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Peer pressure from a Proteus mirabilis self-recognition system controls participation in cooperative swarm motility


ABSTRACT: A resident of animal intestines, Proteus mirabilis is a major cause of catheter-associated urinary tract infections and can cause recurrent, persistent infections. Swarming, which is a collective behavior that promotes centimeter-scale population migration, is implicated in colonization of bladders and kidneys. A regulatory factor of swarming is kin recognition, which involves the transfer of a self-identity protein from one cell into a physically adjacent neighboring cell. However, how kin recognition regulates swarming was previously unclear. We have now shown a mechanism linking kin recognition, swarm migration, and antibiotics tolerance: cells induce a transient antibiotics-tolerant, persister-like state in adjacent non-identical cells which in turn prevents non-identical cells from continuing to participate in collective swarming. These affected non-identical cells continue to exhibit large-scale gene expression suggesting an active shift into a different expression state. These data provide two key insights for the field. First, kin recognition can be a regulatory mechanism that acts with spatial and temporal precision. Second, induction into an antibiotics-tolerant state, instead of occurring stochastically, can be physically and spatially regulated by neighboring cells. These insights highlight the importance of further developing four-dimensional (time and X-, Y-, Z-axes) model systems for interrogating cell-cell signaling and control in microbial populations.

ORGANISM(S): Proteus mirabilis

PROVIDER: GSE131647 | GEO | 2019/05/23

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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