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Expression of mucoid induction factor MucE is dependent upon the alternate sigma factor AlgU in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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作者: Yin, Yeshi 1 ; Damron, F. Heath 1 ; Withers, T. Ryan 1 ; Pritchett, Christopher L. 5 ; Wang, Xin 3 ; Schurr, Michae 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Marshall Univ, Joan C Edwards Sch Med, Dept Biochem & Microbiol, Huntington, WV 25755 USA

2.Marshall Univ, Joan C Edwards Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Huntington, WV 25755 USA

3.Zhejiang Acad Agr Sci, Inst Plant Protect & Microbiol, Hangzhou 310021, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

4.Progenesis Technol LLC, Huntington, WV 25701 USA

5.Univ Colorado, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, Aurora, CO 80045 USA

6.E Tennessee State Univ, Dept Hlth Sci, Johnson City, TN 37615 USA

7.Univ Virginia, Div Infect Dis & Int Hlth, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA

关键词: Pseudomonas aeruginosa;Alginate;Mucoidy;AlgU/T;MucE;Sigma factor

期刊名称:BMC MICROBIOLOGY ( 影响因子:3.605; 五年影响因子:4.283 )

ISSN: 1471-2180

年卷期: 2013 年 13 卷

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: Background: Alginate overproduction in P. aeruginosa, also referred to as mucoidy, is a poor prognostic marker for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We previously reported the construction of a unique mucoid strain which overexpresses a small envelope protein MucE leading to activation of the protease AlgW. AlgW then degrades the anti-sigma factor MucA thus releasing the alternative sigma factor AlgU/T (sigma(22)) to initiate transcription of the alginate biosynthetic operon. Results: In the current study, we mapped the mucE transcriptional start site, and determined that P-mucE activity was dependent on AlgU. Additionally, the presence of triclosan and sodium dodecyl sulfate was shown to cause an increase in P-mucE activity. It was observed that mucE-mediated mucoidy in CF isolates was dependent on both the size of MucA and the genotype of algU. We also performed shotgun proteomic analysis with cell lysates from the strains PAO1, VE2 (PAO1 with constitutive expression of mucE) and VE2 Delta algU (VE2 with in-frame deletion of algU). As a result, we identified nine algU-dependent and two algU-independent proteins that were affected by overexpression of MucE. Conclusions: Our data indicates there is a positive feedback regulation between MucE and AlgU. Furthermore, it seems likely that MucE may be part of the signal transduction system that senses certain types of cell wall stress to P. aeruginosa.

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