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Infection and Immunity, November 1998, p. 5238-5243, Vol. 66, No. 11
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Staphylococcus aureus Agr and Sar Global Regulators Influence Internalization and Induction of Apoptosis

Carla A. Wesson, Linda E. Liou, Kristine M. Todd, Gregory A. Bohach, William R. Trumble, and Kenneth W. Bayles*

Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-3052

Received 8 June 1998/Returned for modification 10 August 1998/Accepted 25 August 1998

Staphylococcus aureus was recently shown to be internalized by and to induce apoptosis in a bovine mammary epithelial cell line, suggesting that these processes could be involved in staphylococcal pathogenesis or persistence. To examine the role of virulence factor regulators during internalization, mutant agr and sar strains of S. aureus were analyzed for their abilities to enter and induce apoptosis in epithelial cells. Like a previously characterized bovine mastitis isolate, the standard laboratory strain, RN6390 (wild type), entered the epithelial cells and subsequently induced apoptosis. In contrast, the mutant strains RN6911 (agr), ALC136 (sar), and ALC135 (agr sar) were internalized by the cultured cells at levels reproducibly greater than that for RN6390 but failed to induce apoptosis. The internalization of S. aureus was affected by growth phase, suggesting a role for agr-regulated surface proteins in this process. Furthermore, the ability to induce apoptosis required metabolically active intracellular bacteria. These data indicate that the ability of S. aureus to enter mammalian cells and induce apoptosis is dependent on factors regulated by Agr and Sar. Since transcriptional control by these global regulators is mediated by quorum-sensing and environmental factors, staphylococci may have the potential to induce several alternative effects on cells from an intracellular environment. A model for the function of the agr locus in the context of internalization, intracellular persistence, and dissemination is proposed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, College of Agriculture, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3052. Phone (208) 885-7164. Fax: (208) 885-6518. E-mail: kbayles{at}uidaho.edu.

Infection and Immunity, November 1998, p. 5238-5243, Vol. 66, No. 11
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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