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SEN1990 encodes a transcriptional regulator from Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis that modulates the expression of the SPI-17 encoded gene oafB

ABSTRACT: Excisable Genomic Islands (EGIs) are horizontally acquired genetic elements that harbor an array of genes with diverse functions. ROD21 is an EGI found integrated in the chromosome of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (Salmonella ser. Enteritidis). While this island is known to be involved in the capacity of Salmonella ser. Enteritidis to cross the epithelial barrier and colonize sterile organs, the role for most of ROD21 genes remains unknown, and thus identification of their function is fundamental to understand the impact of this EGI on the bacterium pathogenicity. Therefore, in this work we used a bioinformatical approach to evaluate the function of ROD21-encoded genes and delve into the characterization of SEN1990, a gene encoding a putative DNA-binding protein. We characterized the predicted structure of SEN1990, finding that this protein contains a three-stranded winged helix-turn-helix (wHTH) DNA-binding domain. Additionally, we identified homologs of SEN1990 among other members of the EARL EGIs. Furthermore, we deleted SEN1990 in Salmonella ser. Enteritidis, finding no differences in the replication/maintenance of the excised ROD21, disconfirming the previous Refseq annotation of the protein. High-throughput RNA-sequencing was carried out to evaluate the effect of the SEN1990 absence on the bacterium global transcription. We found a downregulated expression of oafB, an SPI-17-encoded acetyltransferase involved in O-antigen modification, which was restored when the deletion of SEN1990 was complemented. Our findings suggests that SEN1990 encodes a wHTH domain-containing transcriptional activator that modulates the transcription of oafB from the SPI-17, suggesting a crosstalk between these pathogenicity islands and a possible new role of ROD21 in the pathogenesis of Salmonella ser. Enteritidis.

ORGANISM(S): Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis

PROVIDER: GSE235252 | GEO | 2023/11/22

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Salmonella Typhimurium is an enteric food-borne pathogen responsible for causing salmonellosis associated with acute diarrhea. The bacterial invasion initially requires flagellar motility to reach the intestinal lumen and to cross the mucus layer of the intestinal epithelia and subsequent adhesion to the host cell, mainly mediated by fimbriae .The key genes involved in the pathogenic process are encoded within highly conserved regions of the bacterial genome called Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands (SPIs). The key regulator HilA, which is positively regulated by HilC and HilD, is located in SPI-1;however, other virulence-related regulators, such as RtsA, are encoded outside this island . During the invasion, proteins encoded by the prgHIJK, spaMNOPQRS, and invABCEFGH SPI-1 operons constitute a Type-3 Secretion System. Effector proteins,such as SipA and SipC (encoded in SPI-1) and SigD/SopB (encoded in SPI-5), translocate to the host cytosol through this system causing intracellular changes and inducing the immune response . The survival and replication of intracellular Salmonella inside Salmonella-containing vacuoles (SCVs) is mainly mediated by the genes located in SPI-2. The immune response is activated through the recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by specific receptors expressed on the surface and/or inside different cell types. The most important PAMPs are flagellin (monomers comprising the flagella filaments), particularly the FliC subunit, which is highly expressed on the bacterial surface, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS).Oxygen availability is limited in the inflamed gut whereas other compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and H2 are abundantly produced by the colonic bacteria. In addition, nutrients are also limited inside the SCV, while reactive oxygen as wellas nitrogen species may be found . In anaerobic conditions, Salmonella is able to survive by using alternative energy sources, such as nitrate or fumarate, through the use of specific enzymes: nitrate and nitrite reductases, fumarate reductase , DMSO reductase and respiratory hydrogenases.In a previous study, we compared transcriptomes of a clinical isolate of S. Typhimurium (strain 50-wt) and its derivative-multidrug-resistant mutant (strain 50-64) using microarrays . In addition to showing antimicrobial resistance, strain was also less invasive. In the present study, we focused on the genes of unknown function that showed impaired expression. We further selected those genes with a putative role in the acquired resistance phenotype or in the observed repressed virulence observed. Here, 4 putative membrane proteins and the yedF of unknown function were investigated to evaluate their involvement inthese two phenotypes.

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SEN1990 encodes a transcriptional regulator from Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis that modulates the expression of the SPI-17 encoded gene oafB

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