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Peñaloza D, Acuña LG, Barros MJ, Núñez P, Montt F, Gil F, Fuentes JA, Calderón IL. The Small RNA RyhB Homologs from Salmonella Typhimurium Restrain the Intracellular Growth and Modulate the SPI-1 Gene Expression within RAW264.7 Macrophages. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9030635. [PMID: 33803635 PMCID: PMC8002944 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9030635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Growing evidence indicates that small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) play important regulatory roles during bacterial infection. In Salmonella Typhimurium, several sRNAs are strongly up-regulated within macrophages, but little is known about their role during the infection process. Among these sRNAs, the well-characterized paralogs RyhB-1 and RyhB-2 are two regulators of gene expression mainly related with the response to iron availability. To investigate the role of the sRNAs RyhB-1 and RyhB-2 from S. Typhimurium in the infection of RAW264.7 macrophages, we analyzed several phenotypic traits from intracellular mutant strains lacking one and both sRNAs. Deletion of RyhB-1 and/or RyhB-2 resulted in increased intracellular survival and faster replication within macrophages. The bacterial metabolic status inside macrophages was also analyzed, revealing that all the mutant strains exhibited higher intracellular levels of ATP and lower NAD+/NADH ratios than the wild type. Expression analyses from bacteria infecting macrophages showed that RyhB-1 and RyhB-2 affect the intra-macrophage expression of bacterial genes associated with the Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) and the type III secretion system (T3SS). With a two-plasmid system and compensatory mutations, we confirmed that RyhB-1 and RyhB-2 directly interact with the mRNAs of the invasion chaperone SicA and the regulatory protein RtsB. Altogether, these results indicate that the RyhB homologs contribute to the S. Typhimurium virulence modulation inside macrophages by reducing the intracellular growth and down-regulating the SPI-1 gene expression.
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- Diego Peñaloza
- Laboratorio de RNAs Bacterianos, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, 8370186 Santiago, Chile; (D.P.); (L.G.A.); (M.J.B.); (P.N.); (F.M.)
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- Laboratorio de RNAs Bacterianos, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, 8370186 Santiago, Chile; (D.P.); (L.G.A.); (M.J.B.); (P.N.); (F.M.)
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- Laboratorio de RNAs Bacterianos, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, 8370186 Santiago, Chile; (D.P.); (L.G.A.); (M.J.B.); (P.N.); (F.M.)
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- Laboratorio de RNAs Bacterianos, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, 8370186 Santiago, Chile; (D.P.); (L.G.A.); (M.J.B.); (P.N.); (F.M.)
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- Laboratorio de RNAs Bacterianos, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, 8370186 Santiago, Chile; (D.P.); (L.G.A.); (M.J.B.); (P.N.); (F.M.)
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- Microbiota-Host Interactions and Clostridia Research Group, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, 8370186 Santiago, Chile
- ANID-Millennium Science Initiative Program-Millennium Nucleus in the Biology of the Intestinal Microbiota, 8370186 Santiago, Chile
- Correspondence: (F.G.); (J.A.F.); (I.L.C.); Tel.: +56-2-2770-3065 (F.G.); +56-2-2661-8373 (J.A.F.); +56-2-2770-3422 (I.L.C.)
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- Laboratorio de Genética y Patogénesis Bacteriana, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, 8370186 Santiago, Chile
- Correspondence: (F.G.); (J.A.F.); (I.L.C.); Tel.: +56-2-2770-3065 (F.G.); +56-2-2661-8373 (J.A.F.); +56-2-2770-3422 (I.L.C.)
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- Laboratorio de RNAs Bacterianos, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, 8370186 Santiago, Chile; (D.P.); (L.G.A.); (M.J.B.); (P.N.); (F.M.)
- Correspondence: (F.G.); (J.A.F.); (I.L.C.); Tel.: +56-2-2770-3065 (F.G.); +56-2-2661-8373 (J.A.F.); +56-2-2770-3422 (I.L.C.)
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Lejars M, Hajnsdorf E. The world of asRNAs in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2020; 1863:194489. [PMID: 31935527 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Bacteria exhibit an amazing diversity of mechanisms controlling gene expression to both maintain essential functions and modulate accessory functions in response to environmental cues. Over the years, it has become clear that bacterial regulation of gene expression is still far from fully understood. This review focuses on antisense RNAs (asRNAs), a class of RNA regulators defined by their location in cis and their perfect complementarity with their targets, as opposed to small RNAs (sRNAs) which act in trans with only short regions of complementarity. For a long time, only few functional asRNAs in bacteria were known and were almost exclusively found on mobile genetic elements (MGEs), thus, their importance among the other regulators was underestimated. However, the extensive application of transcriptomic approaches has revealed the ubiquity of asRNAs in bacteria. This review aims to present the landscape of studied asRNAs in bacteria by comparing 67 characterized asRNAs from both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. First we describe the inherent ambiguity in the existence of asRNAs in bacteria, second, we highlight their diversity and their involvement in all aspects of bacterial life. Finally we compare their location and potential mode of action toward their target between Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and present tendencies and exceptions that could lead to a better understanding of asRNA functions.
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- Maxence Lejars
- UMR8261, CNRS, Université de Paris, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France.
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- UMR8261, CNRS, Université de Paris, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France.
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Huang YK, Chen SY, Wong MY, Chiu CH, Chu C. Pathogenicity differences of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium, Enteritidis, and Choleraesuis-specific virulence plasmids and clinical S. Choleraesuis strains with large plasmids to the human THP-1 cell death. Microb Pathog 2018; 128:69-74. [PMID: 30583022 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 11/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Salmonella is a common foodborne and zoonotic pathogen. Only a few serovars carry a virulence plasmid (pSV), which enhances the pathogenicity of the host. Here, we investigated the pathogenicity roles of the pSVs among wild-type, plasmid-less, and complemented S. Typhimurium, S. Enteritidis S. Choleraesuis in invasion, phagocytosis, and intracellular bacterial survival in human THP-1 cells and cell death patterns by flow cytometry and difference in cell death patterns between pig and human S. Choleraesuis isolates with large pSCVs. Virulence plasmid (pSTV) led to slightly increasing cellular apoptosis for S. Typhimurium; virulence plasmid (pSEV) enhanced apoptosis and necrosis significantly for S. Enteritidis; and pSCV reduced apoptosis significantly for S. Choleraesuis. After complementation, pSTV increased the intracellular survival of pSCV-less Choleraesuis and the cytotoxicity against human THP-1 cells. Using the Cytochalasin D to differentiate the invasion of S. Choleraaesuis and phagocytosis of THP-1 cells determined that pSCV were responsible for invasion and phagocytosis at 0 h and inhibited intracellular replication in THP-1 cells, and pSTV were responsible for invasion and increased intracellular survival for S. Choleraesuis in THP-1 cells. The human isolates with large pSCV induced more cellular apoptosis and necrosis than the pig isolates. In conclusion, human S. Choleraesuis isolates carrying large pSCVs were more adapted to human THP-1 cells for more cell death than pig isolates with large pSCV. The role of pSVs in invasion, phagocytosis, intracellular survival and apoptosis differed among hosted serovars.
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- Yao-Kuang Huang
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biopharmaceuticals, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biopharmaceuticals, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
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Bacterial pathogens must endure or adapt to different environments and stresses during transmission and infection. Posttranscriptional gene expression control by regulatory RNAs, such as small RNAs and riboswitches, is now considered central to adaptation in many bacteria, including pathogens. The study of RNA-based regulation (riboregulation) in pathogenic species has provided novel insight into how these bacteria regulate virulence gene expression. It has also uncovered diverse mechanisms by which bacterial small RNAs, in general, globally control gene expression. Riboregulators as well as their targets may also prove to be alternative targets or provide new strategies for antimicrobials. In this article, we present an overview of the general mechanisms that bacteria use to regulate with RNA, focusing on examples from pathogens. In addition, we also briefly review how deep sequencing approaches have aided in opening new perspectives in small RNA identification and the study of their functions. Finally, we discuss examples of riboregulators in two model pathogens that control virulence factor expression or survival-associated phenotypes, such as stress tolerance, biofilm formation, or cell-cell communication, to illustrate how riboregulation factors into regulatory networks in bacterial pathogens.
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Enteric pathogens of the family Enterobacteriaceae colonize various niches within animals and humans in which they compete with intestinal commensals and are attacked by the host immune system. To survive these hostile environments they possess complex, multilayer regulatory networks that coordinate the control of virulence factors, host-adapted metabolic functions and stress resistance. An important part of these intricate control networks are RNA-based control systems that enable the pathogen to fine-tune its responses. Recent next-generation sequencing approaches revealed a large repertoire of conserved and species-specific riboregulators, including numerous cis- and trans-acting non-coding RNAs, sensory RNA elements (RNA thermometers, riboswitches), regulatory RNA-binding proteins and RNA degrading enzymes which regulate colonization factors, toxins, host defense processes and virulence-relevant physiological and metabolic processes. All of which are important cues for pathogens to sense and respond to fluctuating conditions during the infection. This review covers infection-relevant riboregulators of E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella and Yersinia, highlights their versatile regulatory mechanisms, complex target regulons and functions, and discusses emerging topics and future challenges to fully understand and exploit RNA-based control to combat bacterial infections.
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- Ann Kathrin Heroven
- a Department of Molecular Infection Biology , Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research , Braunschweig , Germany
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- a Department of Molecular Infection Biology , Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research , Braunschweig , Germany
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- a Department of Molecular Infection Biology , Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research , Braunschweig , Germany
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Oliva G, Sahr T, Buchrieser C. Small RNAs, 5′ UTR elements and RNA-binding proteins in intracellular bacteria: impact on metabolism and virulence. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2015; 39:331-349. [DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Ortega AD, Quereda JJ, Pucciarelli MG, García-del Portillo F. Non-coding RNA regulation in pathogenic bacteria located inside eukaryotic cells. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2014; 4:162. [PMID: 25429360 PMCID: PMC4228915 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Intracellular bacterial pathogens have evolved distinct lifestyles inside eukaryotic cells. Some pathogens coexist with the infected cell in an obligate intracellular state, whereas others transit between the extracellular and intracellular environment. Adaptation to these intracellular lifestyles is regulated in both space and time. Non-coding small RNAs (sRNAs) are post-transcriptional regulatory molecules that fine-tune important processes in bacterial physiology including cell envelope architecture, intermediate metabolism, bacterial communication, biofilm formation, and virulence. Recent studies have shown production of defined sRNA species by intracellular bacteria located inside eukaryotic cells. The molecules targeted by these sRNAs and their expression dynamics along the intracellular infection cycle remain, however, poorly characterized. Technical difficulties linked to the isolation of “intact” intracellular bacteria from infected host cells might explain why sRNA regulation in these specialized pathogens is still a largely unexplored field. Transition from the extracellular to the intracellular lifestyle provides an ideal scenario in which regulatory sRNAs are intended to participate; so much work must be done in this direction. This review focuses on sRNAs expressed by intracellular bacterial pathogens during the infection of eukaryotic cells, strategies used with these pathogens to identify sRNAs required for virulence, and the experimental technical challenges associated to this type of studies. We also discuss varied techniques for their potential application to study RNA regulation in intracellular bacterial infections.
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- Alvaro D Ortega
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC) Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC) Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CNB-CSIC) Madrid, Spain ; Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (CBMSO-CSIC) Madrid, Spain
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