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The transcriptional regulator Fur modulates the expression of uge, a gene essential for the core lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Klebsiella pneumoniae.
العنوان: | The transcriptional regulator Fur modulates the expression of uge, a gene essential for the core lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Klebsiella pneumoniae. |
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المؤلفون: | Muner JJ; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., de Oliveira PAA; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil.; Central Multiusuária de Análises Genômica e Transcriptômica (CmAGT), Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., Baboghlian J; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., Moura SC; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., de Andrade AG; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., de Oliveira MM; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., Campos YF; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., Mançano ASF; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., Siqueira NMG; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., Pacheco T; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil., Ferraz LFC; Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular e Clínica, Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil. lucio.ferraz@usf.edu.br.; Central Multiusuária de Análises Genômica e Transcriptômica (CmAGT), Universidade São Francisco, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil. lucio.ferraz@usf.edu.br. |
المصدر: | BMC microbiology [BMC Microbiol] 2024 Jul 27; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 279. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 27. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100966981 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2180 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712180 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Microbiol Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001- |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Klebsiella pneumoniae*/genetics , Klebsiella pneumoniae*/metabolism , Klebsiella pneumoniae*/drug effects , Lipopolysaccharides*/biosynthesis , Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial* , Bacterial Proteins*/genetics , Bacterial Proteins*/metabolism , Repressor Proteins*/genetics , Repressor Proteins*/metabolism , Promoter Regions, Genetic* , Iron*/metabolism, Binding Sites ; Carbohydrate Epimerases/genetics ; Carbohydrate Epimerases/metabolism |
مستخلص: | Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative pathogen that has become a threat to public health worldwide due to the emergence of hypervirulent and multidrug-resistant strains. Cell-surface components, such as polysaccharide capsules, fimbriae, and lipopolysaccharides (LPS), are among the major virulence factors for K. pneumoniae. One of the genes involved in LPS biosynthesis is the uge gene, which encodes the uridine diphosphate galacturonate 4-epimerase enzyme. Although essential for the LPS formation in K. pneumoniae, little is known about the mechanisms that regulate the expression of uge. Ferric uptake regulator (Fur) is an iron-responsive transcription factor that modulates the expression of capsular and fimbrial genes, but its role in LPS expression has not yet been identified. This work aimed to investigate the role of the Fur regulator in the expression of the K. pneumoniae uge gene and to determine whether the production of LPS by K. pneumoniae is modulated by the iron levels available to the bacterium. Results: Using bioinformatic analyses, a Fur-binding site was identified on the promoter region of the uge gene; this binding site was validated experimentally through Fur Titration Assay (FURTA) and DNA Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay (EMSA) techniques. RT-qPCR analyses were used to evaluate the expression of uge according to the iron levels available to the bacterium. The iron-rich condition led to a down-regulation of uge, while the iron-restricted condition resulted in up-regulation. In addition, LPS was extracted and quantified on K. pneumoniae cells subjected to iron-replete and iron-limited conditions. The iron-limited condition increased the amount of LPS produced by K. pneumoniae. Finally, the expression levels of uge and the amount of the LPS were evaluated on a K. pneumoniae strain mutant for the fur gene. Compared to the wild-type, the strain with the fur gene knocked out presented a lower LPS amount and an unchanged expression of uge, regardless of the iron levels. Conclusions: Here, we show that iron deprivation led the K. pneumoniae cells to produce higher amount of LPS and that the Fur regulator modulates the expression of uge, a gene essential for LPS biosynthesis. Thus, our results indicate that iron availability modulates the LPS biosynthesis in K. pneumoniae through a Fur-dependent mechanism. (© 2024. The Author(s).) |
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فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae; Gene expression analyses; Iron-regulatory proteins; Lipopolysaccharides; Transcriptional regulation |
المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) 0 (Bacterial Proteins) 0 (Repressor Proteins) 0 (ferric uptake regulating proteins, bacterial) E1UOL152H7 (Iron) EC 5.1.3.- (Carbohydrate Epimerases) |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20240726 Date Completed: 20240728 Latest Revision: 20240803 |
رمز التحديث: | 20240804 |
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC11282780 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12866-024-03418-x |
PMID: | 39061004 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1471-2180 |
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DOI: | 10.1186/s12866-024-03418-x |