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Determination of the FarR regulon

ABSTRACT: Whole genome DNA microarray of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B strain MC58 and the isogenic mutant strain deficient of the transcriptional regulator FarR, MC58 M-bM-^HM-^FfarR. Wild type MC58 and the farR deficient mutant strain MC58 M-bM-^HM-^FfarR were grown to mid-exponential growth phase in three independent experiments. The bacterial RNA was extracted and transcribed to cDNA, which was, each with dye-swap pairs, hybridized to the microarray slides.

ORGANISM(S): Neisseria meningitidis

SUBMITTER: Stephanie Schielke

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-20643 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Characterization of FarR as a highly specialized, growth phase-dependent transcriptional regulator in Neisseria meningitidis.

Schielke Stephanie S Spatz Carolin C Schwarz Roland Felix RF Joseph Biju B Schoen Christoph C Schulz Sabine Marita SM Hubert Kerstin K Frosch Matthias M Schubert-Unkmeir Alexandra A Kurzai Oliver O

International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 20110202 4

Transcriptional regulators play an important role for the survival of Neisseria meningitidis within its human host. We have recently shown that FarR acts as transcriptional repressor of the adhesin nadA in N. meningitidis. Here, we examined the FarR regulon by microarray analyses, qRT-PCR, and electrophoretic mobility shift assays, revealing that FarR is a highly specific repressor of nadA. We demonstrate by reporter gene fusion assays that alterations of the FarR binding site within the nadA pr ...[more]

PMID: 21292554

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Project description:Neisseria meningitidis remains an important cause of septicemia and meningitis. One of its major virulence traits is its ability to avoid killing by human serum. In the present work, the effect of growth phase (exponential versus stationary) and growth medium (THB versus Catlin) on normal human serum (NHS) sensitivity was assessed on two N. meningitidis serogroup B strains (MC58 and M982). Both strains were found to be dramatically more resistant to 20% NHS killing at early exponential phase than at stationary phase (73-100% survival after 1 to 2 hours of growth compared to less than 10% survival after 7 hours of growth). This growth phase effect was detected only when a rich medium (THB) was used while no such effect was observed using Catlin medium. KDO (2-Keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid) and sialic acid content were measured on serum-resistant and serum-sensitive bacteria and were found comparable, indicating that differences in LPS and capsule expression were not at the origin of the observed phenotypes. Transcriptome profiling using a PCR-array was used to compare serum-resistant and serum-sensitive bacteria. A set of 255 genes was found to be differentially expressed with 159 genes up-regulated in serum-resistant bacteria, among them 12 genes involved in glucose catabolism and 22 are known virulence factors. Overall, this study shows that serum-resistant phenotype of N. meningitidis could be obtained through modulating growth conditions. The nature of growth media and growth phases have a major impact on the ability of N. meningitidis to resist to NHS killing. Consequently, the present work underlines the critical importance of carefully controlling those parameters in any studies aimed at investigating the mechanisms and factors involved in N. meningitidis serum-resistance. All experiments were performed in dye swap. These experiments were performed with 2 strains of N. meningitidis serogroup B. In one set of experiments, the gene expression profile of bacteria cultured in THB medium during 7h was compared with the corresponding profile of bacteria cultured during 1h in the same medium. In a second set of experiments, the gene expression profile of 1 strain cultured in THB medium during 7h was compared with the corresponding profile of the same strain cultured in Catlin medium during 7h. 3 biological replicates were performed for each comparison.

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Determination of the FarR regulon

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Characterization of FarR as a highly specialized, growth phase-dependent transcriptional regulator in Neisseria meningitidis.

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