CRP-cAMP mediates silencing of Salmonella virulence at the post-transcriptional level

dc.contributor.authorEl Mouali, Youssef
dc.contributor.authorGaviria-Cantin, Tania
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Romero, María Antonia
dc.contributor.authorGibert, Marta
dc.contributor.authorWestermann, Alexander J.
dc.contributor.authorVogel, Jörg
dc.contributor.authorBalsalobre, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-09T20:28:05Z
dc.date.available2019-07-09T20:28:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-06
dc.description.abstractInvasion of epithelial cells by Salmonella enterica requires expression of genes located in the pathogenicity island I (SPI-1). The expression of SPI-1 genes is very tightly regulated and activated only under specific conditions. Most studies have focused on the regulatory pathways that induce SPI-1 expression. Here, we describe a new regulatory circuit involving CRP-cAMP, a widely established metabolic regulator, in silencing of SPI-1 genes under non-permissive conditions. In CRP-cAMP-deficient strains we detected a strong upregulation of SPI-1 genes in the mid-logarithmic growth phase. Genetic analyses revealed that CRP-cAMP modulates the level of HilD, the master regulator of Salmonella invasion. This regulation occurs at the post-transcriptional level and requires the presence of a newly identified regulatory motif within the hilD 3’UTR. We further demonstrate that in Salmonella the Hfq-dependent sRNA Spot 42 is under the transcriptional repression of CRP-cAMP and, when this transcriptional repression is relieved, Spot 42 exerts a positive effect on hilD expression. In vivo and in vitro assays indicate that Spot 42 targets, through its unstructured region III, the 3’UTR of the hilD transcript. Together, our results highlight the biological relevance of the hilD 3’UTR as a hub for post-transcriptional control of Salmonella invasion gene expression. © 2018 El Mouali et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.identifier.issn15537390
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.usc.edu.co/handle/20.500.12421/310
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.subject3' Untranslated Regionsen_US
dc.subjectBacterial Proteinsen_US
dc.subjectCyclic AMPen_US
dc.subjectCyclic AMP Receptor Proteinen_US
dc.subjectGene Expression Regulation, Bacterialen_US
dc.subjectGenomic Islandsen_US
dc.subjectRNA, Messengeren_US
dc.subjectSalmonella typhimuriumen_US
dc.subjectTranscription Factorsen_US
dc.subjectUp-Regulationen_US
dc.subjectVirulenceen_US
dc.subjectHilD protein, Salmonella typhimuriumen_US
dc.subjectpi1 protein, Salmonellaen_US
dc.subjecttranscription factoren_US
dc.subjectgenetic analysisen_US
dc.subjecthumanen_US
dc.subjecthuman cellen_US
dc.subjectposttranscriptional gene silencingen_US
dc.titleCRP-cAMP mediates silencing of Salmonella virulence at the post-transcriptional levelen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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