OmpR Regulates the Two-Component System SsrA-SsrB in Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2

AUTOR(ES)

Lee, Anthea K.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI-2) encodes a putative, two-component regulatory system, SsrA-SsrB, which regulates a type III secretion system needed for replication inside macrophages and systemic infection in mice. The sensor and regulator homologs, ssrAB (spiR), and genes within the secretion system, including the structural gene ssaH, are transcribed after Salmonella enters host cells. We have studied the transcriptional regulation of ssrAB and the secretion system by using gfp fusions to the ssrA and ssaH promoters. We found that early transcription of ssrA, after entry into macrophages, is most efficient in the presence of OmpR. An ompR mutant strain does not exhibit replication within cultured macrophages. Furthermore, footprint analysis shows that purified OmpR protein binds directly to the ssrA promoter region. We also show that minimal medium, pH 4.5, induces SPI-2 gene expression in wild-type but not ompR mutant strains. We conclude that the type III secretion system of SPI-2 is regulated by OmpR, which activates expression of ssrA soon after Salmonella enters the macrophage.

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