Tamayo Rita, Prouty Angela M, Gunn John S
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC 7758, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2005 Feb 1;43(2):249-58. doi: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.08.007.
The PmrA-PmrB two-component regulatory system of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is activated in vivo and plays an important role in resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides. Resistance is partly mediated by modifications to the lipopolysaccharide. To identify new PmrA-regulated genes, microarray analysis was undertaken comparing cDNA derived from PmrA-constitutive and PmrA-null strains. A combination of RT-PCR and transcriptional analysis confirmed the inclusion of six new loci in the PmrA-PmrB regulon: STM1253, STM1269, STM4118, STM0459, STM3968 and STM4568. These loci did not affect the ability to grow in high iron conditions, the ability to modify lipid A with aminoarabinose, or virulence. STM4118, a putative phosphoethanolamine phosphotransferase, had a minor effect on polymyxin resistance, whereas the remaining genes had no role in polymyxin resistance. Although several of the identified loci lacked the consensus PmrA binding site, PmrA was demonstrated to bind the promoter of a PmrA-activated gene lacking the consensus site. A more complete definition of the PmrA-PmrB regulon will provide a better understanding of its role in host and non-host environments.
鼠伤寒沙门氏菌的PmrA-PmrB双组分调节系统在体内被激活,在抵抗阳离子抗菌肽方面发挥重要作用。抗性部分由脂多糖的修饰介导。为了鉴定新的PmrA调控基因,进行了微阵列分析,比较了来自PmrA组成型和PmrA缺失型菌株的cDNA。RT-PCR和转录分析相结合证实了PmrA-PmrB调控子中包含六个新位点:STM1253、STM1269、STM4118、STM0459、STM3968和STM4568。这些位点不影响在高铁条件下的生长能力、用氨基阿拉伯糖修饰脂质A的能力或毒力。STM4118是一种假定的磷酸乙醇胺磷酸转移酶, 对多粘菌素抗性有轻微影响,而其余基因在多粘菌素抗性中不起作用。尽管几个已鉴定的位点缺乏一致的PmrA结合位点,但已证明PmrA可结合一个缺乏一致位点的PmrA激活基因的启动子。对PmrA-PmrB调控子更完整的定义将有助于更好地理解其在宿主和非宿主环境中的作用。