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ArticleInfection and immunity2015

Genome-wide evaluation of the interplay between Caenorhabditis elegans and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis during in vivo biofilm formation.

George W P Joshua, Steve Atkinson, Robert J Goldstone, Hannah L Patrick, Richard A Stabler, Joanne Purves, Miguel Cámara, Paul Williams, Brendan W Wren

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

George W P JoshuaDepartment of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Steve AtkinsonSchool of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Robert J GoldstoneSchool of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Hannah L PatrickSchool of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Richard A StablerDepartment of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Joanne PurvesSchool of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Miguel CámaraSchool of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Paul WilliamsSchool of Life Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Brendan W WrenDepartment of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom brendan.wren@lshtm.ac.uk.
University of Nottingham · GBLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D52336X/1NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The formation of an incapacitating biofilm on Caenorhabditis elegans by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis represents a tractable model for investigating the genetic basis for host-pathogen interplay during the biofilm-mediated infection of a living surface. Previously we established a role for quorum sensing (QS) and the master motility regulator, FlhDC, in biofilm formation by Y. pseudotuberculosis on C. elegans. To obtain further genome-wide insights, we used transcriptomic analysis to obtain comparative information on C. elegans in the presence and absence of biofilm and on wild-type Y. pseudotuberculosis and Y. pseudotuberculosis QS mutants. Infection of C. elegans with the wild-type Y. pseudotuberculosis resulted in the differential regulation of numerous genes, including a distinct subset of nematode C-lectin (clec) and fatty acid desaturase (fat) genes. Evaluation of the corresponding C. elegans clec-49 and fat-3 deletion mutants showed delayed biofilm formation and abolished biofilm formation, respectively. Transcriptomic analysis of Y. pseudotuberculosis revealed that genes located in both of the histidine utilization (hut) operons were upregulated in both QS and flhDC mutants. In addition, mutation of the regulatory gene hutC resulted in the loss of biofilm, increased expression of flhDC, and enhanced swimming motility. These data are consistent with the existence of a regulatory cascade in which the Hut pathway links QS and flhDC. This work also indicates that biofilm formation by Y. pseudotuberculosis on C. elegans is an interactive process during which the initial attachment/recognition of Yersinia to/by C. elegans is followed by bacterial growth and biofilm formation.

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Host-Pathogen InteractionsAnimalsBiofilmsCaenorhabditis elegansGene Expression ProfilingYersinia pseudotuberculosis

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PMID25312958
PMCPMC4288884
OpenAlexW2124092674

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