Identification of signaling pathways, matrix-digestion enzymes, and motility components controlling Vibrio cholerae biofilm dispersal.
Identification of signaling pathways, matrix-digestion enzymes, and motility components controlling Vibrio cholerae biofilm dispersal.
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10.1073/pnas.2021166117
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发表时间:
2020-12-22
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Bassler BL
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作者:
Bridges AA;Fei C;Bassler BL
The global pathogen Vibrio cholerae alternates between free swimming and existing in sessile multicellular communities known as biofilms. Transitioning between these lifestyles is key for disease transmission. V. cholerae biofilm formation is well studied; however, almost nothing is known about how V. cholerae cells disperse from biofilms, precluding our understanding of a central pathogenicity step. Here, we conducted an imaging screen for V. cholerae mutants that failed to disperse. Our screen revealed three classes of components required for dispersal: signal transduction, matrix degradation, and motility factors. We characterized these components to reveal the sequence of molecular events that choreograph V. cholerae biofilm dispersal. Our report provides a framework for developing strategies to modulate biofilm dispersal to prevent or treat disease. Bacteria alternate between being free-swimming and existing as members of sessile multicellular communities called biofilms. The biofilm lifecycle occurs in three stages: cell attachment, biofilm maturation, and biofilm dispersal. Vibrio cholerae biofilms are hyperinfectious, and biofilm formation and dispersal are considered central to disease transmission. While biofilm formation is well studied, almost nothing is known about biofilm dispersal. Here, we conducted an imaging screen for V. cholerae mutants that fail to disperse, revealing three classes of dispersal components: signal transduction proteins, matrix-degradation enzymes, and motility factors. Signaling proteins dominated the screen and among them, we focused on an uncharacterized two-component sensory system that we term DbfS/DbfR for dispersal of biofilm sensor/regulator. Phospho-DbfR represses biofilm dispersal. DbfS dephosphorylates and thereby inactivates DbfR, which permits dispersal. Matrix degradation requires two enzymes: LapG, which cleaves adhesins, and RbmB, which digests matrix polysaccharides. Reorientation in swimming direction, mediated by CheY3, is necessary for cells to escape from the porous biofilm matrix. We suggest that these components act sequentially: signaling launches dispersal by terminating matrix production and triggering matrix digestion, and subsequent cell motility permits escape from biofilms. This study lays the groundwork for interventions aimed at modulating V. cholerae biofilm dispersal to ameliorate disease.
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1222981
发表时间:
2012-07-13
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Berk V;Fong JC;Dempsey GT;Develioglu ON;Zhuang X;Liphardt J;Yildiz FH;Chu S
通讯作者:
Chu S
影响因子:
5.4
作者:
Conner JG;Zamorano-Sánchez D;Park JH;Sondermann H;Yildiz FH
通讯作者:
Yildiz FH
影响因子:
9.8
作者:
Bridges, Andrew A.;Bassler, Bonnie L.
通讯作者:
Bassler, Bonnie L.
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Licata, Nicholas A.;Mohari, Bitan;Setayeshgar, Sima
通讯作者:
Setayeshgar, Sima
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0308052101
发表时间:
2004-04-06
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Butler, SM;Camilli, A
通讯作者:
Camilli, A