many prokaryotic genes are organized in operons. Genes organized in such transcription units are co-transcribed into a polycistronic mRNA. Despite being clustered in a single mRNA, individual genes can be subjected to differential regulation, which is mainly achieved at the level of translation depending on initiation and elongation. Efficiency of translation initiation is primarily determined by the structural accessibility of the ribosome binding site (RBS). Structured cis-regulatory elements like RNA thermometers (RNATs) can contribute to differential regulation of individual genes within a polycistronic mRNA. RNATs are riboregulators that mediate temperature-responsive regulation of a downstream gene by modulating the accessibility of its RBS. At low temperature, the RBS is trapped by intra-molecular base pairing prohibiting translation initiation. The secondary structure melts with increasing temperature thus liberating the RBS. Here, we present an overview of different RNAT types and specifically highlight recently discovered RNATs. The main focus of this review is on RNAT-based differential control of polycistronic operons. Finally, we discuss the influence of temperature on other riboregulators and the potential of RNATs in synthetic RNA biology. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Riboswitches.
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