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Staphylococcus epidermidis SrrAB regulates bacterial growth and biofilm formation differently under oxic and microaerobic conditions.

ABSTRACT: SrrAB expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis strain 1457 (SE1457) was upregulated during a shift from oxic to microaerobic conditions. An srrA deletion (?srrA) mutant was constructed for studying the regulatory function of SrrAB. The deletion resulted in retarded growth and abolished biofilm formation both in vitro and in vivo and under both oxic and microaerobic conditions. Associated with the reduced biofilm formation, the ?srrA mutant produced much less polysaccharide intercellular adhesion (PIA) and showed decreased initial adherence capacity. Microarray analysis showed that the srrA mutation affected transcription of 230 genes under microaerobic conditions, and 51 genes under oxic conditions. Quantitative real-time PCR confirmed this observation and showed downregulation of genes involved in maintaining the electron transport chain by supporting cytochrome and quinol-oxidase assembly (e.g., qoxB and ctaA) and in anaerobic metabolism (e.g., pflBA and nrdD). In the ?srrA mutant, the expression of the biofilm formation-related gene icaR was upregulated under oxic conditions and downregulated under microaerobic conditions, whereas icaA was downregulated under both conditions. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay further revealed that phosphorylated SrrA bound to the promoter regions of icaR, icaA, qoxB, and pflBA, as well as its own promoter region. These findings demonstrate that in S. epidermidis SrrAB is an autoregulator and regulates biofilm formation in an ica-dependent manner. Under oxic conditions, SrrAB modulates electron transport chain activity by positively regulating qoxBACD transcription. Under microaerobic conditions, it regulates fermentation processes and DNA synthesis by modulating the expression of both the pfl operon and nrdDG.

SUBMITTER: Wu Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285975 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Staphylococcus epidermidis SrrAB regulates bacterial growth and biofilm formation differently under oxic and microaerobic conditions.

Wu Youcong Y Wu Yang Y Zhu Tao T Han Haiyan H Liu Huayong H Xu Tao T Francois Patrice P Fischer Adrien A Bai Li L Götz Friedrich F Qu Di D

Journal of bacteriology 20141117 3

SrrAB expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis strain 1457 (SE1457) was upregulated during a shift from oxic to microaerobic conditions. An srrA deletion (ΔsrrA) mutant was constructed for studying the regulatory function of SrrAB. The deletion resulted in retarded growth and abolished biofilm formation both in vitro and in vivo and under both oxic and microaerobic conditions. Associated with the reduced biofilm formation, the ΔsrrA mutant produced much less polysaccharide intercellular adhesion ...[more]

PMID: 25404696

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Project description:Biofilm formation is considered the most important factor involved in pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis.We investigated the role of two-component signal transduction system (TCS) srrAB, which was up-regulated under micro-aerobic condition, in the growth and biofilm formation of S. epidermidis.AsrrA-deficient mutant (M-bM-^HM-^FsrrA) derived from S. epidermidis1457 (SE1457), exhibited dramatic reduction in growth and biofilm formation underboth aerobic and micro-aerobic conditions, and more sensitive to several different types of antimicrobial agents, H2O2 and SDS. In New Zealand Rabbit model of S. epidermidis biofilm infection, M-bM-^HM-^FsrrA hardly formed biofilm compared to that of SE1457. Phenotypic alteration was restored to the wide-type levelwhen srrAB were complemented into M-bM-^HM-^FsrrA. Further study found that the initial adherence capacity and production of polysaccharide intercellular adhesion (PIA) in M-bM-^HM-^FsrrA were decreased, while extracellular DNA (eDNA) was increased. Transcriptional Analysisby qRT-PCR demonstrated that expression level of icaRin M-bM-^HM-^FsrrA was up-regulated compared to that of SE1457 under aerobic condition, while down-regulated under micro-aerobic condition;icaA and altE were down-regulated under both conditions. Expression of genes involved in respiratory metabolism, such as qoxB(quinol oxidase polypeptide II), ctaA(heme A synthase), and pfl(pyruvate formatelyase), etc. were down-regulated in M-bM-^HM-^FsrrAunder both conditions. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) revealed that phosphorylated SrrA bound to the promoter regions of icaR, icaA, atlE, qoxB,ctaA, andpflB just like binding its own promoter region srr. Taken together, our results demonstrate that srrAB may provide a mechanistic link between respiratory metabolism, environmental signals, and regulation of biofilm formation in S. epidermidis. Microarrays covering different S. epidermidis genomes were used to assess the impact of the two component system srrAB on growth and biofilm formation, by comparing WT with srrA mutant transcriptomes

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Staphylococcus epidermidis SrrAB regulates bacterial growth and biofilm formation differently under oxic and microaerobic conditions.

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Staphylococcus epidermidis SrrAB regulates bacterial growth and biofilm formation differently under oxic and microaerobic conditions.

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