c-di-AMP modulates Listeria monocytogenes central metabolism to regulate growth, antibiotic resistance and osmoregulation.
c-di-AMP modulates Listeria monocytogenes central metabolism to regulate growth, antibiotic resistance and osmoregulation.
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DOI:
10.1111/mmi.13622
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发表时间:
2017-04
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Portnoy DA
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作者:
Whiteley AT;Garelis NE;Peterson BN;Choi PH;Tong L;Woodward JJ;Portnoy DA
Cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a conserved nucleotide second messenger critical for bacterial growth and resistance to cell wall-active antibiotics. In Listeria monocytogenes, the sole diadenylate cyclase, DacA, is essential in rich, but not synthetic media and ΔdacA mutants are highly sensitive to the β-lactam antibiotic cefuroxime. In this study, loss of function mutations in the oligopeptide importer (oppABCDF) and glycine betaine importer (gbuABC) allowed ΔdacA mutants to grow in rich medium. Oligopeptides were sufficient to inhibit growth of the ΔdacA mutant and we hypothesized that oligopeptides act as osmolytes, similar to glycine betaine, to disrupt intracellular osmotic pressure. Supplementation with salt stabilized the ΔdacA mutant in rich medium and restored cefuroxime resistance. Additional suppressor mutations in the acetyl-CoA binding site of pyruvate carboxylase (PycA) rescued cefuroxime resistance and resulted in a 100-fold increase in virulence of the ΔdacA mutant. PycA is inhibited by c-di-AMP and these mutations prompted us to examine the role of TCA cycle enzymes. Inactivation of citrate synthase, but not down-stream enzymes suppressed ΔdacA phenotypes. These data suggested that c-di-AMP modulates central metabolism at the pyruvate node to moderate citrate production and indeed, the ΔdacA mutant accumulated 6-times the concentration of citrate present in wild-type bacteria. c-di-AMP is an essential nucleotide second messenger in many bacteria. In this report, Whiteley et al. demonstrate that suppressor mutations in the acetyl-CoA binding site of Listeria monocytogenes pyruvate carboxylase restore growth, resistance to cell-wall antibiotics, and virulence of a mutant unable to produce c-di-AMP. These data suggest that c-di-AMP modulates central metabolism at the pyruvate node, which is necessary for optional growth, osmoregulation, and virulence.