Citrobacter rodentium is a murine pathogen that is now widely used as an in vivo model for gastrointestinal infections due to its similarities with human enteropathogens, such as the possession of a locus for enterocyte effacement (the LEE island). We studied the lrp gene of C. rodentium and found that it encodes a product highly similar to members of the Lrp (leucine-responsive regulatory protein) family of transcriptional regulators, able to recognize leucine as an effector and to repress the expression of its own structural gene. In enterobacteria, Lrp is a global regulator of gene expression, as it controls a large variety of genes, including those coding for cell appendages and other potential virulence factors. Based on the well-established role of Lrp on the expression of pilus genes in Escherichia coli, we also studied the role of Lrp in controlling the formation of the type I pilus in C. rodentium. Type I pili, produced by the fim system, are virulence factors of uropathogens, involved in mediating bacterial adhesion to bladder epithelial cells. Yeast agglutination assays showed that Lrp is needed for type I pilus formation and real-time PCR experiments indicated that Lrp has a strong leucinemediated effect on the expression of the fimAICDFGH operon. Mutant studies indicated that this positive action is exerted mainly through a positive control of Lrp on the phase variation mechanism that regulates fimAICDFGH expression. A quantitative analysis of its expression suggested that this operon may also be negatively regulated at the level of transcription.

THE LRP GENE AND ITS ROLE IN TYPE I FIMBRATION IN CITROBACTER RODENTIUM / Cordone, Angelina; Mauriello, E. M. F.; Pickard, D.; Dougan, G.; DE FELICE, Maurilio; Ricca, Ezio. - In: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY. - ISSN 0021-9193. - STAMPA. - 187:(2005), pp. 7009-7017.

THE LRP GENE AND ITS ROLE IN TYPE I FIMBRATION IN CITROBACTER RODENTIUM

CORDONE, ANGELINA;DE FELICE, MAURILIO;RICCA, EZIO
2005

Abstract

Citrobacter rodentium is a murine pathogen that is now widely used as an in vivo model for gastrointestinal infections due to its similarities with human enteropathogens, such as the possession of a locus for enterocyte effacement (the LEE island). We studied the lrp gene of C. rodentium and found that it encodes a product highly similar to members of the Lrp (leucine-responsive regulatory protein) family of transcriptional regulators, able to recognize leucine as an effector and to repress the expression of its own structural gene. In enterobacteria, Lrp is a global regulator of gene expression, as it controls a large variety of genes, including those coding for cell appendages and other potential virulence factors. Based on the well-established role of Lrp on the expression of pilus genes in Escherichia coli, we also studied the role of Lrp in controlling the formation of the type I pilus in C. rodentium. Type I pili, produced by the fim system, are virulence factors of uropathogens, involved in mediating bacterial adhesion to bladder epithelial cells. Yeast agglutination assays showed that Lrp is needed for type I pilus formation and real-time PCR experiments indicated that Lrp has a strong leucinemediated effect on the expression of the fimAICDFGH operon. Mutant studies indicated that this positive action is exerted mainly through a positive control of Lrp on the phase variation mechanism that regulates fimAICDFGH expression. A quantitative analysis of its expression suggested that this operon may also be negatively regulated at the level of transcription.
2005
THE LRP GENE AND ITS ROLE IN TYPE I FIMBRATION IN CITROBACTER RODENTIUM / Cordone, Angelina; Mauriello, E. M. F.; Pickard, D.; Dougan, G.; DE FELICE, Maurilio; Ricca, Ezio. - In: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY. - ISSN 0021-9193. - STAMPA. - 187:(2005), pp. 7009-7017.
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