Chemosensation of bacterial secondary metabolites modulates neuroendocrine signaling and behavior of C. elegans.
Cell
; 159(2): 267-80, 2014 Oct 09.
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ABSTRACT
Discrimination between pathogenic and beneficial microbes is essential for host organism immunity and homeostasis. Here, we show that chemosensory detection of two secondary metabolites produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa modulates a neuroendocrine signaling pathway that promotes avoidance behavior in the simple animal host Caenorhabditis elegans. Secondary metabolites phenazine-1-carboxamide and pyochelin activate a G-protein-signaling pathway in the ASJ chemosensory neuron pair that induces expression of the neuromodulator DAF-7/TGF-ß. DAF-7, in turn, activates a canonical TGF-ß signaling pathway in adjacent interneurons to modulate aerotaxis behavior and promote avoidance of pathogenic P. aeruginosa. Our data provide a chemical, genetic, and neuronal basis for how the behavior and physiology of a simple animal host can be modified by the microbial environment and suggest that secondary metabolites produced by microbes may provide environmental cues that contribute to pathogen recognition and host survival.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Caenorhabditis elegans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos