INRA, UMR1319 MICALIS, Jouy en Josas, France ; AgroParistech, UMR MICALIS, Jouy en Josas, France.
PLoS One. 2013 Jun 11;8(6):e66042. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066042. Print 2013.
We described a quorum-sensing mechanism in the streptococci genus involving a short hydrophobic peptide (SHP), which acts as a pheromone, and a transcriptional regulator belonging to the Rgg family. The shp/rgg genes, found in nearly all streptococcal genomes and in several copies in some, have been classified into three groups. We used a genetic approach to evaluate the functionality of the SHP/Rgg quorum-sensing mechanism, encoded by three selected shp/rgg loci, in pathogenic and non-pathogenic streptococci. We characterized the mature form of each SHP pheromone by mass-spectrometry. We produced synthetic peptides corresponding to these mature forms, and used them to study functional complementation and cross-talk between these different SHP/Rgg systems. We demonstrate that a SHP pheromone of one system can influence the activity of a different system. Interestingly, this does not seem to be dependent on the SHP/Rgg group and cross-talk between pathogenic and non-pathogenic streptococci is observed.
我们描述了一种涉及短疏水性肽(SHP)作为信息素和属于 Rgg 家族的转录调节因子的链球菌属中的群体感应机制。shp/rgg 基因存在于几乎所有链球菌基因组中,在一些基因组中存在多个拷贝,已被分为三组。我们使用遗传方法评估了三个选定的 shp/rgg 基因座编码的 SHP/Rgg 群体感应机制在致病性和非致病性链球菌中的功能。我们通过质谱法对每个 SHP 信息素的成熟形式进行了表征。我们合成了与这些成熟形式相对应的肽,并使用它们来研究这些不同的 SHP/Rgg 系统之间的功能互补和串扰。我们证明了一个系统的 SHP 信息素可以影响不同系统的活性。有趣的是,这似乎并不依赖于 SHP/Rgg 组,并且观察到致病性和非致病性链球菌之间的串扰。