Project description:WblC, also known as WhiB7, is a widely conserved WhiB-like transcription factor in actinomycetes that activates transcription of many targets upon antibiotic challenge to bring about intrinsic resistance to a wide range of translation-targeting antibiotics. As we found that WblC controls many genes involved in translation and that WblC promotes translation rate upon antibiotic stress in the model actinomycetes Streptomyces coelicolor, we speculated that WblC might alter the protein composition of ribosome during antibiotic stress. To test this, we prepared 70S ribosome fraction from wild-type S. coelicolor cells untreated or treated with tetracycline and ΔwblC mutant treated with tetracycline, and then compared the protein compositions of each 70S samples by mass spectrometric quantification.
Project description:The phenomenon of trained immunity, which facilitates vaccine development for disease control, has been identified in shrimp; however, the mechanism remains elusive. In the present study, we found that histone H3K27 acetylation (H3K27ac) mediated by the lysine acetyltransferase KAT8 plays an important role in preventing white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection in the shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus. We then successfully established a model of trained immunity via the use of UV-inactivated WSSV to explore the underlying mechanism(s) in shrimp. In UV-WSSV-trained shrimp, the glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle metabolic pathways were enhanced and acetyl-CoA concentrations were increased. As the acetyl group donor, acetyl-CoA promotes KAT8 activity to increase H3K27 acetylation. H3K27ac is deposited at the promoter region of the transcription factor Dorsal to facilitate its expression and then Dorsal promotes the expression of an interferon-like cytokine, Vago5, and antimicrobial peptides that act against WSSV infection. H3K27ac is also deposited at the promoter region of hexokinase 2 and isocitrate dehydrogenase, which positively regulates glycolysis and the TCA cycle in a feedforward manner. Our results reveal a novel mechanism of trained immunity induced by UV-WSSV in shrimp and provide a theoretical basis for the development of antiviral vaccines for disease control in shrimp aquaculture.