EsxA是一种依赖于系统的第七类分泌效应因子,揭示了在Bacillus cereus ATCC14579 ATCC14579的分泌中具有一种新功能
Harvey K Kamboyi1, Atmika Paudel1,2, Misheck Shawa1,3
1Division of Infection and Immunity, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
BMC microbiology
|September 17, 2024
概括
细菌花使用第七类分泌系统效应者EsxA1和EsxA2,这对于有效的子形成至关重要. 删除这些细菌蛋白质显著阻碍了胞形成,影响了细菌的生存.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 细菌病原体的产生
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 谷菌是一种已知的引起感染和适应各种环境的阳性克拉姆细菌.
- 第七类分泌系统 (T7SS) 和其效应因子,如EsxA,在细菌适应中起作用,但它们在B. cereus中的功能基本上是未知的.
- 在B. cereus中,T7SS的谱系还没有得到充分的描述,因此需要对其组件和功能进行进一步的研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究VII型分泌系统 (T7SS) 和其作用因子在Bacillus cereus中的作用.
- 通过T7SS.通过B. cereus分泌的EsxA蛋白质的识别和特征.
- 确定 EsxA 蛋白在细菌分泌和生长中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用同源重组为T7SS分析生成B. cereus ATCC14579的DessC突变.
- 使用液体染色学-并联质谱法 (LC-MS/MS) 分析细菌培养的超浮体,以识别分泌的蛋白质.
- 创建EsxA1和EsxA2的特定基因删除,以研究它们在分泌中的单独和组合作用,通过显微镜和殖民地形成单元计数进行评估.
主要成果:
- 确定了两种非常相似的EsxA蛋白质 (sagEsxA类子家族),由野生型B. cereus分泌,但在ΔessC突变中不存在.
- 证明esxA1和esxA2中的缺失单独不会影响细胞形态或生长速度.
- 表明同时删除esxA1和esxA2 (ΔesxA1ΔesxA2) 显著降低了子活力,并减缓了子形成过程,<5%的细胞在24小时内形成子,而野生类型的细胞在24小时内形成子>80%.
结论:
- 谷菌种ATCC14579利用了两个几乎相同的T7SSb依赖的效应因子,即EsxA1和EsxA2.
- 在B. cereus.中,EsxA1和EsxA2的合作作用对于有效的化是必不可少的.
- 这项研究揭示了EsxA蛋白在促进细菌子形成中的新作用,这是以前未确定的功能.
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