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生物体内で利用可能な酸素への反応として,シゲッラ菌の毒性の調節
Benoit Marteyn1, Nicholas P West, Douglas F Browning
1Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Department of Microbiology, Flowers Building, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Nature
|May 4, 2010
まとめ
Shigella flexneriバクテリアは,毒性を制御するために酸素レベルを使用します. 低酸素状態では,分泌針を伸ばすことによって侵入を準備するが,エフェクター放出を減らし,腸内膜の近くでの侵入を強化する.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- バクテリア病原菌の発生
- ホストと病原体の相互作用
背景:
- バクテリアは宿主の微小環境に基づいて,毒性因子の発現を調整する.
- Shigella flexneriは腹を引き起こし,侵入と毒性のためにそのタイプ3分泌システム (T3SS) に依存しています.
- 消化管内の酸素レベルは,細菌の行動に影響します.
研究 の 目的:
- 酸素濃度のShigella flexneriのタイプ3分泌システム (T3SS) の活動にどのように影響するか調査する.
- 異なる酸素濃度に応じてT3SSの機能を制御する規制メカニズムを解明する.
- 宿主胃腸内におけるシゲッラ菌の侵入と毒性を媒介する酸素の役割を理解する.
主な方法:
- 異なる酸素条件下での細菌の遺伝子発現の分析 (無酸素対相対酸素化).
- ウイルス性遺伝子転写の制御におけるFNR (フーマレートとニートレードクション) 調節体の役割を調査する.
- T3SSの針延伸とエフェクター分泌 (Ipa) に対する酸素媒介調節の影響を検証する.
主要な成果:
- 腸の光における無酸素状態は,T3SSの針を伸ばすことによる侵入のためのShigellaのプライムですが,FNR媒介の spa32とspa33.3の制御を通じてIpa効果因子分泌を抑制します.
- 消化管粘膜の近くの相対酸素化のゾーンは,Ipa分泌の無酸素ブロックを逆転させます.
- この酸素グラデントにより,宿主細胞との接触部位で正確なT3SSの活性化が可能になり,侵入と毒性を高めます.
結論:
- 酸素濃度は,Shigella flexneriの毒性を調節する環境的キューである.
- FNR調節器は,無酸素代謝とT3SSの調節を結びつける上で重要な役割を果たします.
- 胃腸内における異なった酸素レベルは,標的の細菌の侵入と病原性を促進します.
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