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机械刺激通过细胞外应激感应途径激活基因表达
Christine E Harper1,2, Wenyao Zhang3, Junsung Lee1
1Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Scientific reports
|August 26, 2023
概括
细菌具有机械敏感的基因调节系统. 对细菌细胞外的机械应力激活VxrAB信号通路,促进细胞壁合成和稳态.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
背景情况:
- 机械敏感机制调节了真核生物中的组织修复.
- 细菌中这种过程的存在在很大程度上是未知的.
- 在Vibrio cholerae中的抗生素损伤通过VxrAB系统刺激细胞壁合成.
研究的目的:
- 调查单纯的机械压力是否可以激活细菌机械敏感通道.
- 为了证明细菌中的机械敏感基因调节系统.
主要方法:
- 使用微流体,直接压缩和水立压力对单个Vibrio cholerae施加机械力.
- 使用光蛋白记者监控VxrAB信号.
- 在细胞包膜刚度降低 (ShyA删除) 的细菌中评估了VxrAB反应.
主要成果:
- 观察到VxrAB信号的增加是对各种机械负载方式的反应.
- 机械应力,独立于抗生素,足以激活VxrAB.
- 减少细胞外硬度导致变形增加和VxrAB信号放大.
结论:
- 霍乱病毒具有机械敏感的基因调节系统.
- 机械信号有助于调节细菌细胞壁的恒温.
- 这项研究揭示了细菌适应机械压力的新机制.
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