机构:[1]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China大德路总院检验科大德路总院检验科广东省中医院[2]The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China广东省中医院[3]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China中山大学附属第一医院
Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) act as key regulators in many bacterial signalling cascades. However, in P. aeruginosa, the sRNAs involved in quorum sensing (QS) regulation and their function are still largely unknown. Here, we explored how the prrH locus sRNA influences P. aeruginosa virulence in the context of the QS regulatory network. First, gain- and loss-of-function studies showed that PrrH affects pyocyanin, elastase and rhamnolipid production; biofilm formation; and swimming and swarming motility and impaired the viability of P. aeruginosa in human whole blood. Next, our investigation disclosed that LasI and PhzC/D were directly repressed by PrrH. In addition, RhlI, the key member of the rhl QS system, diminished the expression of PrrH and enhanced the expression of downstream genes. Bioinformatics analysis found two binding sites of RhlR, the transcription factor of the rhl system, on the promoter region of prrH. Further beta-galactosidase reporter and qPCR assays confirmed that PrrH was transcriptionally repressed by RhlR. Collectively, our data identified a novel RhlI/R-PrrH-LasI/PhzC/PhzD regulatory circuitry that may contribute to P. aeruginosa pathogenesis. Our findings indicate that PrrH is a quorum regulatory RNA (Qrr) in P. aeruginosa and provide new insight into PrrH's function.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [81702063, 81871703]; Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission [201707010296]; Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong ProvinceNational Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2015A030310439]; Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine [YN2018QJ01]
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China
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通讯机构:[1]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China[3]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China[*1]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China[*2]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China[*3]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P. R. People’s Republic of China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Lu Yang,Li Honglin,Pu Jieying,et al.Identification of a novel RhlI/R-PrrH-LasI/Phzc/PhzD signalling cascade and its implication in P. aeruginosa virulence[J].EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS.2019,8(1):1658-1667.doi:10.1080/22221751.2019.1687262.
APA:
Lu, Yang,Li, Honglin,Pu, Jieying,Xiao, Qian,Zhao, Chanjing...&Chen, Cha.(2019).Identification of a novel RhlI/R-PrrH-LasI/Phzc/PhzD signalling cascade and its implication in P. aeruginosa virulence.EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS,8,(1)
MLA:
Lu, Yang,et al."Identification of a novel RhlI/R-PrrH-LasI/Phzc/PhzD signalling cascade and its implication in P. aeruginosa virulence".EMERGING MICROBES & INFECTIONS 8..1(2019):1658-1667