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Rodriguez Ayala F, Bartolini M, Grau R. The Stress-Responsive Alternative Sigma Factor SigB of Bacillus subtilis and Its Relatives: An Old Friend With New Functions. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1761. [PMID: 33042030 PMCID: PMC7522486 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Alternative sigma factors have led the core RNA polymerase (RNAP) to recognize different sets of promoters to those recognized by the housekeeping sigma A-directed RNAP. This change in RNAP promoter selectivity allows a rapid and flexible reformulation of the genetic program to face environmental and metabolic stimuli that could compromise bacterial fitness. The model bacterium Bacillus subtilis constitutes a matchless living system in the study of the role of alternative sigma factors in gene regulation and physiology. SigB from B. subtilis was the first alternative sigma factor described in bacteria. Studies of SigB during the last 40 years have shown that it controls a genetic universe of more than 150 genes playing crucial roles in stress response, adaption, and survival. Activation of SigB relies on three separate pathways that specifically respond to energy, environmental, and low temperature stresses. SigB homologs, present in other Gram-positive bacteria, also play important roles in virulence against mammals. Interestingly, during recent years, other unexpected B. subtilis responses were found to be controlled by SigB. In particular, SigB controls the efficiencies of spore and biofilm formation, two important features that play critical roles in adaptation and survival in planktonic and sessile B. subtilis communities. In B. subtilis, SigB induces the expression of the Spo0E aspartyl-phosphatase, which is responsible for the blockage of sporulation initiation. The upregulated activity of Spo0E connects the two predominant adaptive pathways (i.e., sporulation and stress response) present in B. subtilis. In addition, the RsbP serine-phosphatase, belonging to the energy stress arm of the SigB regulatory cascade, controls the expression of the key transcription factor SinR to decide whether cells residing in the biofilm remain in and maintain biofilm growth or scape to colonize new niches through biofilm dispersal. SigB also intervenes in the recognition of and response to surrounding microorganisms, a new SigB role that could have an agronomic impact. SigB is induced when B. subtilis is confronted with phytopathogenic fungi (e.g., Fusarium verticillioides) and halts fungal growth to the benefit of plant growth. In this article, we update and review literature on the different regulatory networks that control the activation of SigB and the new roles that have been described the recent years.
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- Facundo Rodriguez Ayala
- Departamento de Micro y Nanotecnología, Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología - Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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Schäfer H, Beckert B, Frese CK, Steinchen W, Nuss AM, Beckstette M, Hantke I, Driller K, Sudzinová P, Krásný L, Kaever V, Dersch P, Bange G, Wilson DN, Turgay K. The alarmones (p)ppGpp are part of the heat shock response of Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008275. [PMID: 32176689 PMCID: PMC7098656 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bacillus subtilis cells are well suited to study how bacteria sense and adapt to proteotoxic stress such as heat, since temperature fluctuations are a major challenge to soil-dwelling bacteria. Here, we show that the alarmones (p)ppGpp, well known second messengers of nutrient starvation, are also involved in the heat stress response as well as the development of thermo-resistance. Upon heat-shock, intracellular levels of (p)ppGpp rise in a rapid but transient manner. The heat-induced (p)ppGpp is primarily produced by the ribosome-associated alarmone synthetase Rel, while the small alarmone synthetases RelP and RelQ seem not to be involved. Furthermore, our study shows that the generated (p)ppGpp pulse primarily acts at the level of translation, and only specific genes are regulated at the transcriptional level. These include the down-regulation of some translation-related genes and the up-regulation of hpf, encoding the ribosome-protecting hibernation-promoting factor. In addition, the alarmones appear to interact with the activity of the stress transcription factor Spx during heat stress. Taken together, our study suggests that (p)ppGpp modulates the translational capacity at elevated temperatures and thereby allows B. subtilis cells to respond to proteotoxic stress, not only by raising the cellular repair capacity, but also by decreasing translation to concurrently reduce the protein load on the cellular protein quality control system.
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- Heinrich Schäfer
- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Philipps-University Marburg, Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Chemistry, Marburg, Germany
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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
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Hannover Medical School, Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
- Institute of Infectiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Philipps-University Marburg, Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Department of Chemistry, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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Santos T, Viala D, Chambon C, Esbelin J, Hébraud M. Listeria monocytogenes Biofilm Adaptation to Different Temperatures Seen Through Shotgun Proteomics. Front Nutr 2019; 6:89. [PMID: 31259174 PMCID: PMC6587611 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that can cause invasive severe human illness (listeriosis) in susceptible patients. Most human listeriosis cases appear to be caused by consumption of refrigerated ready-to-eat foods. Although initial contamination levels in foods are usually low, the ability of these bacteria to survive and multiply at low temperatures allows it to reach levels high enough to cause disease. This study explores the set of proteins that might have an association with L. monocytogenes adaptation to different temperatures. Cultures were grown in biofilm, the most widespread mode of growth in natural and industrial realms. Protein extractions were performed from three different growth temperatures (10, 25, and 37°C) and two growth phases (early stage and mature biofilm). L. monocytogenes subproteomes were targeted using three extraction methods: trypsin-enzymatic shaving, biotin-labeling and cell fractionation. The different subproteomes obtained were separated and analyzed by shotgun proteomics using high-performance liquid chromatography combined with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-OrbiTrap LTQVelos, ThermoFisher Scientific). A total of 141 (biotinylation), 98 (shaving) and 910 (fractionation) proteins were identified. Throughout the 920 unique proteins identified, many are connected to basic cell functions, but some are linked with thermoregulation. We observed some noteworthy protein abundance shifts associated with the major adaptation to cold mechanisms present in L. monocytogenes, namely: the role of ribosomes and the stressosome with a higher abundance of the general stress protein Ctc (Rl25) and the general stress transcription factor sigma B (σB), changes in cell fluidity and motility seen by higher levels of foldase protein PrsA2 and flagellin (FlaA), the uptake of osmolytes with a higher abundance of glycine betaine (GbuB) and carnitine transporters (OpucA), and the relevance of the overexpression of chaperone proteins such as cold shock proteins (CspLA and Dps). As for 37°C, we observed a significantly higher percentage of proteins associated with transcriptional or translational activity present in higher abundance upon comparison with the colder settings. These contrasts of protein expression throughout several conditions will enrich databases and help to model the regulatory circuitry that drives adaptation of L. monocytogenes to environments.
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- Tiago Santos
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UMR Microbiologie Environnement Digestif Santé (MEDiS), Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- INRA, Plateforme d'Exploration du Métabolisme, Composante Protéomique (PFEMcp), Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- INRA, Plateforme d'Exploration du Métabolisme, Composante Protéomique (PFEMcp), Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UMR Microbiologie Environnement Digestif Santé (MEDiS), Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRA, UMR Microbiologie Environnement Digestif Santé (MEDiS), Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
- INRA, Plateforme d'Exploration du Métabolisme, Composante Protéomique (PFEMcp), Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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Qiao Y, Leng C, Liu G, Zhang Y, Lv X, Chen H, Sun J, Feng Z. Transcriptomic and proteomic profiling revealed global changes in Streptococcus thermophilus during pH-controlled batch fermentations. J Microbiol 2019; 57:769-780. [PMID: 31201725 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-019-8604-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Understanding global changes of physiological processes at the molecular level during the growth of Streptococcus thermophilus is essential for the rational design of cultivation media and the optimization of bioprocesses. Transcriptomics and proteomics were combined to investigate the global changes at the transcript and protein level during the growth of S. thermophilus. The expression of 1396 genes (FDR ≤ 0.001) and 876 proteins (P < 0.05) changed significantly over time. The most remarkable growth phase dependent changes occurred in the late-lag phase and were related to heterofermentation, glycolysis, peptidoglycan biosynthesis, conversion between amino acids and stress response. The present results could provide theoretical guidance for high-cell-density culture, help design cultivation media, and help attain a high biomass of S. thermophilus.
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- Yali Qiao
- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Dairy Science, Ministry of Education, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, Heilongjiang, P. R. China.
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Dou Y, Rutanhira H, Chen X, Mishra A, Wang C, Fletcher HM. Role of extracytoplasmic function sigma factor PG1660 (RpoE) in the oxidative stress resistance regulatory network of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Mol Oral Microbiol 2017; 33:89-104. [PMID: 29059500 DOI: 10.1111/omi.12204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In Porphyromonas gingivalis, the protein PG1660, composed of 174 amino acids, is annotated as an extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor (RpoE homologue-σ24). Because PG1660 can modulate several virulence factors and responds to environmental signals in P. gingivalis, its genetic properties were evaluated. PG1660 is co-transcribed with its downstream gene PG1659, and the transcription start site was identified as adenine residue 54-nucleotides upstream of the ATG translation start codon. In addition to binding its own promoter, using the purified rPG1660 and RNAP core enzyme from Escherichia coli with the PG1660 promoter DNA as template, the function of PG1660 as a sigma factor was demonstrated in an in vitro transcription assay. Transcriptome analyses of a P. gingivalis PG1660-defective isogenic mutant revealed that under oxidative stress conditions 176 genes including genes involved in secondary metabolism were downregulated more than two-fold compared with the parental strain. The rPG1660 protein also showed the ability to bind to the promoters of the highly downregulated genes in the PG1660-deficient mutant. As the ECF sigma factor PG0162 has a 29% identity with PG1660 and can modulate its expression, the cross-talk between their regulatory networks was explored. The expression profile of the PG0162PG1660-deficient mutant (P. gingivalis FLL356) revealed that the type IX secretion system genes and several virulence genes were downregulated under hydrogen peroxide stress conditions. Taken together, we have confirmed that PG1660 can function as a sigma factor, and plays an important regulatory role in the oxidative stress and virulence regulatory network of P. gingivalis.
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- Y Dou
- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Center for Genomics, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.,Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Center for Genomics, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.,Institute of Oral Biology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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Mars RAT, Mendonça K, Denham EL, van Dijl JM. The reduction in small ribosomal subunit abundance in ethanol-stressed cells of Bacillus subtilis is mediated by a SigB-dependent antisense RNA. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:2553-9. [PMID: 26115952 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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One of the best-characterized general stress responses in bacteria is the σB-mediated stress response of the Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The σB regulon contains approximately 200 protein-encoding genes and 136 putative regulatory RNAs. One of these σB-dependent RNAs, named S1136-S1134, was recently mapped as being transcribed from the S1136 promoter on the opposite strand of the essential rpsD gene, which encodes the ribosomal primary-binding protein S4. Accordingly, S1136-S1134 transcription results in an rpsD-overlapping antisense RNA (asRNA). Upon exposure of B. subtilis to ethanol, the S1136 promoter was found to be induced, while rpsD transcription was downregulated. By quantitative PCR, we show that the activation of transcription from the S1136 promoter is directly responsible for the downregulation of rpsD upon ethanol exposure. We also show that this downregulation of rpsD leads to a reduced level of the small (30S) ribosomal subunit upon ethanol stress. The activation of the S1136 promoter thus represents the first example of antisense transcription-mediated regulation in the general stress response of B. subtilis and implicates the reduction of ribosomal protein abundance as a new aspect in the σB-dependent stress response. We propose that the observed reduction in the level of the small ribosomal subunit, which contains the ribosome-decoding center, may protect B. subtilis cells against misreading and spurious translation of possibly toxic aberrant peptides under conditions of ethanol stress.
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- Ruben A T Mars
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands; Division of Translational and Systems Medicine, Unit of Microbiology and Infection, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Ron M, Gorelick-Ashkenazi A, Levisohn S, Nir-Paz R, Geary SJ, Tulman E, Lysnyansky I, Yogev D. Mycoplasma gallisepticum in vivo induced antigens expressed during infection in chickens. Vet Microbiol 2014; 175:265-74. [PMID: 25575879 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Until now only a few genes encoding virulence factors have been characterized in the avian pathogen Mycoplasma gallisepticum. In order to identify candidate targets associated with infection we applied an immunoscreening technique-in vivo induced antigen technology (IVIAT)-to detect immunogens of M. gallisepticum strain Rlow expressed preferentially during in vivo infection. We identified 13 in vivo-induced (IVI) proteins that correspond to different functional categories including: previously reported putative virulence factors (GapA, PlpA, Hlp3, VlhA 1.07 and VlhA 4.01), transport (PotE, MGA_0241 and 0654), translation (L2, L23, ValS), chaperone (GroEL) and a protein with unknown function (MGA_0042). To validate the in vivo antigenic reactivity, 10 IVI proteins were tested by Western blot analysis using serum samples collected from chickens experimentally (with strain Rlow) and naturally (outbreaks, N=3) infected with M. gallisepticum. All IVI proteins tested were immunogenic. To corroborate these results, we tested expression of IVI genes in chickens experimentally infected with M. gallisepticum Rlow, and in MRC-5 human lung fibroblasts cell culture by using relative real time reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR). With the exception of MGA_0338, all six genes tested (MGA_1199, 0042, 0654, 0712, 0928 and 0241) were upregulated at least at one time point during experimental infection (2-4 week post-infection). In contrast, the expression of seven out of eight IVI genes (MGA_1199, 0152, 0338, 0042, 0654, 0712, 0928) were downregulated in MRC-5 cell culture at both 2 and 4h PI; MGA_0241 was upregulated 2h PI. Our data suggest that the identified IVI antigens may have important roles in the pathogenesis of M. gallisepticum infection in vivo.
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- Merav Ron
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The Hebrew University-Haddassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The Hebrew University-Haddassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Mycoplasma Unit, Department of Avian and Aquatic Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Beit Dagan 50250, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and the Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and the Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Mycoplasma Unit, Department of Avian and Aquatic Diseases, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Beit Dagan 50250, Israel.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The Hebrew University-Haddassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Feng B, Mandava CS, Guo Q, Wang J, Cao W, Li N, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Wu J, Sanyal S, Lei J, Gao N. Structural and functional insights into the mode of action of a universally conserved Obg GTPase. PLoS Biol 2014; 12:e1001866. [PMID: 24844575 PMCID: PMC4028186 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Kinetics and cryo-electronmicroscopy data provide insights into GTPase ObgE’s role as a ribosome anti-association factor that is modulated by nutrient availability, coupling growth control to ribosome biosynthesis and protein translation. Obg proteins are a family of P-loop GTPases, conserved from bacteria to human. The Obg protein in Escherichia coli (ObgE) has been implicated in many diverse cellular functions, with proposed molecular roles in two global processes, ribosome assembly and stringent response. Here, using pre-steady state fast kinetics we demonstrate that ObgE is an anti-association factor, which prevents ribosomal subunit association and downstream steps in translation by binding to the 50S subunit. ObgE is a ribosome dependent GTPase; however, upon binding to guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp), the global regulator of stringent response, ObgE exhibits an enhanced interaction with the 50S subunit, resulting in increased equilibrium dissociation of the 70S ribosome into subunits. Furthermore, our cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of the 50S·ObgE·GMPPNP complex indicates that the evolutionarily conserved N-terminal domain (NTD) of ObgE is a tRNA structural mimic, with specific interactions with peptidyl-transferase center, displaying a marked resemblance to Class I release factors. These structural data might define ObgE as a specialized translation factor related to stress responses, and provide a framework towards future elucidation of functional interplay between ObgE and ribosome-associated (p)ppGpp regulators. Together with published data, our results suggest that ObgE might act as a checkpoint in final stages of the 50S subunit assembly under normal growth conditions. And more importantly, ObgE, as a (p)ppGpp effector, might also have a regulatory role in the production of the 50S subunit and its participation in translation under certain stressed conditions. Thus, our findings might have uncovered an under-recognized mechanism of translation control by environmental cues. GTPases commonly act as molecular switches in biological systems. By oscillating between two conformational states, depending on the type of guanine nucleotide bound (GTP or GDP), GTPases are essential regulators of many aspects of cell biology. Additional levels of regulation can be acquired through the synthesis of other guanine nucleotide derivatives that target GTPases; for instance, when nutrients are limited, bacterial cells produce guanine tetraphosphate/pentaphosphate—(p)ppGpp—as part of the “stringent response” to adjust the balance between growth and survival. ObgE is a GTPase with many reported cellular functions that include ribosome biogenesis, but none of its functions is understood at the molecular level. Here we characterize, both biochemically and structurally, the binding of ObgE to its cellular partner, the 50S ribosomal subunit. Our results show that ObgE is an anti-association factor, which binds to the 50S subunit to block the formation of the 70S ribosome, thereby inhibiting the initiation of translation. Furthermore, the binding and anti-association activities of ObgE are regulated by guanine nucleotides, as well as by (p)ppGpp. We thus propose that ObgE is a checkpoint protein in the assembly of the 50S subunit, which senses the cellular energy stress via levels of (p)ppGpp and links ribosome assembly to other global growth control pathways.
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- Boya Feng
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, Uppsala, Sweden
- * E-mail: (NG); (JL); (SS)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (NG); (JL); (SS)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (NG); (JL); (SS)
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Schmidt A, Trentini DB, Spiess S, Fuhrmann J, Ammerer G, Mechtler K, Clausen T. Quantitative phosphoproteomics reveals the role of protein arginine phosphorylation in the bacterial stress response. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 13:537-50. [PMID: 24263382 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.032292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Arginine phosphorylation is an emerging protein modification implicated in the general stress response of Gram-positive bacteria. The modification is mediated by the arginine kinase McsB, which phosphorylates and inactivates the heat shock repressor CtsR. In this study, we developed a mass spectrometric approach accounting for the peculiar chemical properties of phosphoarginine. The improved methodology was used to analyze the dynamic changes in the Bacillus subtilis arginine phosphoproteome in response to different stress situations. Quantitative analysis showed that a B. subtilis mutant lacking the YwlE arginine phosphatase accumulated a strikingly large number of arginine phosphorylations (217 sites in 134 proteins), however only a minor fraction of these sites was increasingly modified during heat shock or oxidative stress. The main targets of McsB-mediated arginine phosphorylation comprise central factors of the stress response system including the CtsR and HrcA heat shock repressors, as well as major components of the protein quality control system such as the ClpCP protease and the GroEL chaperonine. These findings highlight the impact of arginine phosphorylation in orchestrating the bacterial stress response.
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- Andreas Schmidt
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology - IMP, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Siragusa S, De Angelis M, Calasso M, Campanella D, Minervini F, Di Cagno R, Gobbetti M. Fermentation and proteome profiles of Lactobacillus plantarum strains during growth under food-like conditions. J Proteomics 2013; 96:366-80. [PMID: 24231110 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/01/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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UNLABELLED This study aimed at investigating the proteomic adaptation of Lactobacillus plantarum strains. Cultivation of L. plantarum strains under food-like conditions (wheat flour hydrolyzed, whey milk, tomato juice) affected some metabolic traits (e.g., consumption of carbohydrates and synthesis of organic acids) compared to de Man, Rogosa and Sharpe (MRS) broth. The analysis of the fermentation profile showed that the highest number of carbon sources metabolized by L. plantarum strains was found using cells cultivated in media containing low concentration of glucose or no glucose at all. The proteomic maps of the strains were comparatively determined after growth on MRS broth and under food-like conditions. The amount of proteins depended on strain and, especially, on culture conditions. Proteins showing decreased or increased amounts under food-like conditions were identified using MALDI-TOF-MS/MS or LC-nano-ESI-MS/MS. Changes of the proteome concerned proteins that are involved in carbohydrate transport and metabolism, energy metabolism, Sec-dependent secretion system, stress response, nucleotide metabolism, regulation of nitrogen metabolism, and protein biosynthesis. A catabolic repression by glucose on carbohydrate transport and metabolism was also found. The characterization of the proteomes in response to changing environmental conditions could be useful to get L. plantarum strains adapted for specific applications. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Microbial cell performance during food biotechnological processes has become one of the greatest concerns all over the world. L. plantarum is a lactic acid bacterium with a large industrial application for fermented foods or functional foods (e.g., probiotics). The present study compared the fermentation and proteomic profiling of L. plantarum strains during growth under food-like conditions and under optimal laboratory conditions (MRS broth). This study provides specific mechanisms of proteomic adaptation involved in the microbial performances (carbohydrates utilization, energy metabolism, stress resistance, etc.) affecting the main biotechnological tracts of L. plantarum strains. The finding of this study provides evidences that may be exploited to get strains adapted for specific applications in food biotechnology.
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- Sonya Siragusa
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, Via G. Amendola 165/a, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, Via G. Amendola 165/a, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, Via G. Amendola 165/a, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, Via G. Amendola 165/a, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, Via G. Amendola 165/a, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, Via G. Amendola 165/a, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, Via G. Amendola 165/a, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Young TS, Dorrestein PC, Walsh CT. Codon randomization for rapid exploration of chemical space in thiopeptide antibiotic variants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 19:1600-10. [PMID: 23261603 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Revised: 10/03/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Thiopeptide antibiotics exhibit a profound level of chemical diversity that is installed through cascades of posttranslational modifications on ribosomal peptides. Here, we present a technique to rapidly explore the chemical space of the thiopeptide GE37468 through codon randomization, yielding insights into thiopeptide maturation as well as structure and activity relationships. In this incarnation of the methodology, we randomized seven residues of the prepeptide-coding region, enabling the generation of 133 potential thiopeptide variants. Variant libraries were subsequently queried in two ways. First, high-throughput MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry was applied to colony-level expressions to sample mutants that permitted full maturation of the antibiotic. Second, the activity of producing mutants was detected in an antibiotic overlay assay. In total, 29 of the 133 variants produced mature compound, 12 of which retained antibiotic activity and 1 that had improved activity.
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- Travis S Young
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Armenise 608, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Kint C, Verstraeten N, Hofkens J, Fauvart M, Michiels J. Bacterial Obg proteins: GTPases at the nexus of protein and DNA synthesis. Crit Rev Microbiol 2013; 40:207-24. [PMID: 23537324 DOI: 10.3109/1040841x.2013.776510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Obg proteins (also known as ObgE, YhbZ and CgtA) are conserved P-loop GTPases, essential for growth in bacteria. Like other GTPases, Obg proteins cycle between a GTP-bound ON and a GDP-bound OFF state, thereby controlling cellular processes. Interestingly, the in vitro biochemical properties of Obg proteins suggest that they act as sensors for the cellular GDP/GTP pools and adjust their activity according to the cellular energy status. Obg proteins have been attributed a host of cellular functions, including roles in essential cellular processes (DNA replication, ribosome maturation) and roles in different stress adaptation pathways (stringent response, sporulation, general stress response). This review summarizes the current knowledge on Obg activity and function. Furthermore, we present a model that integrates the different functions of Obg by assigning it a fundamental role in cellular physiology, at the hub of protein and DNA synthesis. In particular, we believe that Obg proteins might provide a connection between different global pathways in order to fine-tune cellular processes in response to a given energy status.
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- Cyrielle Kint
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven - University of Leuven , Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee , Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee and
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Inactivation of ribosomal protein genes in Bacillus subtilis reveals importance of each ribosomal protein for cell proliferation and cell differentiation. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:6282-91. [PMID: 23002217 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01544-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Among the 57 genes that encode ribosomal proteins in the genome of Bacillus subtilis, a Gram-positive bacterium, 50 genes were targeted by systematic inactivation. Individual deletion mutants of 16 ribosomal proteins (L1, L9, L15, L22, L23, L28, L29, L32, L33.1, L33.2, L34, L35, L36, S6, S20, and S21) were obtained successfully. In conjunction with previous reports, 22 ribosomal proteins have been shown to be nonessential in B. subtilis, at least for cell proliferation. Although several mutants that harbored a deletion of a ribosomal protein gene did not show any significant differences in any of the phenotypes that were tested, various mutants showed a reduced growth rate and reduced levels of 70S ribosomes compared with the wild type. In addition, severe defects in the sporulation frequency of the ΔrplA (L1) mutant and the motility of the ΔrpsU (S21) mutant were observed. These data provide the first evidence in B. subtilis that L1 and S21 are required for the progression of cellular differentiation.
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The universally conserved prokaryotic GTPases. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2012; 75:507-42, second and third pages of table of contents. [PMID: 21885683 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00009-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Members of the large superclass of P-loop GTPases share a core domain with a conserved three-dimensional structure. In eukaryotes, these proteins are implicated in various crucial cellular processes, including translation, membrane trafficking, cell cycle progression, and membrane signaling. As targets of mutation and toxins, GTPases are involved in the pathogenesis of cancer and infectious diseases. In prokaryotes also, it is hard to overestimate the importance of GTPases in cell physiology. Numerous papers have shed new light on the role of bacterial GTPases in cell cycle regulation, ribosome assembly, the stress response, and other cellular processes. Moreover, bacterial GTPases have been identified as high-potential drug targets. A key paper published over 2 decades ago stated that, "It may never again be possible to capture [GTPases] in a family portrait" (H. R. Bourne, D. A. Sanders, and F. McCormick, Nature 348:125-132, 1990) and indeed, the last 20 years have seen a tremendous increase in publications on the subject. Sequence analysis identified 13 bacterial GTPases that are conserved in at least 75% of all bacterial species. We here provide an overview of these 13 protein subfamilies, covering their cellular functions as well as cellular localization and expression levels, three-dimensional structures, biochemical properties, and gene organization. Conserved roles in eukaryotic homologs will be discussed as well. A comprehensive overview summarizing current knowledge on prokaryotic GTPases will aid in further elucidating the function of these important proteins.
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Baumann S, Schoof S, Bolten M, Haering C, Takagi M, Shin-ya K, Arndt HD. Molecular Determinants of Microbial Resistance to Thiopeptide Antibiotics. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:6973-81. [DOI: 10.1021/ja909317n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sascha Baumann
- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany, and Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany, and Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany, and Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany, and Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany, and Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany, and Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Fakultät Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Germany, and Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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Chaudhuri RR, Allen AG, Owen PJ, Shalom G, Stone K, Harrison M, Burgis TA, Lockyer M, Garcia-Lara J, Foster SJ, Pleasance SJ, Peters SE, Maskell DJ, Charles IG. Comprehensive identification of essential Staphylococcus aureus genes using Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH). BMC Genomics 2009; 10:291. [PMID: 19570206 PMCID: PMC2721850 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background In recent years there has been an increasing problem with Staphylococcus aureus strains that are resistant to treatment with existing antibiotics. An important starting point for the development of new antimicrobial drugs is the identification of "essential" genes that are important for bacterial survival and growth. Results We have developed a robust microarray and PCR-based method, Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH), that uses novel bioinformatics to identify transposon inserts in genome-wide libraries. Following a microarray-based screen, genes lacking transposon inserts are re-tested using a PCR and sequencing-based approach. We carried out a TMDH analysis of the S. aureus genome using a large random mariner transposon library of around a million mutants, and identified a total of 351 S. aureus genes important for survival and growth in culture. A comparison with the essential gene list experimentally derived for Bacillus subtilis highlighted interesting differences in both pathways and individual genes. Conclusion We have determined the first comprehensive list of S. aureus essential genes. This should act as a useful starting point for the identification of potential targets for novel antimicrobial compounds. The TMDH methodology we have developed is generic and could be applied to identify essential genes in other bacterial pathogens.
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- Roy R Chaudhuri
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ES, UK.
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Hecker M, Pané-Farré J, Uwe V. SigB-Dependent General Stress Response inBacillus subtilisand Related Gram-Positive Bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol 2007; 61:215-36. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 352] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Michael Hecker
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, 2Interfakultäres Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald 17489, Germany; , ,
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, 2Interfakultäres Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald 17489, Germany; , ,
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie, 2Interfakultäres Institut für Genetik und Funktionelle Genomforschung, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald 17489, Germany; , ,
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Doherty GP, Meredith DH, Lewis PJ. Subcellular partitioning of transcription factors in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:4101-10. [PMID: 16707701 PMCID: PMC1482919 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01934-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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RNA polymerase (RNAP) requires the interaction of various transcription elongation factors to efficiently transcribe RNA. During transcription of rRNA operons, RNAP forms highly processive antitermination complexes by interacting with NusA, NusB, NusG, NusE, and possibly several unidentified factors to increase elongation rates to around twice those observed for mRNA. In previous work we used cytological assays with Bacillus subtilis to identify the major sites of rRNA synthesis within the cell, which are called transcription foci. Using this cytological assay, in conjunction with both quantitative native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting, we investigated the total protein levels and the ratios of NusB and NusG to RNAP in both antitermination and mRNA transcription complexes. We determined that the ratio of RNAP to NusG was 1:1 in both antitermination and mRNA transcription complexes, suggesting that NusG plays important regulatory roles in both complexes. A ratio of NusB to RNAP of 1:1 was calculated for antitermination complexes with just a 0.3:1 ratio in mRNA complexes, suggesting that NusB is restricted to antitermination complexes. We also investigated the cellular abundance and subcellular localization of transcription restart factor GreA. We found no evidence which suggests that GreA is involved in antitermination complex formation and that it has a cellular abundance which is around twice that of RNAP. Surprisingly, we found that the vast majority of GreA is associated with RNAP, suggesting that there is more than one binding site for GreA on RNAP. These results indicate that transcription elongation complexes are highly dynamic and are differentially segregated within the nucleoid according to their functions.
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- Geoff P Doherty
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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The 14-3-3 sigma (sigma) protein, a unique member of 14-3-3 family, is a negative regulator of the cell cycle and is induced by p53 to initiate cell cycle checkpoint control after DNA damage. Among the 14-3-3 family members, 14-3-3 sigma is uniquely induced by p53 and has a positive feedback effect on p53 activity in response to DNA damage. Although 14-3-3 sigma is linked to p53-regulated cell cycle checkpoint control, the detailed mechanisms of cell cycle regulation by 14-3-3 sigma remain unclear. Decreased expression of 14-3-3 sigma was reported in several types of carcinomas, suggesting that the negative regulatory role of 14-3-3 sigma in the cell cycle is compromised during tumorigenesis. Given the fact that p53's tumor suppressive function is lost in almost half of all human cancers and that 14-3-3 sigma's activity is linked to the p53 network, a perspective regarding the p53/14-3-3 sigma relationship is needed for cancer research. Here we discuss the mechanisms by which 14-3-3 sigma-stabilizes p53 with the hope that these insights may be applied to develop targeted therapeutic strategies for cancer treatment.
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- Mong-Hong Lee
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030, USA.
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Tasara T, Stephan R. Cold stress tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes: A review of molecular adaptive mechanisms and food safety implications. J Food Prot 2006; 69:1473-84. [PMID: 16786878 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-69.6.1473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes has many physiological adaptations that enable survival under a wide range of environmental conditions. The microbes overcome various types of stress, including the cold stress associated with low temperatures in food-production and storage environments. Cold stress adaptation mechanisms are therefore an important attribute of L. monocytogenes, enabling these food pathogens to survive and proliferate to reach minimal infectious levels on refrigerated foods. This phenomenon is a function of many molecular adaptation mechanisms. Therefore, an improved understanding of how cold stress is sensed and adaptation measures implemented by L. monocytogenes may facilitate the development of better ways of controlling these pathogens in food and related environments. Research over the past few years has highlighted some of the molecular aspects of cellular mechanisms behind cold stress adaptation in L. monocytogenes. This review provides an overview of the molecular and physiological constraints of cold stress and discusses the various cellular cold stress response mechanisms in L. monocytogenes, as well as their implications for food safety.
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- T Tasara
- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Zhang S, Reeves A, Woodbury RL, Haldenwang WG. Coexpression patterns of sigma(B) regulators in Bacillus subtilis affect sigma(B) inducibility. J Bacteriol 2006; 187:8520-5. [PMID: 16321960 PMCID: PMC1317008 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.24.8520-8525.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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RsbT is an essential component of the pathway that activates the Bacillus subtilis sigma(B) transcription factor in response to physical stress. rsbT is located within an operon that includes the genes for its principal negative regulator (RsbS) and the stress pathway component that it activates (RsbU), as immediate upstream and downstream neighbors. In the current work we demonstrate that RsbT's ability to function is strongly influenced by coexpression with these adjoining genes. When rsbT is expressed at a site displaced from rsbS and rsbU, RsbT accumulates but it is unable to activate sigma(B) following stress. RsbT activity is restored if rsbT is cotranscribed at the alternative site with the genes that normally abut it. Additionally, an rsbS allele whose product allows constitutively high RsbT-dependent sigma(B) activity displays this activity in rsbS merodiploid strains only when cotranscribed with rsbT and is recessive to a wild-type rsbS allele only if the wild-type rsbS gene is not cotranscribed with an rsbT gene of its own. The data suggest that RsbS and RsbT are synthesized in equivalent amounts and interact coincidently with their synthesis to form stable regulatory complexes that maintain RsbT in a state from which it can be stress activated.
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- Shuyu Zhang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MC7758, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
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Gray JP, Davis JW, Gopinathan L, Leas TL, Nugent CA, Vanden Heuvel JP. The ribosomal protein rpL11 associates with and inhibits the transcriptional activity of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha. Toxicol Sci 2005; 89:535-46. [PMID: 16280383 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily whose ligands, the peroxisome proliferators (PPs), are liver tumor promoters in rodents. Interaction cloning was performed using bacterially expressed PPARalpha to identify proteins involved in PP signaling. The ribosomal protein L11 (rpL11), a component of the large 60S subunit, was identified as a PPARalpha-associated protein. Since rpL11 is a regulator of p53 and the cell cycle, the association between this protein and PPARalpha was examined in detail. PPARalpha-rpL11 interaction was confirmed using yeast and mammalian two-hybrid systems as well as in vitro pull-down assays. The association with rpL11 occurs within the D-domain (hinge-region) of PPARalpha. Unlike PPARalpha, the two closely related isoforms PPARbeta and gamma do not interact with rpL11. Cotransfection of mammalian cells with rpL11 resulted in ligand-dependent inhibition of transcriptional activity of PPARalpha. Ribosomal protein L11-mediated inhibition of gene expression is associated with decreased binding to the PPAR-response element (PPRE) DNA sequence. Release of rpL11 from the ribosome by serum deprivation or low-dose actinomycin D did not dramatically affect PPRE-driven luciferase activity when PPARalpha was overexpressed by cotransfection. However, when endogenous levels of PPARalpha are examined and rpL11 concentration is manipulated by expression by small interference RNA, the ability of peroxisome proliferator to induce PPRE-driven reporter activity and target gene mRNA is affected. These studies show that rpL11 inhibits PPARalpha activity and adds further evidence that ribosomal proteins play roles in the control of transcriptional regulation.
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- Joshua P Gray
- Department of Veterinary Sciences and Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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van Schaik W, Abee T. The role of sigmaB in the stress response of Gram-positive bacteria -- targets for food preservation and safety. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2005; 16:218-24. [PMID: 15831390 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The alternative sigma factor sigmaB modulates the stress response of several Gram-positive bacteria, including Bacillus subtilis and the food-borne human pathogens Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus. In all these bacteria, sigmaB is responsible for the transcription of genes that can confer stress resistance to the vegetative cell. Recent findings indicate that sigmaB also plays an important role in antibiotic resistance, pathogenesis and cellular differentiation processes such as biofilm formation and sporulation. Although there are important differences in the regulation of sigmaB and in the set of genes regulated by sigmaB in B. subtilis, B. cereus, L. monocytogenes and S. aureus, there are also some conserved themes. A mechanistic understanding of the sigmaB activation processes and assessment of its regulon could provide tools for pathogen control and inactivation both in the food industry and clinical settings.
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- Willem van Schaik
- Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences and Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, Bomenweg 2, 6703 HD, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Zhang S, Haldenwang WG. Guanine nucleotides stabilize the binding of Bacillus subtilis Obg to ribosomes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 322:565-9. [PMID: 15325267 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Obg is a GTP-binding protein of Bacillus subtilis with essential, but undefined roles in the bacterium's growth, sporulation, and stress responses. Obg orthologs are widely conserved among both bacteria and eukaryotes. Gel filtration and affinity blot assays have suggested that Obg may be ribosome-associated. In the current work, we continue an examination of the putative Obg:ribosome interaction. Velocity centrifugation analyses of crude B. subtilis extracts or purified Obg:ribosome mixtures suggest that Obg is initially ribosome-bound, but can separate from ribosomes during sedimentation in the absence of added nucleotides. Addition of either GTP, GDP or ATP to the gradient prolonged the Obg:ribosome association, while inclusion of a nonhydrolyzable GTP analog (5-guanylyl-imidodiphosphate) preserved it. The data strengthen the notion that Obg is a ribosome-associated protein, demonstrate that Obg's association with ribosomes is stabilized by GTP, and indicate that the ribosome-bound Obg can likely hydrolyze GTP and be released as a consequence.
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- Shuyu Zhang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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Woodbury RL, Luo T, Grant L, Haldenwang WG. Mutational analysis of RsbT, an activator of the Bacillus subtilis stress response transcription factor, sigmaB. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:2789-97. [PMID: 15090521 PMCID: PMC387813 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.9.2789-2797.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SigmaB, the stress-activated sigma factor of Bacillus subtilis, requires the RsbT protein as an essential positive regulator of its physical stress pathway. Stress triggers RsbT to both inactivate the principal negative regulator of the physical stress pathway (RsbS) by phosphorylation and activate a phosphatase (RsbU) required for sigmaB induction. Neither the regions of RsbT that are involved in responding to stress signaling nor those required for downstream events have been established. We used alanine scanning mutagenesis to examine the contributions of RsbT's charged amino acids to the protein's stability and activities. Eleven of eighteen rsbT mutations blocked sigmaB induction by stress. The carboxy terminus of RsbT proved to be particularly important for accumulation in Bacillus subtilis. Four of the five most carboxy-terminal mutations yielded rsbT alleles whose products were undetectable in B. subtilis extracts. Charged amino acids in the central region of RsbT were less critical, with four of the five substitutions in this region having no measurable effect on RsbT accumulation or activity. Only when the substitutions extended into a region of kinase homology was sigmaB induction affected. Six other RsbT variants, although present at levels adequate for activity, failed to activate sigmaB and displayed significant changes in their ability to interact with RsbT's normal binding partners in a yeast dihybrid assay. These changes either dramatically altered the proteins' tertiary structure without affecting their stability or defined regions of RsbT that are involved in multiple interactions.
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- Robyn L Woodbury
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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Méndez MB, Orsaria LM, Philippe V, Pedrido ME, Grau RR. Novel roles of the master transcription factors Spo0A and sigmaB for survival and sporulation of Bacillus subtilis at low growth temperature. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:989-1000. [PMID: 14761993 PMCID: PMC344201 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.4.989-1000.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Spore development and stress resistance in Bacillus subtilis are governed by the master transcription factors Spo0A and sigma(B), respectively. Here we show that the coding genes for both regulatory proteins are dramatically induced, during logarithmic growth, after a temperature downshift from 37 to 20 degrees C. The loss of sigma(B) reduces the stationary-phase viability of cold-adapted cells 10- to 50-fold. Furthermore, we show that sigma(B) activity is required at a late stage of development for efficient sporulation at a low temperature. On the other hand, Spo0A loss dramatically reduces the stationary-phase viability of cold-adapted cells 10,000-fold. We show that the requirement of Spo0A for cellular survival during the cold is independent of the activity of the key transition state regulator AbrB and of the simple loss of sporulation ability. Furthermore, Spo0A, and not proficiency in sporulation, is required for the development of complete stress resistance of cold-adapted cells to heat shock (54 degrees C, 1 h), since a loss of Spo0A, but not a loss of the essential sporulation transcription factor sigma(F), reduced the cellular survival in response to heat by more than 1,000-fold. The overall results argue for new and important roles for Spo0A in the development of full stress resistance by nonsporulating cells and for sigma(B) in sporulation proficiency at a low temperature.
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- Marcelo B Méndez
- Department of Microbiology, Rosario University School of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, and Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Rosario, IBR-CONICET, Rosario, Argentina
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van Schaik W, Tempelaars MH, Wouters JA, de Vos WM, Abee T. The alternative sigma factor sigmaB of Bacillus cereus: response to stress and role in heat adaptation. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:316-25. [PMID: 14702299 PMCID: PMC305760 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.2.316-325.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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A gene cluster encoding the alternative sigma factor sigma(B), three predicted regulators of sigma(B) (RsbV, RsbW, and RsbY), and one protein whose function is not known (Orf4) was identified in the genome sequence of the food pathogen Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579. Western blotting with polyclonal antibodies raised against sigma(B) revealed that there was 20.1-fold activation of sigma(B) after a heat shock from 30 to 42 degrees C. Osmotic upshock and ethanol exposure also upregulated sigma(B), albeit less than a heat shock. When the intracellular ATP concentration was decreased by exposure to carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), only limited increases in sigma(B) levels were observed, revealing that stress due to ATP depletion is not an important factor in sigma(B) activation in B. cereus. Analysis of transcription of the sigB operon by Northern blotting and primer extension revealed the presence of a sigma(B)-dependent promoter upstream of the first open reading frame (rsbV) of the sigB operon, indicating that transcription of sigB is autoregulated. A second sigma(B)-dependent promoter was identified upstream of the last open reading frame (orf4) of the sigB operon. Production of virulence factors and the nonhemolytic enterotoxin Nhe in a sigB null mutant was the same as in the parent strain. However, sigma(B) was found to play a role in the protective heat shock response of B. cereus. The sigB null mutant was less protected against the lethal temperature of 50 degrees C by a preadaptation to 42 degrees C than the parent strain was, resulting in a more-than-100-fold-reduced survival of the mutant after 40 min at 50 degrees C.
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- Willem van Schaik
- Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences. Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Triantafillidou D, Persidou E, Lazarou D, Andrikopoulos P, Leontiadou F, Choli-Papadopoulou T. Structural destabilization of the recombinant thermophilic TthL11 ribosomal protein by a single amino acid substitution. Biol Chem 2004; 385:31-9. [PMID: 14977044 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2004.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Thermus thermophilus L11 protein has previously been reported to be resistant against tryptic and chymotryptic proteolysis under native conditions. With a single amino acid substitution, namely Trp101Arg, conformational changes were induced that resulted in the exhibition of specific amino acids that served as targets for tryptic and chymotryptic action and rendered the protein highly unstable even during purification. This unexpected process was evidenced by the isolation with size exclusion gel chromatography of the well-structured chymotryptic N-terminal domain in a high amount and its characterization both by Edman degradation and QTOF-EMS spectroscopy. On the other hand, the substitution of Val38Cys, which did not contribute to structural changes, indicates a very possible implication of this amino acid in the protein methylation process. The data reported in this work illustrate the distinctive amino acid dynamics in a thermophilic protein, which, while serving the function common to its counterparts from mesophilic organisms, has had to adapt to the extreme environmental conditions typical of thermophilic organisms.
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- Dimitra Triantafillidou
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece
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The role of the bacterial ribosome in the cellular response to environmental stress has been widely considered over last decade. Certain ribosome-associated proteins have been shown to induce conformational changes that lead to the formation of inactive forms of ribosomes that are presumed to be more stable during stationary phase. This was found to aid the survival of bacteria in this phase. Such proteins include ribosome modulation factor (RMF), YfiA and YhbH. Examining the influence of RMF on the survival of E. coli under heat, acid and osmotic stress showed that it was important for bacterial viability under these environmental pressures. However, the mechanism by which this protein exerts its effect has not been fully elucidated. The present work reviews the involvement of ribosomes in determining cell behaviour during stress. It focuses on the action of the ribosome-associated proteins and their role in inactivating ribosomes for preserving their integrity and aiding cell survival under stress.
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- Walid M El-Sharoud
- Dairy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
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Zhang S, Haldenwang WG. RelA is a component of the nutritional stress activation pathway of the Bacillus subtilis transcription factor sigma B. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:5714-21. [PMID: 13129942 PMCID: PMC193951 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.19.5714-5721.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The general stress regulon of Bacillus subtilis is induced by the activation of the sigma(B) transcription factor. Activation of sigma(B) occurs when one of two phosphatases (RsbU and RsbP), each responding to a unique type of stress, actuates a positive regulator of sigma(B) by dephosphorylation. Nutritional stress triggers the RsbP phosphatase. The mechanism by which RsbP becomes active is unknown; however, its activation coincides with culture conditions that are likely to reduce the cell's levels of high-energy nucleotides. We now present evidence that RelA, a (p)ppGpp synthetase and the key enzyme of the stringent response, plays a role in nutritional stress activation of sigma(B). An insertion mutation that disrupts relA blocks the activation of sigma(B) in response to PO(4) or glucose limitation and inhibits the drop in ATP/GTP levels that normally accompanies sigma(B) induction under these conditions. In contrast, the activation of sigma(B) by physical stress (e.g., ethanol treatment) is not affected by the loss of RelA. RelA's role in sigma(B) activation appears to be distinct from its participation in the stringent response. Amino acid analogs which induce the stringent response and RelA-dependent (p)ppGpp synthesis do not trigger sigma(B) activity. In addition, neither a missense mutation in relA (relA240GE) nor a null mutation in rplK (rplK54), either of which is sufficient to inhibit the stringent response and RelA-dependent (p)ppGpp synthesis, fails to block sigma(B) activation by PO(4) or glucose limitation.
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- Shuyu Zhang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900, USA
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Chen CC, Lewis RJ, Harris R, Yudkin MD, Delumeau O. A supramolecular complex in the environmental stress signalling pathway of Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 2003; 49:1657-69. [PMID: 12950928 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03663.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SigmaB, an alternative sigma-factor of Bacillus subtilis, mediates the response of the cell to a variety of physical insults. Within the environmental stress signalling pathway RsbU, a protein phosphatase, is stimulated by its interaction with the protein kinase RsbT. In the absence of stress RsbT is expected to be trapped by an alternative binding partner, RsbS. Here, we have demonstrated that RsbS alone cannot act as an alternative partner for RsbT, but instead requires the presence of RsbR to create a high molecular mass RsbR:RsbS complex (approximately 1 MDa) able to capture RsbT. In this complex the phosphorylation state of RsbS, and not that of RsbR, controlled the binding to RsbT, whose kinase activity towards RsbS could be counterbalanced by the activity of RsbX, the phosphatase for RsbS-P. The RsbR:RsbS complex recruited RsbT from a mixture of RsbT and RsbU. The phosphorylated form of RsbR in the complex enhanced the kinase activity of RsbT towards RsbS. This supramolecular complex thus has the functional properties of an alternative partner for RsbT. Electron micrographs of this complex are presented, and the purification of the RsbR:RsbS complex from cellular extracts provides evidence for the existence of such a complex in vivo.
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- Chien-Cheng Chen
- Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Jensen BC, Wang Q, Kifer CT, Parsons M. The NOG1 GTP-binding protein is required for biogenesis of the 60 S ribosomal subunit. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:32204-11. [PMID: 12788953 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304198200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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NOG1 is a nucleolar GTP-binding protein present in eukaryotes ranging from trypanosomes to humans. In this report we demonstrate that NOG1 is functionally linked to ribosome biogenesis. In sucrose density gradients Trypanosoma brucei NOG1 co-sediments with 60 S ribosomal subunits but not with monosomes. 60 S precursor RNAs are co-precipitated with NOG1. Together with the nucleolar localization of NOG1, these data indicate that NOG1 is associated with a precursor particle to the 60 S subunit. Disruption of NOG1 function through RNA interference led to a dramatic decrease in the levels of free 60 S particles and the appearance of an atypical rRNA intermediate in which ITS2 was not cleaved. Overexpression of mutant nog1 with a defect in its GTP binding motif on a wild type background caused a modest defect in 60 S biogenesis and a relative decrease in processing of the large subunit rRNAs. In contrast to the mutant protein, neither the N-terminal half of NOG1, which contains the GTP binding motifs, nor the C-terminal half of NOG1 associated with pre-ribosomal particles, although both localized to the nucleolus.
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- Bryan C Jensen
- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, and Department of Pathobiology, School of Community Medicine and Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Brigulla M, Hoffmann T, Krisp A, Völker A, Bremer E, Völker U. Chill induction of the SigB-dependent general stress response in Bacillus subtilis and its contribution to low-temperature adaptation. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:4305-14. [PMID: 12867438 PMCID: PMC165770 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.15.4305-4314.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A variety of environmental and metabolic cues trigger the transient activation of the alternative transcription factor SigB of Bacillus subtilis, which subsequently leads to the induction of more than 150 general stress genes. This general stress regulon provides nongrowing and nonsporulated cells with a multiple, nonspecific, and preemptive stress resistance. By a proteome approach we have detected the expression of the SigB regulon during continuous growth at low temperature (15 degrees C). Using a combination of Western blot analysis and SigB-dependent reporter gene fusions, we provide evidence for high-level and persistent induction of the sigB operon and the SigB regulon, respectively, in cells continuously exposed to low temperatures. In contrast to all SigB-activating stimuli described thus far, induction by low temperatures does not depend on the positive regulatory protein RsbV or its regulatory phosphatases RsbU and RsbP, indicating the presence of an entirely new pathway for the activation of SigB by chill stress in B. subtilis. The physiological importance of the induction of the general stress response for the adaptation of B. subtilis to low temperatures is emphasized by the observation that growth of a sigB mutant is drastically impaired at 15 degrees C. Inclusion of the compatible solute glycine betaine in the growth medium not only improved the growth of the wild-type strain but rescued the growth defect of the sigB mutant, indicating that the induction of the general stress regulon and the accumulation of glycine betaine are independent means by which B. subtilis cells cope with chill stress.
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- Matthias Brigulla
- Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Biology, Laboratory for Microbiology, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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Ribosomal protein L11 consists of a C-terminal and an N-terminal domain. To determine the importance of each domain for interaction with release factor 1, which works specifically at the UAG termination codon, we constructed Escherichia coli strains lacking either the entire L11 protein or just the N-terminal portion. Strains lacking L11 exhibited UAG suppression, defective growth, and high-temperature lethality, phenotypes that were reversed by expression of L11 protein from a plasmid. Strains lacking only the N-terminal portion of L11 grew well at physiological temperatures and survived at high temperature, but they were defective in UAG-dependent termination. Our results show for the first time that it is precisely the N-terminal part of ribosomal protein L11 that is required for the functional interaction of release factor 1 with the ribosome in the cell.
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- Natalya Van Dyke
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Box 11, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston 77030-4009, USA
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Korem M, Sheoran AS, Gov Y, Tzipori S, Borovok I, Balaban N. Characterization of RAP, a quorum sensing activator of Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2003; 223:167-75. [PMID: 12829282 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00326-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus are Gram-positive bacteria and cause diverse serious diseases in humans and animals through the production of toxins. The production of toxins is regulated by quorum sensing mechanisms, where proteins such as RNAIII activating protein (RAP) are secreted by the bacteria and induce virulence. Antibodies to RAP have been shown to protect mice from infection, but the molecular structure of RAP was not known and hindered vaccine development. To characterize RAP, recombinant protein was made and tested for its ability to induce genes important for pathogenesis (agr). In addition, monoclonal antibodies were produced to identify its cellular localization. Results shown here indicate that RAP is a 277-aa protein that is an ortholog of the ribosomal protein L2. Like the native molecule, recombinant RAP activates the production of RNAIII (encoded by agr). Using RAP specific monoclonal antibodies we demonstrate that RAP is continuously secreted and while RAP is expressed also in other bacteria (like Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus xylosus and Escherichia coli), it is secreted to the culture medium only by S. aureus. Our results show that the ribosomal protein L2 has an extraribosomal function and that when secreted RAP acts as an autoinducer of virulence to regulate S. aureus pathogenesis.
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- Moshe Korem
- Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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The HDM2 protein plays an important role in regulating the stability and function of the p53 tumor suppressor protein. In this report, we show that the ribosomal protein L11 can interact with HDM2 and inhibit HDM2 function, thus leading to the stabilization and activation of p53. The inhibition of HDM2 activity by L11 shows some similarity to the previously described activity of ARF, and expression of either ARF or L11 can induce a p53 response. Enhancement of the interaction between endogenous L11 and HDM2 following treatment of cells with low levels of actinomycin-D suggests that the HDM2/L11 interaction represents a novel pathway for p53 stabilization in response to perturbations in ribosome biogenesis.
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- Marion A E Lohrum
- Regulation of Cell Growth Laboratory, NCI-FRCDC, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Duché O, Trémoulet F, Namane A, Labadie J. A proteomic analysis of the salt stress response of Listeria monocytogenes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 215:183-8. [PMID: 12399033 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11389.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Protein variations in Listeria monocytogenes were analyzed by 2-D electrophoresis. Bacteria were grown either in a rich medium or in a chemically defined medium. Three proteins, which are more expressed in the chemically defined medium than in the rich medium, were identified by mass spectrometry. They are closely related to AppA, Ctc and YvyD. After an osmotic shock, according to the medium and the NaCl concentration, the synthesis rate (P<0.05) of 59 proteins is altered by salinity. Half of them were more expressed, some of these proteins were closely related to Ctc, GbuA and the 30S ribosomal protein S6. Among the proteins which were down-expressed in the presence of salt, two were similar to AckA and PdhD.
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- Ophélie Duché
- Station de Recherches sur la Viande, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 63122, Saint-Genès Champanelle, France
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Rosen R, Ron EZ. Proteome analysis in the study of the bacterial heat-shock response. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2002; 21:244-265. [PMID: 12533799 DOI: 10.1002/mas.10031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In recent years, it has become clear that, in addition to the regulation of the expression of specific genes, there are global regulatory systems that control the simultaneous expression of a large number of genes in response to a variety of environmental stresses. The first of these global control systems, and of substantial importance, is the heat-shock response. The heat-shock response is characterized by the induction of a large set of proteins (heat-shock proteins-HSPs) upon shifts to higher temperature and upon exposure to conditions in which proteins are denatured (i.e., alcohols, heavy metals). The heat-shock response is universal and many of the heat-shock proteins are highly conserved among species. In bacteria, the heat-shock response has been studied extensively in several Gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus subtilis) and in the Gram-negative bacteria (i.e., Escherichia coli, Agrobacterium tumefaciens). The first recognition of the molecular abundance of the bacterial heat-shock proteins took place with the introduction of high-resolution two-dimensional polyacrylamide gels (2D gels) to analyze complex mixtures of cellular proteins. Two-dimensional gels, followed by mass spectrometry, were used to define the heat-shock stimulons in several bacteria, and to study the regulatory elements that control the heat-shock response. Here, we review the heat-shock response and its regulation in bacteria. The review will emphasize the use of proteome analysis in the study of this response, and will point out those open questions that can be investigated with proteomics, including mass spectrometry techniques.
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- Ran Rosen
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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Uchiumi T, Honma S, Nomura T, Dabbs ER, Hachimori A. Translation elongation by a hybrid ribosome in which proteins at the GTPase center of the Escherichia coli ribosome are replaced with rat counterparts. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:3857-62. [PMID: 11729183 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107730200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ribosomal L10-L7/L12 protein complex and L11 bind to a highly conserved RNA region around position 1070 in domain II of 23 S rRNA and constitute a part of the GTPase-associated center in Escherichia coli ribosomes. We replaced these ribosomal proteins in vitro with the rat counterparts P0-P1/P2 complex and RL12, and tested them for ribosomal activities. The core 50 S subunit lacking the proteins on the 1070 RNA domain was prepared under gentle conditions from a mutant deficient in ribosomal protein L11. The rat proteins bound to the core 50 S subunit through their interactions with the 1070 RNA domain. The resultant hybrid ribosome was insensitive to thiostrepton and showed poly(U)-programmed polyphenylalanine synthesis dependent on the actions of both eukaryotic elongation factors 1alpha (eEF-1alpha) and 2 (eEF-2) but not of the prokaryotic equivalent factors EF-Tu and EF-G. The results from replacement of either the L10-L7/L12 complex or L11 with rat protein showed that the P0-P1/P2 complex, and not RL12, was responsible for the specificity of the eukaryotic ribosomes to eukaryotic elongation factors and for the accompanying GTPase activity. The presence of either E. coli L11 or rat RL12 considerably stimulated the polyphenylalanine synthesis by the hybrid ribosome, suggesting that L11/RL12 proteins play an important role in post-GTPase events of translation elongation.
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- Toshio Uchiumi
- Institute of High Polymer Research, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda 386-8567, Japan.
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Yang C, Carrier F. The UV-inducible RNA-binding protein A18 (A18 hnRNP) plays a protective role in the genotoxic stress response. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:47277-84. [PMID: 11574538 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105396200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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We have previously shown that specific RNA-binding proteins (RBP) are activated by genotoxic stress. The role and function of these stress-activated RBP are, however, poorly understood. The data presented here indicate that the RBP A18 heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) is induced and translocated from the nuclei to the cytoplasm after exposure to UV radiation. Using a new in vitro system we identified potential cellular targets for A18 hnRNP. Forty-six mRNA transcripts were identified, most of which are stress- or UV-responsive genes. Two important stress-responsive transcripts, the replication protein A (RPA2) and thioredoxin, were studied in more detail. Northwestern analyses indicate that A18 hnRNP binds specifically to the 3'-untranslated region of RPA2 transcript independently of its poly(A) tail, whereas the poly(A) tail of thioredoxin mRNA reinforces binding. Overexpression of A18 hnRNP increases the mRNAs stability and consequently enhances translation in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, cell lines expressing reduced levels of A18 hnRNP are more sensitive to UV radiation. These data suggest that A18 hnRNP plays a protective role against genotoxic stresses by translocating to the cytosol and stabilizing specific transcripts involved in cell survival.
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MESH Headings
- 3' Untranslated Regions
- 5' Untranslated Regions
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Cell Nucleus/radiation effects
- Cell Survival
- Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/metabolism
- Cytoplasm/radiation effects
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins
- Humans
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Models, Genetic
- Open Reading Frames
- Plasmids/metabolism
- Poly A
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Protein Transport/radiation effects
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- RNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Replication Protein A
- Ribonucleoproteins/chemistry
- Ribonucleoproteins/physiology
- Stress, Physiological
- Time Factors
- Transcription, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Ultraviolet Rays
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- C Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201-1503, USA
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Brody MS, Vijay K, Price CW. Catalytic function of an alpha/beta hydrolase is required for energy stress activation of the sigma(B) transcription factor in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:6422-8. [PMID: 11591687 PMCID: PMC100138 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.21.6422-6428.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The general stress response of Bacillus subtilis is controlled by the sigma(B) transcription factor, which is activated in response to diverse energy and environmental stresses. These two classes of stress are transmitted by separate signaling pathways which converge on the direct regulators of sigma(B), the RsbV anti-anti-sigma factor and the RsbW anti-sigma factor. The energy signaling branch involves the RsbP phosphatase, which dephosphorylates RsbV in order to trigger the general stress response. The rsbP structural gene lies downstream from rsbQ in a two-gene operon. Here we identify the RsbQ protein as a required positive regulator inferred to act in concert with the RsbP phosphatase. RsbQ bound RsbP in the yeast two-hybrid system, and a large in-frame deletion in rsbQ had the same phenotype as a null allele of rsbP-an inability to activate sigma(B) in response to energy stress. Genetic complementation studies indicated that this phenotype was not due to a polar effect of the rsbQ alteration on rsbP. The predicted rsbQ product is a hydrolase or acyltransferase of the alpha/beta fold superfamily, members of which catalyze a wide variety of reactions. Notably, substitutions in the presumed catalytic triad of RsbQ also abolished the energy stress response but had no detectable effect on RsbQ structure, synthesis, or stability. We conclude that the catalytic activity of RsbQ is an essential constituent of the energy stress signaling pathway.
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- M S Brody
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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