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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
SirA of Salmonella typhimurium is known to regulate the hilA and prgH genes within Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1). To identify more members of the SirA regulon, we screened 10,000 random lacZY fusions (chromosomal MudJ insertions) for regulation by SirA and identified 10 positively regulated fusions. Three fusions were within the SPI1 genes hilA (an SPI1 transcriptional regulator), spaS (a component of the SPI1 type III export apparatus) and sipB (a substrate of the SPI1 export apparatus). Two fusions were within the sopB gene (also known as sigD). sopB is located within SPI5, but encodes a protein that is exported via the SPI1 export apparatus. In addition, five fusions were within genes of unknown function that are located in SPI4. As spaS and sipB were likely to be hilA dependent, we tested all of the fusions (except hilA) for hilA dependence. Surprisingly, we found that all of the fusions require hilA for expression and that plasmid-encoded SirA cannot bypass this requirement. Therefore, SirA regulates hilA, the product of which regulates genes within SPI1, SPI4 and SPI5. Both sirA and hilA mutants are dramatically attenuated in a bovine model of gastroenteritis, but have little or no effect in the mouse model of typhoid fever. This study establishes the SirA/HilA regulatory cascade as the primary regulon controlling enteropathogenic virulence functions in S. typhimurium. Because S. typhimurium causes gastroenteritis in both cattle and humans, we believe that this information may be directly applicable to the human disease.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
971-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Arabinose, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Digestive System, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Gastroenteritis, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Genes, Regulator, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Salmonella, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Typhoid Fever, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-Virulence, pubmed-meshheading:10048039-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Salmonella SirA is a global regulator of genes mediating enteropathogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098, USA. ahmerb@ohsu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't