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Infection and Immunity, March 2004, p. 1677-1684, Vol. 72, No. 3
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.3.1677-1684.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

An Adenylate Cyclase-Controlled Signaling Network Regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence in a Mouse Model of Acute Pneumonia

Roger S. Smith, Matthew C. Wolfgang, and Stephen Lory*

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Received 24 June 2003/ Returned for modification 18 August 2003/ Accepted 27 October 2003

Infections caused by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa involve the interplay of several bacterial virulence factors. It has recently been established that the delivery of toxic effector proteins by the type III secretion system is an important virulence mechanism in several animal models. Furthermore, the expression of the type III secretion system and its effectors has been correlated with a poor clinical outcome during human infections. A novel cyclic AMP (cAMP) regulatory network that controls the expression of virulence factors, including the type III secretion system, was examined to determine its contribution to P. aeruginosa colonization and dissemination in a mouse pneumonia model. Mutants lacking the two genome-encoded adenylate cyclases, CyaA and CyaB, and the cAMP-dependent regulator Vfr were examined. Based on the enumeration of bacteria in lungs, livers, and spleens, as well as the assessment of mouse lung pathology, mutations in the cyaB and vfr genes resulted in a more significantly attenuated phenotype than mutations in cyaA. Moreover, in this model, expression of the type III secretion system was essential for lung colonization and pathology. Strains with mutations in the exsA gene, which encodes a type III regulatory protein, or pscC, which encodes an essential component of the secretion apparatus, were also significantly attenuated. Finally, we demonstrate that virulence can be restored in an adenylate cyclase mutant by the overexpression of exsA, which specifically restores expression of the type III secretion system in the absence of a functional cAMP-dependent regulatory network.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 423-5099. Fax: (617) 738-7668. E-mail: Stephen_Lory{at}hms.harvard.edu.

Editor: V. J. DiRita

Infection and Immunity, March 2004, p. 1677-1684, Vol. 72, No. 3
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.3.1677-1684.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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