Delory Marie, Hallez Régis, Letesson Jean-Jacques, De Bolle Xavier
Research Unit in Molecular Biology, URBM, University of Namur, FUNDP, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
J Bacteriol. 2006 Nov;188(21):7707-10. doi: 10.1128/JB.00644-06. Epub 2006 Aug 25.
B. melitensis 16M genome analysis revealed the presence of six putative sigma factor-encoding genes: rpoD, rpoH1, rpoH2, rpoE1, rpoE2, and rpoN. We mutated all these genes except rpoD. Phenotypic analysis of the mutants reveals that a strain carrying an rpoH2 null mutation (DeltarpoH2) is impaired for growth at 21 and 42 degrees C and shows increased sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide. Compared to the wild-type strain, the DeltarpoH2 mutant is attenuated in all virulence models tested. Three other null mutants (DeltarpoH1, DeltarpoE1, and DeltarpoE2 mutants) are also defective for survival in mice at 4 weeks postinfection. We also demonstrated that rpoH2 deletion strongly reduces the expression of two major virulence factors in B. melitensis, the type IV secretion system and the flagellum.
马尔他布鲁氏菌16M基因组分析显示存在六个假定的编码σ因子的基因:rpoD、rpoH1、rpoH2、rpoE1、rpoE2和rpoN。我们对除rpoD之外的所有这些基因进行了突变。对突变体的表型分析表明,携带rpoH2无效突变(ΔrpoH2)的菌株在21℃和42℃下生长受损,并且对过氧化氢的敏感性增加。与野生型菌株相比,ΔrpoH2突变体在所有测试的毒力模型中均减弱。其他三个无效突变体(ΔrpoH1、ΔrpoE1和ΔrpoE2突变体)在感染后4周的小鼠体内存活也存在缺陷。我们还证明,rpoH2缺失会强烈降低马尔他布鲁氏菌中两种主要毒力因子IV型分泌系统和鞭毛的表达。