Magnesium modulates Bacillus subtilis cell division frequency
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PROVIDER: PRJNA907752 | ENA |
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Project description:By chance, we discovered a window of extracellular magnesium (Mg2+) availability that modulates Bacillus subtilis division frequency without affecting growth rate. In this window, cells grown with excess Mg2+ produce shorter cells than those grown in unsupplemented medium. The Mg2+-responsive adjustment in cell length occurs in both rich and minimal media and in domesticated and undomesticated strains. Of other divalent cations tested, manganese (Mn2+) and zinc (Zn2+) also resulted in cell shortening, but only at concentrations that affected growth. Cell length decreased proportionally with increasing Mg2+ from 0.2 mM to 4.0 mM, with little or no detectable change in labile, intracellular Mg2+ based on a riboswitch reporter. Cells grown in excess Mg2+ had fewer nucleoids and possessed more FtsZ-rings per unit cell length, consistent with increased division frequency. Remarkably, when shifting cells from unsupplemented to supplemented medium, more than half of the cell length decrease occurred in the first 10 min, consistent with rapid division onset. Relative to unsupplemented cells, cells growing at steady-state with excess Mg2+ showed enhanced expression of a large number of SigB-regulated genes and activation of the Fur, MntR, and Zur regulons. Thus, by manipulating the availability of one nutrient, we were able to uncouple growth rate from division frequency and identify transcriptional changes suggesting cell division is accompanied by the general stress response and an enhanced demand to sequester and/or increase uptake of iron, Mn2+, and Zn2+.
2022-12-06 | GSE219221 | GEO
Project description:By chance, we discovered a window of extracellular magnesium (Mg2+) availability that modulates the division frequency of Bacillus subtilis without affecting its growth rate. In this window, cells grown with excess Mg2+ produce shorter cells than do those grown in unsupplemented medium. The Mg2+-responsive adjustment in cell length occurs in both rich and minimal media as well as in domesticated and undomesticated strains. Of other divalent cations tested, manganese (Mn2+) and zinc (Zn2+) also resulted in cell shortening, but this occurred only at concentrations that affected growth. Cell length decreased proportionally with increasing Mg2+ from 0.2 mM to 4.0 mM, with little or no detectable change being observed in labile, intracellular Mg2+, based on a riboswitch reporter. Cells grown in excess Mg2+ had fewer nucleoids and possessed more FtsZ-rings per unit cell length, consistent with the increased division frequency. Remarkably, when shifting cells from unsupplemented to supplemented medium, more than half of the cell length decrease occurred in the first 10 min, consistent with rapid division onset. Relative to unsupplemented cells, cells growing at steady-state with excess Mg2+ showed an enhanced expression of a large number of SigB-regulated genes and the activation of the Fur, MntR, and Zur regulons. Thus, by manipulating the availability of one nutrient, we were able to uncouple the growth rate from the division frequency and identify transcriptional changes that suggest that cell division is accompanied by the general stress response and an enhanced demand to sequester and/or increase the uptake of iron, Mn2+, and Zn2+. IMPORTANCE The signals that cells use to trigger cell division are unknown. Although division is often considered intrinsic to the cell cycle, microorganisms can continue to grow and repeat rounds of DNA replication without dividing, indicating that cycles of division can be skipped. Here, we show that by manipulating a single nutrient, namely, Mg2+, cell division can be uncoupled from the growth rate. This finding can be applied to investigate the nature of the cell division signal(s).
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Project description:One of the first steps in bacterial cell division is the polymerization of the tubulin-like protein FtsZ at midcell. The dynamics of FtsZ polymerization is regulated by a set of proteins among which ZapA. A zapA mutation does not result in a clear phenotype in Bacillus subtilis. In this study we used a synthetic-lethal screen to find genes that become essential when ZapA is absent. Three transposon insertions were found in yvcL. Deletion of yvcL in a wild type background had only a mild effect on growth, but a yvcL zapA double mutant is very filamentous and sick. This filamentation is caused by a strong reduction in FtsZ polymerization, suggesting that YvcL is involved in an early stage of cell division. YvcL is 25 % identical and 50 % similar to the Streptomyces coelicolor transcription factor WhiA. WhiA is required for septation of aerial hyphae during sporulation. Using GFP fusions, we show that YvcL localizes at the nucleoid. Surprisingly, transcriptome analyses in combination with a ChIP on chip assay did not provide clear evidence that YvcL functions as a transcription factor. To gain more insight into the function of YvcL, we searched for suppressors of the filamentous phenotype of a M-bM-^HM-^FyvcL M-bM-^HM-^FzapA mutant. Transposon insertions in gtaB and pgcA restored normal cell division of the double mutant. The corresponding proteins have been implemented in the metabolic sensing of cell division. We conclude that YvcL (WhiA) is involved in cell division in B. subtilis through an as yet unknown mechanism. Comparing wild tpe Bascillus subtilus (n=3) with Bascillus Subtilis KS400 (n=2) and Bascillus subtilis KS696 (n=2)
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