Revisiting the quorum-sensing hierarchy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the transcriptional regulator RhlR regulates LasR-specific factors

Dekimpe, Valérie et Déziel, Éric (2009). Revisiting the quorum-sensing hierarchy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the transcriptional regulator RhlR regulates LasR-specific factors Microbiology , vol. 155 , nº 3. pp. 712-723. DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.022764-0.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses the two major quorum-sensing (OS) regulatory systems las and rhl to modulate the expression of many of its virulence factors. The las system is considered to stand at the top of the QS hierarchy. However, some virulence factors such as pyocyanin have been reported to still be produced in lasR mutants under certain conditions. Interestingly, such mutants arise spontaneously under various conditions, including in the airways of cystic fibrosis patients. Using transcriptional lacZ reporters, LC/MS quantification and phenotypic assays, we have investigated the regulation of OS-controlled factors by the las system. Our results show that activity of the rhl system is only delayed in a lasR mutant, thus allowing the expression of multiple virulence determinants such as pyocyanin, rhamnolipids and C-4-homoserine lactone (HSL) during the late stationary phase. Moreover, at this stage, RhIR is able to overcome the absence of the las system by activating specific LasR-controlled functions, including production of 3-oxo-C-12-HSL and Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS). P. aeruginosa is thus able to circumvent the deficiency of one of its QS systems by allowing the other to take over. This work demonstrates that the QS hierarchy is more complex than the model simply presenting the las system above the rhl system

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	HAQ, 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinoline; HSL, homoserine lactone; PQS, Pseudomonas quinolone signal; QS, quorum sensing
Centre:	Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Date de dépôt:	01 mai 2014 15:11
Dernière modification:	01 mai 2014 15:11
URI:	https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/2220

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