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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 97, 期 18, 页码 10220-10224出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.170219997
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI07271-15, T32 AI007271] Funding Source: Medline
The transmembrane transcriptional activators ToxR and TcpP modulate expression of Vibrio cholerae virulence factors by exerting control over toxT, which encodes the cytoplasmic transcriptional activator of the ctx, tcp, and acf virulence genes. However, ToxR, independently of TcpP and ToxT, activates and represses transcription of the genes encoding two outer-membrane porins, OmpU and OmpT, To determine the role of ToxR-dependent porin regulation in V. cholerae pathogenesis, the ToxR-activated ompU promoter was used to drive ompT transcription in a strain lacking OmpU. Likewise, the ToxR-repressed ompT promoter was used to drive ompU transcription in a strain lacking both ToxR and OmpT, This strategy allowed the generation of a toxR(+) strain that expresses OmpT in place of OmpU, and a toxR(-) strain that expresses OmpU in place of OmpT, Growth rates in the presence of bile salts and other anionic detergents were retarded for the toxR(+) V, cholerae expressing OmpT in place of OmpU, but increased in toxR(-) V. cholerae expressing OmpU in place of OmpT, Additionally, the toxR(+) V. cholerae expressing OmpT in place of OmpU expressed less cholera toxin and toxin-coregulated pilus, and this effect was shown to be caused by reduced toxT transcription in this strain, Finally, the toxR(+) V, cholerae expressing OmpT in place of OmpU was approximate to 100-fold reduced in its ability to colonize the infant-mouse intestine. Our results indicate that ToxR-dependent modulation of the outer membrane porins OmpU and OmpT is critical for V. cholerae bile resistance, virulence factor expression, and intestinal colonization.
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