Project description:In order to gain coherent insights into plant responses we performed transcriptional analysis of Arabidopsis seedling after treatment with three different AHLs: N-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (C6-HSL), N-3-oxo-decanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (oxo-C10-HSL), and N-3-oxo-tetradecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (oxo-C14-HSL). Furthermore, we analyzed the transcriptome of oxo-C14-HSL pretreated plants after a secondary challenge with 100 nM flg22 for 2 and 24 hours after treatment. Gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings were measured after a 3-days-pretreatment with 6 µM of three different N-acyl homoserine lactones in comparison to plants treated with the coresponding volume of acetone (solvent control). Plants pretreated with oxo-C14-HSL were in addition treated with 100nM of flg22 to induced defense response. Three independent experiments were performed (replicates).
Project description:In order to gain coherent insights into plant responses we performed transcriptional analysis of Arabidopsis seedling after treatment with three different AHLs: N-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (C6-HSL), N-3-oxo-decanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (oxo-C10-HSL), and N-3-oxo-tetradecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (oxo-C14-HSL). Furthermore, we analyzed the transcriptome of oxo-C14-HSL pretreated plants after a secondary challenge with 100 nM flg22 for 2 and 24 hours after treatment.
Project description:We worked with microarrys analysis in presence of 3-oxo-C12-HSL molecule to analyze the profile of the genes implicated in the Quorum Quenching network in A.baumannii clinical strains. Interestingly, only 13 genes were overexpressed under 3-oxo-C12-HSL molecule being the most level a gene which encodes an Alpha/beta hydrolase enzyme (5.01). The 46.15% of the genes overexpressed were implicated in the synthesis of the acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs).
Project description:This study looks at gene expression changes in Curvibacter sp. AEP1.3 in the presence of homoserine-lactones modified or unmodified by the host (Hydra)
Project description:Quorum sensing controls the expression of multiple virulence factors. PA14 genes lasR and rhlR are necessary for quorum sensing via homoserine lactones. A PA14 lasR rhlR deficient mutant exhibits a reduced oxidative stress response. Here we conducted a microarray to determine oxidative stress response gene regulation mediated by the homoserine lactone quorum sensing circuits.
Project description:The common opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa employs quorum sensing QS to regulate a large set of genes involved in virulence and host-pathogen interactions. The Las circuit positioned on the top of the QS hierarchy in P. aeruginosa, makes use of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones (AHL) as signal molecules, like N-3-oxo-dodecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (3O-C12-HSL). Here, a quantitative proteomic approach was used to study the effect of natural 3O-C12-HSL and four AHL analogues on the expression and excretion of QS-regulated extracellular proteins. Treatment with AHL compounds resulted in significant difference in appearance of the 3O-C12-HSL-responsive reference proteins related to QS communication and virulence, i.e., a distinct activity as QS modulators. In summary, 3O-C12-HSL has a profound effect on extracellular proteome involved in the pathogenicity of P. aeruginosa, and the four AHL analogues have achieved a distinct inhibitory effect on the extracellular proteome.
Project description:Floodings already have a nearly 60% share in the worldwide damage to crops provoked by natural disasters. Climate change will cause plants to be even more frequently exposed to oxygen limiting conditions (hypoxia) in the near future due to heavy precipitation and concomitant waterlogging or flooding events in large areas of the world. Although the homeostatic regulation of adaptive responses to low oxygen stress in plants is well described, it remained unknown by which initial trigger the molecular response to low-oxygen stress is activated. Here, we show that a hypoxia-induced decline of the ATP level of the cell reduces LONG-CHAIN ACYL-COA SYNTHETASE (LACS) activity, which leads to a shift in the composition of the acyl-CoA pool. High oleoyl-CoA levels release the transcription factor RELATED TO APETALA 2.12 (RAP2.12) from its interaction partner ACYL-COA BINDING PROTEIN (ACBP) at the plasma membrane to induce low oxygen-specific gene expression. We show that different acyl-CoAs provoke unique molecular responses revealing a novel role as cellular signalling component also in plants. In terms of hypoxia signalling, dynamic acyl-CoA levels integrate the cellular energy status into the oxygen signalling cascade with ACBP and RAP2.12 being the central hub. The conserved nature of the ACBP:RAP2.12 module in crops and the novel mechanistic understanding of how low-oxygen stress responses are initiated by oleoyl-CoA in plants provide useful leads for enhancing future food security.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE42010: Comparative analysis of D. shibae wild-type vs. delta-luxI1 supplemented with different acetylated homoserine-lactones GSE42011: Cell-density resolved comparative analysis of D. shibae wild-type vs. delta-luxI1 GSE42012: Cell-density resolved comparative analysis of D. shibae wild-type vs. delta-luxI1 overexpressing luxI1 in trans Refer to individual Series
Project description:Quorum sensing in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 involves two signalling systems that depend on different signal molecules, namely N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) and the diffusible signal factor cis-2-dodecenoic acid (BDSF). Previous studies have shown that AHLs and BDSF control similar phenotypic traits, including biofilm formation, proteolytic activity and pathogenicity. In this study we mapped the BDSF stimulon by RNA-Seq and shotgun proteomics analysis. We demonstrate that a set of the identified BDSF-regulated genes or proteins are also controlled by AHLs, suggesting that the two regulons partially overlap. The detailed analysis of two mutually regulated operons, one encoding three lectins and the other one encoding the large surface protein BapA and its type I secretion machinery, revealed that both AHLs and BDSF are required for full expression, suggesting that the two signalling systems operate in parallel. In accordance with this, we show that both AHLs and BDSF are required for biofilm formation and protease production. Burkholderia cenocepacia BDSF stimulon was determined in complex media using Illumina RNA-Seq