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Downstream targets of Ca2+ signals in filamentous fungi

ABSTRACT: Ca2+ is a second messenger that regulates a variety of cellular responses in fungi. However, the mechanism behind how Ca2+ signals are transmitted within the cell as they regulate downstream targets remains unclear. We used a fluorescent Ca2+ biosensor to visualize the changes in Ca2+ concentration in the hyphae of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans in response to thermal stress via infrared laser point irradiation, and then we analyzed the characteristics of the periodic Ca2+ influx in the hyphae. Stress-responsive Ca2+ pulses promoted the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton and exocytosis, and they controlled the resumption, redirection, or branching of hyphal growth. To clarify how calcium signals are transmitted to downstream targets, we focused on calmodulin (CaM) and calcium/CaM-dependent protein kinases (CaMKs; CmkA, CmkB, and CmkC) by clarifying their localization and studying their interacting proteins by GFP-trap and MS analysis. Analysis of proteins that co-precipitated with CaM or CamKs showed that the calcium signaling pathway is involved in actin cytoskeleton rearrangement, vesicle transport, cell wall synthesis, and the cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway. Our approach enabled us to visualize the actual conduction of Ca2+ in hyphae in response to stress, and it clarified the downstream targets of CaM and CaMKs, thereby connecting the series of events, from input to output that are involved in calcium signaling.

ORGANISM(S): Cellular Organisms

SUBMITTER: Norio Takeshita

PROVIDER: PXD027777 | JPOST Repository | Thu Sep 08 00:00:00 BST 2022

REPOSITORIES: jPOST

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Project description:PAO1 was cultured planktonically to stationary phase with 10 mM calcium and no added calcium. The transcriptional response to calcium addition was determined. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes severe, life threatening infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), endocarditis, wounds, or with artificial implants. During CF pulmonary infections, P. aeruginosa often encounters environments where the levels of calcium (Ca2+) are elevated. Previously, we showed that P. aeruginosa responds to externally added Ca2+ through enhanced biofilm formation, increased production of several secreted virulence factors, and by developing a transient increase in the intracellular Ca2+ followed by its removal to the basal sub-micromolar level. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for regulating Ca2+-induced virulence factor production and Ca2+ homeostasis are not known. Here, we characterized the genome-wide transcriptional response of P. aeruginosa strains PAO1 and FRD1 to elevated [Ca2+] in both planktonic cultures and in biofilms. Among the genes induced by CaCl2 in PAO1 was an operon containing the two-component regulator PA2656-PA2657 (here called carS and carR), while the closely related two-component regulators, phoPQ and pmrAB were repressed by CaCl2 addition. To identify the regulatory targets of CarSR, we constructed a deletion mutant of carR, and performed transcriptome analysis of the mutant strain at low and high [Ca2+]. Among the genes regulated by CarSR in response to CaCl2 are the predicted periplasmic OB-fold protein, PA0320 and the inner membrane-anchored five-bladed -propeller protein, PA0327. Mutations in both PA0320 and PA0327 affected Ca2+ homeostasis, reducing the ability of P. aeruginosa to export excess Ca2+. In addition, a mutation in PA0327 had a pleotrophic effect in a Ca2+-dependent manner, altering swarming motility, pyocyanin production, and tobramycin sensitivity. Overall, the results indicate that the two-component system CarSR is responsible for sensing high levels of external Ca2+, and responding through its regulatory targets that modulate Ca2+ homeostasis, surface-associated motility, and production of the virulence factor, pyocyanin.

Project description:PAO1 and FRD1 were cultured planktonically and in biofilms with 10 mM calcium and no added calcium. The transcriptional response to calcium addition was determined for PAO1 cultured planktonically, for FRD1 cultured planktonically, for PAO1 cutured in biofilms, and for FRD1 cultured in biofilms. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes severe, life threatening infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), endocarditis, wounds, or with artificial implants. During CF pulmonary infections, P. aeruginosa often encounters environments where the levels of calcium (Ca2+) are elevated. Previously, we showed that P. aeruginosa responds to externally added Ca2+ through enhanced biofilm formation, increased production of several secreted virulence factors, and by developing a transient increase in the intracellular Ca2+ followed by its removal to the basal sub-micromolar level. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for regulating Ca2+-induced virulence factor production and Ca2+ homeostasis are not known. Here, we characterized the genome-wide transcriptional response of P. aeruginosa strains PAO1 and FRD1 to elevated [Ca2+] in both planktonic cultures and in biofilms. Among the genes induced by CaCl2 in PAO1 was an operon containing the two-component regulator PA2656-PA2657 (here called carS and carR), while the closely related two-component regulators, phoPQ and pmrAB were repressed by CaCl2 addition. To identify the regulatory targets of CarSR, we constructed a deletion mutant of carR, and performed transcriptome analysis of the mutant strain at low and high [Ca2+]. Among the genes regulated by CarSR in response to CaCl2 are the predicted periplasmic OB-fold protein, PA0320 and the inner membrane-anchored five-bladed -propeller protein, PA0327. Mutations in both PA0320 and PA0327 affected Ca2+ homeostasis, reducing the ability of P. aeruginosa to export excess Ca2+. In addition, a mutation in PA0327 had a pleotrophic effect in a Ca2+-dependent manner, altering swarming motility, pyocyanin production, and tobramycin sensitivity. Overall, the results indicate that the two-component system CarSR is responsible for sensing high levels of external Ca2+, and responding through its regulatory targets that modulate Ca2+ homeostasis, surface-associated motility, and production of the virulence factor, pyocyanin.

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