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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.690942
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stress hormones; catecholamines; sensing; transport; bacterial physiology
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- Medical Research Council [MC_U105184326] Funding Source: Medline
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The communication between microorganisms and their hosts, known as inter-kingdom signaling, involves eukaryotic signals such as hormones influencing bacterial physiology. Stress-related catecholamines like epinephrine and norepinephrine have been shown to affect the behaviors of various Gram-negative bacteria and some Gram-positive bacteria. Epinephrine and norepinephrine trigger a signaling cascade in E. coli and S. enterica by interacting with the QseC histidine sensor kinase protein.
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes have coexisted for millions of years. The hormonal communication between microorganisms and their hosts, dubbed inter-kingdom signaling, is a recent field of research. Eukaryotic signals such as hormones, neurotransmitters or immune system molecules have been shown to modulate bacterial physiology. Among them, catecholamines hormones epinephrine/norepinephrine, released during stress and physical effort, or used therapeutically as inotropes have been described to affect bacterial behaviors (i.e., motility, biofilm formation, virulence) of various Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vibrio sp.). More recently, these molecules were also shown to influence the physiology of some Gram-positive bacteria like Enterococcus faecalis. In E. coli and S. enterica, the stress-associated mammalian hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine trigger a signaling cascade by interacting with the QseC histidine sensor kinase protein. No catecholamine sensors have been well described yet in other bacteria. This review aims to provide an up to date report on catecholamine sensors in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, their transport, and known effects on bacteria.
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