Transcriptional Activator OvrA Encoded in O Island 19 Modulates Virulence Gene Expression in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli O157:H7.
The journal of infectious diseases (Online University of Chicago Press)/The Journal of infectious diseases(2019)
摘要
The human intestinal pathogen enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 causes bloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and fatal hemolytic uremic syndrome. Its genome contains 177 unique O islands (OIs), which contribute largely to the high virulence and pathogenicity although most OI genes remain uncharacterized. In the current study, we demonstrated that OI-19 is required for EHEC O157:H7 adherence to host cells. Z0442 (OI-encoded virulence regulator A [OvrA]) encoded in OI-19 positively regulated bacterial adherence by activating locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) gene expression through direct OvrA binding to the gene promoter region of the LEE gene master regulator Ler. Mouse colonization experiments revealed that OvrA promotes EHEC O157:H7 adherence in mouse intestine, preferentially the colon. Finally, OvrA also regulated virulence in other non-O157 pathogenic E. coli, including EHEC strains O145:H28 and O157:H16 and enteropathogenic E. coli strain O55:H7. Our work markedly enriches the understanding of bacterial adherence control and provides another example of laterally acquired regulators that mediate LEE gene expression.
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enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli,EHEC O157:H7,intestine,O islands,adherence,OvrA,virulence,gene expression,LEE genes
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