Title |
Modulation of Type III Secretion System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Involvement of the PA4857 Gene Product
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Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00007 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Miao Zhu, Jingru Zhao, Huaping Kang, Weina Kong, Yuanyu Zhao, Min Wu, Haihua Liang |
Abstract |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes serious acute or chronic infections in humans. Acute infections typically involve the type III secretion systems (T3SSs) and bacterial motility, whereas chronic infections are often associated with biofilm formation and the type VI secretion system. To identify new genes required for pathogenesis, a transposon mutagenesis library was constructed and the gene PA4857, named tspR, was found to modulate T3SS gene expression. Deletion of P. aeruginosa tspR reduced the virulence in a mouse acute lung infection model and diminished cytotoxicity. Suppression of T3SS gene expression in the tspR mutant resulted from compromised translation of the T3SS master regulator ExsA. TspR negatively regulated two small RNAs, RsmY and RsmZ, which control RsmA. Our data demonstrated that defects in T3SS expression and biofilm formation in retS mutant could be partially restored by overexpression of tspR. Taken together, our results demonstrated that the newly identified retS-tspR pathway is coordinated with the retS-gacS system, which regulates the genes associated with acute and chronic infections and controls the lifestyle choice of P. aeruginosa. |
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