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Proteomics reveals virulence adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa phospholipase mutant with altered membrane phospholipid composition

ABSTRACT: Membrane protein and phospholipid (PL) compositions change in response to environmental cues and during infections. Covalent modification (e.g., unsaturation and cyclopropanation) and remodeling the acyl chain length of PLs is an important bacterial adaptation mechanism. However, little is known about which bacterial pathways are regulated in response to the alteration of PL composition. Here, we show that P. aeruginosa PlaF, which modulates membrane PL composition, is important for biofilm biogenesis, and we performed whole-cell quantitative proteomics of P. aeruginosa wild-type and ∆plaF biofilms to identify pathways regulated by PlaF. The results revealed profound alterations in the abundance of 14 two-component systems (TCS), including the PprA-PprB, which controls the transition to biofilm. Activation of PprA-the PprB system observed by proteomics was confirmed by mRNA quantification. Furthermore, we have observed a unique phosphorylation pattern of transcriptional regulators, transporters and metabolic enzymes, and differential production of nine proteases in ∆plaF, indicating that PlaF-mediated virulence adaptation involves complex transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation. Moreover, proteomics revealed that the pyoverdin-mediated iron uptake pathway proteins were depleted in ∆plaF, which agrees with decreased concentrations of extracellular pyoverdine and intracellular iron in ∆plaF and is likely responsible for its prolonged lag phase due to reduced iron uptake. Conversely, the accumulation of proteins from alternative iron-uptake systems in ∆plaF suggests that PlaF may function as a switch between different iron-acquisition pathways. The observation that ∆plaF accumulates PL-acyl chain modifying enzymes and PlsX, an initiator of de novo PL synthesis, reveals novel insights into the relationship between degradation, covalent modification and biosynthesis of PLs for membrane homeostasis. Although the precise mechanism by which PlaF simultaneously affects multiple pathways remains to be elucidated, we suggest that PlaF-catalyzed degradation of PLs is a signal which is amplified by proteins of TCS, phosphorylation and proteolytic degradation systems to elicit the global adaptive response in P. aeruginosa.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pao1

SUBMITTER: Gereon Poschmann

LAB HEAD: Gereon Poschmann

PROVIDER: PXD037737 | Pride | 2023-04-25

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa responds to altered membrane phospholipid composition by adjusting the production of two-component systems, proteases and iron uptake proteins.

Caliskan Muttalip M Poschmann Gereon G Gudzuhn Mirja M Waldera-Lupa Daniel D Molitor Rebecka R Strunk Christoph Heinrich CH Streit Wolfgang R WR Jaeger Karl-Erich KE Stühler Kai K Kovacic Filip F

Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids 20230411 6

Membrane protein and phospholipid (PL) composition changes in response to environmental cues and during infections. To achieve these, bacteria use adaptation mechanisms involving covalent modification and remodelling of the acyl chain length of PLs. However, little is known about bacterial pathways regulated by PLs. Here, we investigated proteomic changes in the biofilm of P. aeruginosa phospholipase mutant (∆plaF) with altered membrane PL composition. The results revealed profound alterations i ...[more]

PMID: 37054907

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Proteomics reveals virulence adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa phospholipase mutant with altered membrane phospholipid composition

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa responds to altered membrane phospholipid composition by adjusting the production of two-component systems, proteases and iron uptake proteins.

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