Autor: |
Michele LeRoux, Robin L Kirkpatrick, Elena I Montauti, Bao Q Tran, S Brook Peterson, Brittany N Harding, John C Whitney, Alistair B Russell, Beth Traxler, Young Ah Goo, David R Goodlett, Paul A Wiggins, Joseph D Mougous |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2015 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
eLife, Vol 4 (2015) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2050-084X |
DOI: |
10.7554/eLife.05701 |
Popis: |
The perception and response to cellular death is an important aspect of multicellular eukaryotic life. For example, damage-associated molecular patterns activate an inflammatory cascade that leads to removal of cellular debris and promotion of healing. We demonstrate that lysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells triggers a program in the remaining population that confers fitness in interspecies co-culture. We find that this program, termed P. aeruginosa response to antagonism (PARA), involves rapid deployment of antibacterial factors and is mediated by the Gac/Rsm global regulatory pathway. Type VI secretion, and, unexpectedly, conjugative type IV secretion within competing bacteria, induce P. aeruginosa lysis and activate PARA, thus providing a mechanism for the enhanced capacity of P. aeruginosa to target bacteria that elaborate these factors. Our finding that bacteria sense damaged kin and respond via a widely distributed pathway to mount a complex response raises the possibility that danger sensing is an evolutionarily conserved process. |
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