Stenotrophomonas maltophilia responds to exogenous AHL signals through the LuxR solo SmoR (Smlt1839)
Martínez Alcalá, Paula (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Huedo Moreno, Pol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Martínez-Servat, Sònia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Planell Cerezo, Raquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí")
Ferrer-Navarro, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí")
Daura i Ribera, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí")
Yero, Daniel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)
Gibert, Isidre (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia)

Data:	2015
Resum:	Quorum Sensing (QS) mediated by Acyl Homoserine Lactone (AHL) molecules are probably the most widespread and studied among Gram-negative bacteria. Canonical AHL systems are composed by a synthase (LuxI family) and a regulator element (LuxR family), whose genes are usually adjacent in the genome. However, incomplete AHL-QS machinery lacking the synthase LuxI is frequently observed in Proteobacteria, and the regulator element is then referred as LuxR solo. It has been shown that certain LuxR solos participate in interspecific communication by detecting signals produced by different organisms. In the case of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, a preliminary genome sequence analysis revealed numerous putative luxR genes, none of them associated to a luxI gene. From these, the hypothetical LuxR solo Smlt1839, here designated SmoR, presents a conserved AHL binding domain and a helix-turn-helix DNA binding motif. Its genomic organization-adjacent to hchA gene-indicate that SmoR belongs to the new family "LuxR regulator chaperone HchA-associated. " AHL-binding assays revealed that SmoR binds to AHLs in-vitro, at least to oxo-C8-homoserine lactone, and it regulates operon transcription, likely by recognizing a conserved palindromic regulatory box in the hchA upstream region. Supplementation with concentrated supernatants from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which contain significant amounts of AHLs, promoted swarming motility in S. maltophilia. Contrarily, no swarming stimulation was observed when the P. aeruginosa supernatant was treated with the lactonase AiiA from Bacillus subtilis, confirming that AHL contributes to enhance the swarming ability of S. maltophilia. Finally, mutation of smoR resulted in a swarming alteration and an apparent insensitivity to the exogenous AHLs provided by P. aeruginosa. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that S. maltophilia senses AHLs produced by neighboring bacteria through the LuxR solo SmoR, regulating population behaviors such as swarming motility.
Ajuts:	European Commission 223101 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014/SGR-1280
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	LuxR Orphan ; AHL ; Acyl-Homoserine lactone ; Lactonase ; Quorum sensing ; Swarming
Publicat a:	Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, Vol. 5, article 41 (May 2015) , ISSN 2235-2988

DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00041
PMID: 26029670

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