Nucleoid-associated protein HU controls three regulons that coordinate virulence, response to stress and general physiology in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
Microbiology (Reading)
; 157(Pt 4): 1075-1087, 2011 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
The role of the HU nucleoid-associated proteins in gene regulation was examined in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. The dimeric HU protein consists of different combinations of its α and ß subunits. Transcriptomic analysis was performed with cultures growing at 37 °C at 1, 4 and 6 h after inoculation with mutants that lack combinations of HU α and HU ß. Distinct but overlapping patterns of gene expression were detected at each time point for each of the three mutants, revealing not one but three regulons of genes controlled by the HU proteins. Mutations in the hup genes altered the expression of regulatory and structural genes in both the SPI1 and SPI2 pathogenicity islands. The hupA hupB double mutant was defective in invasion of epithelial cell lines and in its ability to survive in macrophages. The double mutant also had defective swarming activity and a competitive fitness disadvantage compared with the wild-type. In contrast, inactivation of just the hupB gene resulted in increased fitness and correlated with the upregulation of members of the RpoS regulon in exponential-phase cultures. Our data show that HU coordinates the expression of genes involved in central metabolism and virulence and contributes to the success of S. enterica as a pathogen.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Salmonella typhimurium
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Estresse Fisiológico
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Proteínas de Bactérias
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Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica
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Regulon
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Microbiology (Reading)
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Irlanda