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An Auto-Regulating Type II Toxin-Antitoxin System Modulates Drug Resistance and Virulence in Streptococcus suis

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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.671706

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Streptococcus suis; toxin; antitoxin; drug resistance; virulence

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  1. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China [BK20191309]

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The Xress-MNTss TA system was discovered in Streptococcus suis, playing a crucial role in antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity. The Xress deletion mutant showed lower pathogenicity in mice but had a stronger capacity for biofilm formation compared to the wild-type strain. These findings suggest that the Xress-MNTss TA system is important in S. suis.
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are ubiquitous genetic elements that play an essential role in multidrug tolerance and virulence of bacteria. So far, little is known about the TA systems in Streptococcus suis. In this study, the Xress-MNTss TA system, composed of the MNTss toxin in the periplasmic space and its interacting Xress antitoxin, was identified in S. suis. beta-galactosidase activity and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) revealed that Xress and the Xress-MNTss complex could bind directly to the Xress-MNTss promoter as well as downregulate streptomycin adenylyltransferase ZY05719_RS04610. Interestingly, the Xress deletion mutant was less pathogenic in vivo following a challenge in mice. Transmission electron microscopy and adhesion assays pointed to a significantly thinner capsule but greater biofilm-formation capacity in Delta Xress than in the wild-type strain. These results indicate that Xress-MNTss, a new type II TA system, plays an important role in antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity in S. suis.

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