Repression of the RcsC-YojN-RcsB phosphorelay by the IgaA protein is a requisite for Salmonella virulence

Molecular Microbiology
Gustavo Domínguez-BernalF García-Del Portillo

Abstract

Bacterial pathogenesis relies on regulators that activate virulence genes. Some of them act, in addition, as repressors of specific genes. Intracellular-growth-attenuator-A (IgaA) is a Salmonella enterica membrane protein that prevents overactivation of the RcsC-YojN-RcsB regulatory system. This negative control is critical for growth because disruption of the igaA gene is only possible in rcsC, yojN or rcsB strains. In this work, we examined the contribution of this regulatory circuit to virulence. Viable igaA point mutant alleles were isolated and characterized. These alleles encode IgaA variants leading to different levels of activation of the RcsC-YojN-RcsB system. IgaA-mediated repression of the RcsB-YojN-RcsC system occurred at the post-translational level, as shown by chromosomal epitope tagging of the rcsC, yojN and rcsB genes. The activity of the RcsC-YojN-RcsB system, monitored with the product of a tagged gmd-3xFLAG gene (positively regulated by RcsC-YojN-RcsB), was totally abolished by wild-type bacteria in mouse target organs. Such tight repression occurred only in vivo and was mediated by IgaA. Shutdown of the RcsC-YojN-RcsB system is a requisite for Salmonella virulence since all igaA point mutant strains were hi...Continue Reading

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