The two-component system QseEF and the membrane protein QseG link adrenergic and stress sensing to bacterial pathogenesis
Autor: | Nicola C. Reading, Alfredo G. Torres, David A. Rasko, Vanessa Sperandio |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Multidisciplinary
Sensory mechanism Epinephrine Transcription Genetic Effector Sulfates Escherichia coli Proteins Biology Biological Sciences Two-component regulatory system Transport protein Cell biology Phosphates Receptors Adrenergic DNA-Binding Proteins Response regulator Protein Transport Biochemistry Genes Bacterial Escherichia coli Secretion Host cytoskeleton Bacterial outer membrane Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins |
Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(14) |
ISSN: | 1091-6490 |
Popis: | Bacterial pathogens sense host cues to activate expression of virulence genes. Most of these signals are sensed through histidine kinases (HKs), which comprise the main sensory mechanism in bacteria. The host stress hormones epinephrine (Epi) and norepinephrine are sensed through the QseC HK, which initiates a complex signaling cascade to regulate virulence gene expression in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). Epi signaling through QseC activates expression of the genes encoding the QseEF 2-component system. QseE is an HK, and QseF is a response regulator. Here, we show that QseE is a second bacterial adrenergic receptor that gauges the stress signals Epi, sulfate, and phosphate. The qseEF genes are organized within an unusual operonic structure, in that a gene is encoded between qseE and qseF . This gene was renamed qseG , and it was shown to encode an outer membrane (OM) protein. EHEC uses a type III secretion system (TTSS) to translocate effector proteins to the epithelial cells that rearrange the host cytoskeleton to form pedestal-like structures that cup the bacterium. QseE, QseG, and QseF are necessary for pedestal formation. Although QseE and QseF are involved in the transcriptional control of genes necessary for pedestal formation, QseG is necessary for translocation of effectors into epithelial cells. QseG is an OM protein necessary for translocation of TTSS effectors that also works in conjunction with a 2-component signaling system that senses host stress signals. |
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