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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2022

Mechanisms Behind the Indirect Impact of Metabolic Regulators on Virulence Factor Production in Staphylococcus aureus.

Amelia C Stephens, Lance R Thurlow, Anthony R Richardson

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2022. 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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9citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amelia C StephensDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburghgrid.21925.3d, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6356-4546
Lance R ThurlowDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburghgrid.21925.3d, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Anthony R RichardsonDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburghgrid.21925.3d, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1123-0242
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

The Role of Lactate in the Metabolic Evolution of Staphylococcus aureusR01AI093613 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RICHARDSON, ANTHONY R. · 2011 to 2021
$3.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI093613
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a human skin pathogen capable of causing invasive infections in many tissues in the human body. The host of virulence factors, such as toxins and proteases, available to S. aureus contribute to its diverse disease presentations. The majority of these virulence factors are under the control of the Agr quorum sensing system. The interaction between the Agr system and some well-established metabolic regulators has long been noted, but no mechanism has been provided as to these indirect interactions. In this study, we examine the connection between Agr and CcpA, a regulator of central carbon metabolism with a known positive impact on Agr function. We further investigated the interaction of Agr and CodY, a regulator of amino acid metabolism and a member of the stringent response with a known negative impact on Agr function. We show that though there are alterations in intracellular amino acid levels in each of these mutants that are consistent with their effect on Agr, there does not seem to be a direct impact on the translation of the Agr system itself that contributes to the altered expression observed in these mutants. Given the changes in cellular metabolism in a

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Staphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusAdenosine TriphosphateAmino AcidsBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansQuorum SensingTrans-ActivatorsVirulence FactorsAdenosine TriphosphateAmino AcidsBacterial ProteinsTrans-ActivatorsVirulence Factorscarbon metabolismmetabolic regulationmetabolismquorum sensingStaphylococcus aureusvirulence factorsvirulence regulation

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PMID35862951
PMCPMC9430575
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