A Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis LuxR regulates cell envelope and virulence:

Innate Immunity

MartaAlonso-Hearn¹ 

关键词: Mycobacterium avium;    LuxR;    virulence;    cell envelope;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1753425909339811

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis adapts to the environment via the regulation of genes affecting its envelope’s composition. Bacteria grown in milk (in vivo conditions) presented differences in the cell wall-associated lipids and in the expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism (FadE8, FadE6 and MAP1420) and host cell invasion (MAP1203, LprL). A different lipid profile was also observed in the envelope of intracellular bacteria after 1 h of infection. Intracellular bacteria showed up-regulation of a LuxR regulator which controls the envelope’s composition by up-regulation of FadE8, MAP1420, MAP1203 and LprL and by down-regulation of pks12, mmpL2 and MAP2594. A LuxR-overexpressing strain with a lipid-deficient envelope phenotype, infected epithelial cells more efficiently than the wild-type bacteria; however, it was not more resistant than the wild-type strain to the action of bactericidal proteins. Here we show that LuxR regulates virulence determinants and is involved in mycobacteria ad...

【 授权许可】

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