Transcriptomics and Real-Time PCR analysis reveals a cross-modulatory effect between riboflavin and iron and outlines common and specific responses to riboflavin biosynthesis and uptake in Vibrio cholerae

ABSTRACT: Riboflavin-derived molecules such as flavin mononucleotide and flavin adenine dinucleotide comprise the most important redox coenzymes all across life kingdoms. Vibrio cholerae, a pandemic diarrheagenic bacterium, is able to synthesize riboflavin through the riboflavin biosynthetic pathway (RBP) and to internalize exogenous riboflavin using the RibN importer. This bacterium thrives in different environments such as estuarine waters and the human intestinal tract. The presence of two independent riboflavin supply pathways in this species may be related to the variable riboflavin availability and requirements across different niches. In order to gain insights into the role of the riboflavin provision pathways in the physiology of V. cholerae, we analyzed the bacterial transcriptomics response to extracellular riboflavin and to the deletions of ribD (RBP-deficient strain) or ribN. Notably, many genes responding to riboflavin have been previously reported to belong to the iron regulon. Real time PCR analysis confirmed this effect and further documented that reciprocally, iron regulates RBP and ribN genes in a riboflavin-dependent way. A subset of genes were responding to both ribD and ribN deletions. Nonetheless, a group of genes was specifically affected in the ∆ribD strain, on which the functional terms protein folding and oxidation reduction process were enriched. Also, a subset of genes was affected specifically in the ∆ribN strain, on which the cytochrome complex assembly functional term was enriched. Results indicate that iron and riboflavin interrelate to regulate its respective provision genes and suggest that both common and specific effects of biosynthesized and internalized riboflavin exist.

ORGANISM(S): Vibrio cholerae

PROVIDER: GSE107538 | GEO | 2018/02/21

REPOSITORIES: GEO