Genetics 2015-07-01

Virulence Gene Regulation by L-Arabinose in Salmonella enterica.

Javier López-Garrido, Elena Puerta-Fernández, Ignacio Cota, Josep Casadesús

Index: Genetics 200 , 807-19, (2015)

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Abstract

Invasion of the intestinal epithelium is a critical step in Salmonella enterica infection and requires functions encoded in the gene cluster known as Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (SPI-1). Expression of SPI-1 genes is repressed by L-arabinose, and not by other pentoses. Transport of L-arabinose is necessary to repress SPI-1; however, repression is independent of L-arabinose metabolism and of the L-arabinose-responsive regulator AraC. SPI-1 repression by L-arabinose is exerted at a single target, HilD, and the mechanism appears to be post-translational. As a consequence of SPI-1 repression, l-arabinose reduces translocation of SPI-1 effectors to epithelial cells and decreases Salmonella invasion in vitro. These observations reveal a hitherto unknown role of L-arabinose in gene expression control and raise the possibility that Salmonella may use L-arabinose as an environmental signal.Copyright © 2015 by the Genetics Society of America.

Related Compounds

  • L-(+)-Arabinose
  • L-Glutamine
  • Luminol

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