A Peptidoglycan Amidase Activator Impacts Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Gut Infection
A Peptidoglycan Amidase Activator Impacts Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Gut Infection
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肽聚糖酰胺酶激活剂影响肠沙门氏菌鼠伤寒血清型肠道感染
DOI:
10.1128/iai.00187-20
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Miki Tsuyoshi
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作者:
Nakamura Nao;Hoshino Yusuke;Shiga Takuro;Haneda Takeshi;Okada Nobuhiko;Miki Tsuyoshi
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is an important foodborne pathogen that causes diarrhea. S. Typhimurium elicits inflammatory responses and colonizes the gut lumen by outcompeting the microbiota. Although evidence is accumulating with regard to the underlying mechanism, the infectious stage has not been adequately defined. Peptidoglycan amidases are widely distributed among bacteria and play a prominent role in peptidoglycan maintenance by hydrolyzing peptidoglycans. Amidase activation is required for the regulation of at least one of two cognate activators, NlpD or EnvC (also called YibP). Recent studies established that the peptidoglycan amidase AmiC-mediated cell division specifically confers a fitness advantage onS. Typhimurium in the inflamed gut. However, it remains unknown which cognate activators are involved in the amidase activation and how the activators influenceSalmonellasp. pathogenesis. Here, we characterize the role of two activators, NlpD and EnvC, inS. Typhimurium cell division and gut infection. EnvC was found to contribute to cell division ofS. Typhimurium cells through the activation of AmiA and AmiC. TheenvCmutant exhibited impairments in gut infection, including a gut colonization defect and reduced ability to elicit inflammatory responses. Importantly, the colonization defect of theenvCmutant was unrelated to the microbiota but was conferred by attenuated motility and chemotaxis ofS. Typhimurium cells, which were not observed in theamiA amiCmutant. Furthermore, theenvCmutant was impaired in its induction of mucosal inflammation and sustained gut colonization. Collectively, our findings provide a novel insight into the peptidoglycan amidase/cognate activator circuits and their dependent pathogenesis.