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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMP) represent a conserved and highly effective component of innate immunity. During infection, the Gram-negative pathogen Salmonella typhimurium induces different mechanisms of CAMP resistance that promote pathogenesis in animals. This study shows that exposure of S. typhimurium to sublethal concentrations of CAMP activates the PhoP/PhoQ and RpoS virulence regulons, while repressing the transcription of genes required for flagella synthesis and the invasion-associated type III secretion system. We further demonstrate that growth of S. typhimurium in low doses of the alpha-helical peptide C18G induces resistance to CAMP of different structural classes. Inducible resistance depends on the presence of PhoP, indicating that the PhoP/PhoQ system can sense sublethal concentrations of cationic antimicrobial peptides. Growth of S. typhimurium in the presence of CAMP also leads to RpoS-dependent protection against hydrogen peroxide. Because bacterial resistance to oxidative stress and CAMP are induced during infection of animals, CAMP may be an important signal recognized by bacteria on colonization of animal tissues.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Drug Resistance, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Peptide Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Polymyxins, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Proteome, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Regulon, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Salmonella typhimurium, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Sigma Factor, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-Virulence, pubmed-meshheading:14507376-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of Salmonella typhimurium virulence gene expression by cationic antimicrobial peptides.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't