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A LysR Family Transcriptional Regulator Modulates Burkholderia cenocepacia Biofilm Formation and Protease Production

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00202-21

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Burkholderia cenocepacia; quorum sensing; LysR family transcriptional regulator; biofilm; protease

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  1. Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars [2014A030306015]

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The study demonstrated a new downstream regulator, Bcal3178, which controls biofilm formation and protease production in Burkholderia cenocepacia through modulation by AHL and BDSF QS systems. Bcal3178 regulates target gene expression by directly binding to promoter DNA regions, and it is directly controlled by the AHL system regulator CepR. These results unveil a novel molecular mechanism by which QS systems regulate target gene expression and biological functions in B. cenocepacia.
Quorum-sensing (QS) signals are widely employed by bacteria to regulate biological functions in response to cell densities. Previous studies showed that Burkholderia cenocepacia mostly utilizes two types of QS systems, including the N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) and cis-2-dodecenoic acid (BDSF) systems, to regulate biological functions. We demonstrated here that a LysR family transcriptional regulator, Bcal3178, controls the QS-regulated phenotypes, including biofilm formation and protease production, in B. cenocepacia H111. Expression of Bcal3178 at the transcriptional level was obviously downregulated in both the AHL-deficient and BDSF-deficient mutant strains compared to the wild-type H111 strain. It was further identified that Bcal3178 regulated target gene expression by directly binding to the promoter DNA regions. We also revealed that Bcal3178 was directly controlled by the AHL system regulator CepR. These results show that Bcal3178 is a new downstream component of the QS signaling network that modulates a subset of genes and functions coregulated by the AHL and BDSF QS systems in B. cenocepacia. IMPORTANCE Burkholderia cenocepacia is an important opportunistic pathogen in humans that utilizes the BDSF and AHL quorum-sensing (QS) systems to regulate biological functions and virulence. We demonstrated here that a new downstream regulator, Bcal3178 of the QS signaling network, controls biofilm formation and protease production. Bcal3178 is a LysR family transcriptional regulator modulated by both the BDSF and AHL QS systems. Furthermore, Bcal3178 controls many target genes, which are regulated by the QS systems in B. cenocepacia. Collectively, our findings depict a novel molecular mechanism with which QS systems regulate some target gene expression and biological functions by modulating the expression level of a LysR family transcriptional regulator in B. cenocepacia.

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