Regulation of prophage induction and lysogenization by phage communication systems.
Regulation of prophage induction and lysogenization by phage communication systems.
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10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.073
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2021-11-22
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Gandon S
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Bruce JB;Lion S;Buckling A;Westra ER;Gandon S
Many viruses cause both lytic infections, where they release viral particles, and dormant infections, where they await future opportunities to reactivate. The benefits of each transmission mode depend on the density of susceptible hosts in the environment. Some viruses infecting bacteria use molecular signaling to respond plastically to changes in host availability. These viruses produce a signal during lytic infection and regulate, based on the signal concentration in the environment, the probability with which they switch to causing dormant infections. We present an analytical framework to examine the adaptive significance of plasticity in viral life-history traits in fluctuating environments. Our model generalizes and extends previous theory and predicts that host density fluctuations should select for plasticity in entering lysogeny as well as virus reactivation once signal concentrations decline. Using Bacillus subtilis and its phage phi3T, we experimentally confirm the prediction that phages use signal to make informed decisions over prophage induction. We also demonstrate that lysogens produce signaling molecules and that signal is degraded by hosts in a density-dependent manner. Declining signal concentrations therefore potentially indicate the presence of uninfected hosts and trigger prophage induction. Finally, we find that conflict over the responses of lysogenization and reactivation to signal is resolved through the evolution of different response thresholds for each trait. Collectively, these findings deepen our understanding of the ways viruses use molecular communication to regulate their infection strategies, which can be leveraged to manipulate host and phage population dynamics in natural environments. Phages produce and respond to arbitrium signal during the lytic and lysogenic cycles Signaling provides indirect information on the availability of susceptible hosts Phages adjust lysogenization and reactivation based on this indirect information Phages use distinct signal response thresholds for lysogenization and reactivation Bruce et al. show that phages use molecular signaling to respond to changing host availability during lytic growth and as prophage. The virus uses different signal response thresholds for the transition to lysogeny versus for reactivation, allowing phages to avoid lysogeny when susceptible hosts are many and induction when they are absent.
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