Inactivation of deoxyadenosine methyltransferase (dam) attenuates Haemophilus influenzae virulence

Molecular Microbiology
Michael E WatsonArnold L Smith

Abstract

Mutants in deoxyadenosine methyltransferase (dam) from many Gram-negative pathogens suggest multiple roles for Dam methylase: directing post-replicative DNA mismatch repair to the correct strand, guiding the temporal control of DNA replication and regulating the expression of multiple genes (including virulence factors) by differential promoter methylation. Dam methylase (HI0209) in strain Rd KW20 was inactivated in Haemophilus influenzae strains Rd KW20, Strain 12 and INT-1; restriction with Dam methylation-sensitive enzymes DpnI and DpnII confirmed the absence of Dam methylation, which was restored by complementation with a single copy of dam ectopically expressed in cis. Despite the lack of increased mutation frequency, the dam mutants had a 2-aminopurine-susceptible phenotype that could be suppressed by secondary mutations in mutS, suggesting a role for Dam in H. influenzae DNA mismatch repair. Invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs) and human respiratory epithelial cells (NCI-H292) by the dam mutants was significantly attenuated in all strains, suggesting the absence of a Dam-regulated event necessary for uptake or invasion of host cells. Intracellular replication was inhibited only in the Strain 1...Continue Reading

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