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A Visual Assay to Monitor T6SS-mediated Bacterial Competition
Published on: March 20, 2013
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报复:在细菌细胞与细胞相互作用期间,VI型分泌系统的反击
Marek Basler1, Brian T Ho, John J Mekalanos
1Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Cell
|February 19, 2013
概括
细菌类型VI分泌系统 (T6SS) 参与"决斗",从而增强了猎物的杀戮. 伪菌的T6SS攻击是由猎物的T6SS活动所促进的,这表明反击信号机制.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 细菌细胞与细胞的相互作用
- 蛋白质分泌系统是一种蛋白质分泌系统.
背景情况:
- 细菌的VI型分泌系统 (T6SS) 是一种复杂的机器,用于将效应蛋白送入细胞.
- 在相邻的Pseudomonas aeruginosa细胞中的T6SS有机体之间的动态相互作用被观察到,称为"T6SS决斗".
- 假设T6SS决斗是细菌攻击和防御的机制.
研究的目的:
- 调查T6SS决斗对P. aeruginosa.的异性细菌物种掠食的影响.
- 为了确定猎物T6SS活动是否会影响P. aeruginosa的T6SS中介杀戮的有效性.
- 阐明管理T6SS有机体组合和反击的监管信号.
主要方法:
- 时间间隔光显微镜观察P. aeruginosa.中的T6SS动态.
- 与P. aeruginosa和猎物物种 (Vibrio cholerae,Acinetobacter baylyi) 的共同培养实验.
- 在相互作用的种群中量化杀死细菌和T6SS活动的测试.
主要成果:
- T6SS决斗显著提高了P. aeruginosa捕食其他细菌物种的能力.
- 通过P. aeruginosa T6SS杀死V. cholerae和A. baylyi是由T6SS活动在猎物中存在的T6SS活动强烈刺激的.
- 一个信号机制似乎调节了P. aeruginosaT6SS组装和致命的反击,以应对直接的T6SS攻击.
结论:
- T6SS决斗是细菌物种间竞争和掠食的关键因素.
- 细菌T6SS攻击的有效性是由猎物的防御能力调节的.
- 一个新的信号通路将T6SS攻击检测与T6SS中介反攻的激活联系在一起.
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