膜-囊介导的细菌间通信激活了无声的二次代谢物生产
Aya Yoshimura1, Rio Saeki1, Ryusuke Nakada1
1Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
|July 14, 2023
概括
细菌膜囊泡 (MVs) 可以激活沉默的生物合成基因集群 (BGCs),释放新的代谢物. 这项研究表明,来自Burkholderia multivorans的MVs在各种细菌中诱导沉默的BGC,揭示了复杂的物种间交流.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 许多细菌生物合成基因集群 (BGCs) 在标准实验室条件下保持沉默.
- 沉默的BGC具有产生有价值化合物的潜力,但需要特定的环境线索来激活.
- 细菌膜囊泡 (MVs) 越来越多地被认为是它们在细胞间通信中的作用以及作为潜在的信号传递媒介.
研究的目的:
- 研究细菌膜囊泡 (MVs) 激活不同细菌物种中沉默的BGC的潜力.
- 探索MVs诱导沉默代谢物表达的机制.
- 为了阐明由MVs介导的物种间交流.
主要方法:
- 隔离和应用Burkholderia multivorans MVs到各种细菌培养物.
- 针对MV处理的代谢物产生的分析.
- 使用Xenorhabdus innexi的机制研究,以了解MV诱导的激活,包括定数感应抑制.
- 由Xenorhabdus innexi产生的MVs的表征及其对Burkholderia multivorans的影响.
主要成果:
- Burkholderia multivorans MVs成功诱导了来自Actinobacteria,Bacteroidetes和Proteobacteria族的细菌的静音代谢物生产.
- 在Xenorhabdus innexi中,MV诱导的静态代谢物产生与抑制定数感应途径有关.
- 含有诱导的Xenorhabdus innexi MVs对Burkholderia multivorans的生长表现出抑制作用,证明了相互通信.
结论:
- 细菌MVs是无声BGCs的有效诱导剂,扩大了可访问的细菌天然产品的剧目.
- 沉默的BGCs的MV介导激活涉及复杂的调节相互作用,包括定数感应调制.
- MVs的交换促进了复杂的物种间交流,影响了细菌生长和潜在的生态动态.
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