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Molecular Pathogenesis

Regulators Encoded in the Escherichia coli Type III Secretion System 2 Gene Cluster Influence Expression of Genes within the Locus for Enterocyte Effacement in Enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7

Lihong Zhang, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Chrystala Constantinidou, Jon L. Hobman, Mala D. Patel, Antony C. Jones, Donatella Sarti, Andrew J. Roe, Isabella Vlisidou, Robert K. Shaw, Francesco Falciani, Mark P. Stevens, David L. Gally, Stuart Knutton, Gad Frankel, Charles W. Penn, Mark J. Pallen
Lihong Zhang
1Bacterial Pathogenesis and Genomics Unit, Division of Immunity and Infection, Medical School
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Roy R. Chaudhuri
1Bacterial Pathogenesis and Genomics Unit, Division of Immunity and Infection, Medical School
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Chrystala Constantinidou
2School of Biosciences
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Jon L. Hobman
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Andrew J. Roe
3Zoonotic and Animal Pathogens Research Laboratory, Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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Isabella Vlisidou
4Institute for Animal Health, Division of Microbiology, Compton, Berkshire
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Robert K. Shaw
5Division of Reproductive Physiology and Child Health, Institute for Child Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
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Mark P. Stevens
4Institute for Animal Health, Division of Microbiology, Compton, Berkshire
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David L. Gally
3Zoonotic and Animal Pathogens Research Laboratory, Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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Stuart Knutton
5Division of Reproductive Physiology and Child Health, Institute for Child Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
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Gad Frankel
6Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Mark J. Pallen
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DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7282-7293.2004
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ABSTRACT

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 subverts host cells through a type III secretion system encoded by the locus for enterocyte effacement (LEE). Genome sequencing of this pathotype revealed the existence of a gene cluster encoding components of a second cryptic type III secretion system, E. coli type III secretion system 2 (ETT2). Recently, we showed that the ETT2 gene cluster is present in whole or in part in the majority of E. coli strains but is unable to encode a functional secretion system in most strains, including EHEC O157:H7. However, here we show that mutational inhibition of two regulatory genes (ECs3720 or etrA and ECs3734 or eivF) from the ETT2 cluster in EHEC O157:H7 leads to greatly increased secretion of proteins encoded by the LEE and to increased adhesion to human intestinal cells. Studies in which transcriptional fusions and microarrays were used indicated that EtrA and EivF exert profound negative effects on gene transcription within the LEE. Consistent with these observations, expression of these regulators in an EHEC O26:H- strain led to suppression of protein secretion under LEE-inducing conditions. These findings provide fresh examples of the influence of mobile genetic elements on regulation of the LEE and of cross talk between type III secretion system gene clusters. In addition, they provide a cautionary tale because they show that the effects of regulatory genes can outlive widespread decay of other genes in a functionally coherent gene cluster, a phenomenon that we have named the “Cheshire cat effect.” It also seems likely that variations in the ETT2 regulator repertoire might account for strain-to-strain variation in secretion of LEE-encoded proteins.

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Regulators Encoded in the Escherichia coli Type III Secretion System 2 Gene Cluster Influence Expression of Genes within the Locus for Enterocyte Effacement in Enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7
Lihong Zhang, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Chrystala Constantinidou, Jon L. Hobman, Mala D. Patel, Antony C. Jones, Donatella Sarti, Andrew J. Roe, Isabella Vlisidou, Robert K. Shaw, Francesco Falciani, Mark P. Stevens, David L. Gally, Stuart Knutton, Gad Frankel, Charles W. Penn, Mark J. Pallen
Infection and Immunity Nov 2004, 72 (12) 7282-7293; DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7282-7293.2004

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Regulators Encoded in the Escherichia coli Type III Secretion System 2 Gene Cluster Influence Expression of Genes within the Locus for Enterocyte Effacement in Enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7
Lihong Zhang, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Chrystala Constantinidou, Jon L. Hobman, Mala D. Patel, Antony C. Jones, Donatella Sarti, Andrew J. Roe, Isabella Vlisidou, Robert K. Shaw, Francesco Falciani, Mark P. Stevens, David L. Gally, Stuart Knutton, Gad Frankel, Charles W. Penn, Mark J. Pallen
Infection and Immunity Nov 2004, 72 (12) 7282-7293; DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7282-7293.2004
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