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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Effect of heat shock and mutations in ClpL and ClpP on virulence gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Author: | Kwon, H. Kim, S. Choi, M. Ogunniyi, A. Paton, J. Park, S. Pyo, S. Rhee, D. |
Citation: | Infection and Immunity, 2003; 71(7):3757-3765 |
Publisher: | Amer Soc Microbiology |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
ISSN: | 0019-9567 1098-5522 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Hyog-Young Kwon, Seung-Whan Kim, Moo-Hyun Choi, A. David Ogunniyi, James C. Paton, Sin-Hee Park, Suhk-Neung Pyo, and Dong-Kwon Rhee |
Abstract: | Spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the nasopharynx to other host tissues would require the organism to adapt to a variety of environmental conditions. Since heat shock proteins are induced by environmental stresses, we investigated the effect of heat shock on ClpL and ClpP synthesis and the effect of clpL and clpP mutations on the expression of key pneumococcal virulence genes. Pulse labeling with [35S]methionine and chase experiments as well as immunoblot analysis demonstrated that ClpL, DnaK, and GroEL were stable. Purified recombinant ClpL refolded urea-denatured rhodanese in a dose-dependent manner, demonstrating ClpL's chaperone activity. Although growth of the clpL mutant was not affected at 30 or 37°C, growth of the clpP mutant was severely affected at these temperatures. However, both clpL and clpP mutants were sensitive to 43°C. Although it was further induced by heat shock, the level of expression of ClpL in the clpP mutant was high at 30°C, suggesting that ClpP represses expression of ClpL. Furthermore, the clpP mutation significantly attenuated the virulence of S. pneumoniae in a murine intraperitoneal infection model, whereas the clpL mutation did not. Interestingly, immunoblot and real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis demonstrated that pneumolysin and pneumococcal surface antigen A were induced by heat shock in wild-type S. pneumoniae. Other virulence genes were also affected by heat shock and clpL and clpP mutations. Virulence gene expression seems to be modulated not only by heat shock but also by the ClpL and ClpP proteases. |
Keywords: | Animals Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice Streptococcus pneumoniae Endopeptidase Clp Serine Endopeptidases Heat-Shock Proteins Molecular Chaperones Virulence Phenotype Mutation Adenosine Triphosphatases Hot Temperature |
Description: | Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology |
DOI: | 10.1128/IAI.71.7.3757-3765.2003 |
Published version: | http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=162022&rendertype=abstract |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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