Phosphate starvation: a novel signal that triggers ESX-5 secretion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Molecular Microbiology
Sarah R Elliott, Anna D Tischler

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis uses the Type VII ESX secretion systems to transport proteins across its complex cell wall. ESX-5 has been implicated in M. tuberculosis virulence, but the regulatory mechanisms controlling ESX-5 secretion were unknown. Here we uncover a link between ESX-5 and the Pst/SenX3-RegX3 system that controls gene expression in response to phosphate availability. The DNA-binding response regulator RegX3 is normally activated by phosphate limitation. Deletion of pstA1, which encodes a Pst phosphate uptake system component, causes constitutive activation of RegX3. A ΔpstA1 mutant exhibited RegX3-dependent overexpression of esx-5 genes and hyper-secretion of the ESX-5 substrates EsxN and PPE41 when the bacteria were grown in phosphate-rich medium. In wild-type M. tuberculosis, phosphate limitation activated esx-5 transcription and secretion of both EsxN and PPE41, and this response required RegX3. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that RegX3 binds directly to a promoter within the esx-5 locus. Remarkably, phosphate limitation also induced secretion of EsxB, an effector of the virulence-associated ESX-1 secretion system, though this induction was RegX3 independent. Our work demonstrates that the Pst/S...Continue Reading

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