Analysis of AI-2/LuxS-dependent transcription in Campylobacter jejuni strain 81-176

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
Yiping HeChin-Yi Chen

Abstract

Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is a quorum-sensing signal molecule that controls a variety of cellular activities in response to cell density in both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. The production of AI-2 is dependent upon LuxS, the last enzyme in the AI-2 biosynthesis pathway. For this study, we constructed a luxS null mutation (Delta luxS) in Campylobacter jejuni strain 81-176, and showed that it abolished AI-2 production. The Delta luxS mutant had a longer doubling time in Mueller-Hinton (MH) broth and reduced swarming on MH soft agar at 37 degrees C compared to the wild type (wt), whereas growth rate or swarming at 42 degrees C was not affected. The Delta luxS mutant was also more sensitive to hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and cumene hydroperoxide than the wt by disc inhibition assays at 42 degrees C, though minimum inhibitory concentration comparisons were inconclusive. Differences in genome-wide gene expression between wt and Delta luxS mutant with and without H(2)O(2) treatments were compared using DNA microarrays. The genes that showed differential expressions (wt/Delta luxS) include operons/pathways involved in AI-2 synthesis and S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) metabolism (metE, metF, and pfs), flagellar assembly/regulation,...Continue Reading

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