RpoS- and Crp-dependent transcriptional control of Salmonella Typhi taiA and hlyE genes: role of environmental conditions

Fuentes, JA.; Jofre, MR; villagra NA; Mora, GC

Abstract

A novel pathogenicity island, SPI-18, carries the taiA-hlyE operon, encoding virulence factors in Salmonella Typhi. To determine the effects of certain environmental conditions on the expression of these genes, ß-galactosidase assays, RT-PCR reactions, western blot analyses and measurement of hemolytic activity were performed. The conditions studied are those likely found by S. Typhi during infection in the human host. We found RpoS-dependent transcriptional upregulation in low pH and high osmolarity for both genes. Our results show that oxygen depletion apparently did not affect transcription of the taiA-hlyE operon. On the other hand, the transcriptional regulator Crp, previously described as an activator of hlyE transcription in Escherichia coli, is involved in transcriptional repression of hlyE in S. Typhi. Moreover, addition of glucose to the growth medium results in decreasing the hlyE mRNA, suggesting that there is another factor related to catabolite repression different from Crp and involved in downregulation of hlyE in S. Typhi. © 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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Título según WOS: RpoS- and Crp-dependent transcriptional control of Salmonella Typhi taiA and hlyE genes: role of environmental conditions
Título según SCOPUS: RpoS- and Crp-dependent transcriptional control of Salmonella Typhi taiA and hlyE genes: role of environmental conditions
Título de la Revista: RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volumen: 160
Número: 10
Editorial: ELSEVIERRADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 800
Página final: 808
Idioma: English
URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S092325080900165X
DOI:

10.1016/j.resmic.2009.09.016

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS