The phytopathogen Dickeya dadantii 3937 cpxR locus gene participates in the regulation of virulence and the global c‐di‐GMP network
Open Access
- 23 April 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Plant Pathology
- Vol. 23 (8), 1187-1199
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13219
Abstract
Bacteria use signal transduction systems to sense and respond to their external environment. The two-component system CpxA/CpxR senses misfolded envelope protein stress and responds by up-regulating envelope protein factors and down-regulating virulence factors in several animal pathogens. Dickeya dadantii is a phytopathogen equipped with a type III secretion system (T3SS) for manipulating the host immune response. We found that deletion of cpxR enhanced the expression of the T3SS marker gene hrpA in a designated T3SS-inducing minimal medium (MM). In the increment cpxR mutant, multiple T3SS and c-di-GMP regulators were also up-regulated. Subsequent analysis revealed that deletion of the phosphodiesterase gene egcpB in increment cpxR abolished the enhanced T3SS expression. This suggested that CpxR suppresses EGcpB levels, causing low T3SS expression in MM. Furthermore, we found that the increment cpxR mutant displayed low c-di-GMP phenotypes in biofilm formation and swimming. Increased production of cellular c-di-GMP by in trans expression of the diguanylate cyclase gene gcpA was negated in the increment cpxR mutant. Here, we propose that CpxA/CpxR regulates T3SS expression by manipulating the c-di-GMP network, in turn modifying the multiple physiological activities involved in the response to environmental stresses in D. dadantii.Keywords
Funding Information
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2016‐67030‐24856, 2017‐51106‐27001, 2020‐70006‐32999)
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