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ArticleMolecular microbiology2017

Probing the sRNA regulatory landscape of P. aeruginosa: post-transcriptional control of determinants of pathogenicity and antibiotic susceptibility.

Yi-Fan Zhang, Kook Han, Courtney E Chandler, Brian Tjaden, Robert K Ernst, Stephen Lory

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Article in Molecular microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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77 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yi-Fan ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2414-2703
Kook HanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Courtney E ChandlerDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland - Baltimore, School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Brian TjadenComputer Science Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA.
Robert K ErnstDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland - Baltimore, School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Stephen LoryDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4079-5229
Harvard University · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USWellesley College · US

Funding

Protection Against Gram-Negative Sepsis Conferred by Lipid A-Based Structural VariantsR01AI123820 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI ERNST, ROBERT K, GOODLETT, DAVID ROBINSON · 2016 to 2019
$1.5M
System and Methods for Analysis of Bacterial TranscriptomesR15GM102755 · NIGMS · WELLESLEY COLLEGE · PI TJADEN, BRIAN · 2013 to 2024
$1.5M
Regulation of P. aeruginosa fitness by small non-coding RNAsR21AI125972 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI LORY, STEPHEN · 2016 to 2017
$466k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123820NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI125972NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM102755
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During environmental adaptation bacteria use small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) to repress or activate expression of a large fraction of their proteome. We extended the use of the in vivo RNA proximity ligation method toward probing global sRNA interactions with their targets in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and verified the method with a known regulon controlled by the PrrF1 sRNA. We also identified two sRNAs (Sr0161 and ErsA) that interact with the mRNA encoding the major porin OprD responsible for the uptake of carbapenem antibiotics. These two sRNAs base pair with the 5' UTR of oprD leading to increase in resistance of the bacteria to meropenem. Additional proximity ligation experiments and enrichment for Sr0161 targets identified the mRNA for the regulator of type III secretion system. Interaction between the exsA mRNA and Sr0161 leads to a block in the synthesis of a component of the T3SS apparatus and an effector. Another sRNA, Sr006, positively regulates, without Hfq, the expression of PagL, an enzyme responsible for deacylation of lipid A, reducing its pro-inflammatory property and resulting in polymyxin resistance. Therefore, an analysis of global sRNA-mRNA interactions can lead to discoveries of novel pathways controlling gene expression that are likely integrated into larger regulatory networks.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsCarbapenemsDrug Resistance, BacterialGenes, RegulatorHost Factor 1 ProteinLipid AMeropenemPolymyxinsPorinsPseudomonas aeruginosaRegulonRNA, MessengerRNA, Small UntranslatedThienamycinsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsCarbapenemsExsA protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosaHost Factor 1 ProteinLipid AMeropenemOprD protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosaPolymyxinsPorinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small UntranslatedThienamycinsTrans-ActivatorsType III Secretion Systems

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PMID28976035
PMCPMC5738928
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