MvfR对铜绿假单胞菌致病性和群体感应信号通路调节的贡献:多个群体感应调节基因受到调控,而不影响lasRI、rhlRI或N-酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯的产生。

The contribution of MvfR to Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis and quorum sensing circuitry regulation: multiple quorum sensing-regulated genes are modulated without affecting lasRI, rhlRI or the production of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones.

作者信息

Déziel Eric, Gopalan Suresh, Tampakaki Anastasia P, Lépine François, Padfield Katie E, Saucier Maude, Xiao Gaoping, Rahme Laurence G

机构信息

Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom Street, MA, USA.

出版信息

Mol Microbiol. 2005 Feb;55(4):998-1014. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04448.x.

Abstract

The transcriptional regulator MvfR is required for full Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence, the function of multiple quorum sensing (QS)-regulated virulence factors and the synthesis of 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinolines (HAQs), including the Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS). Here we investigate the role of MvfR in the QS circuitry and P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. We demonstrate using a combination of biochemical and molecular approaches, including transcription profiling, that MvfR is involved in the regulation of multiple P. aeruginosa QS-controlled genes without altering the expression of lasRI/rhlRI or the production of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone (AHL) signals. Dissection of how mvfR is interwoven into the P. aeruginosa QS circuitry reveals that the MvfR system, through the essential contribution of PqsE, positively regulates a subset of genes dependant on both LasR and RhlR. Animal studies show that MvfR contributes to P. aeruginosa virulence by controlling the transcription of genes not under RhlR regulation, and that reduced virulence of a mvfR mutant is caused by the loss of pqsE expression and not only a deficiency in HAQs/PQS production. This study provides novel insights into the unique role of the MvfR system in AHL-mediated QS and further supports its importance in P. aeruginosa pathogenesis.

摘要

转录调节因子MvfR是铜绿假单胞菌充分发挥毒力、多种群体感应(QS)调控的毒力因子发挥功能以及4-羟基-2-烷基喹啉(HAQs)(包括铜绿假单胞菌喹诺酮信号(PQS))合成所必需的。在此,我们研究MvfR在QS信号传导途径和铜绿假单胞菌致病机制中的作用。我们结合生化和分子方法(包括转录谱分析)证明,MvfR参与调控多个铜绿假单胞菌QS控制的基因,而不改变lasRI/rhlRI的表达或N-酰基-L-高丝氨酸内酯(AHL)信号的产生。对mvfR如何融入铜绿假单胞菌QS信号传导途径的剖析表明,MvfR系统通过PqsE的重要作用,正向调控一部分依赖LasR和RhlR的基因。动物研究表明,MvfR通过控制不受RhlR调控的基因的转录来促进铜绿假单胞菌的毒力,并且mvfR突变体毒力降低是由于pqsE表达缺失,而不仅仅是HAQs/PQS产生不足所致。本研究为MvfR系统在AHL介导的QS中的独特作用提供了新见解,并进一步支持了其在铜绿假单胞菌致病机制中的重要性。

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