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ArticlemBio2023

Salmonella Invasion Is Controlled by Competition among Intestinal Chemical Signals.

Rimi Chowdhury, Paulina D Pavinski Bitar, Hanora M Chapman, Craig Altier

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Article in mBio, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rimi ChowdhuryDepartment of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4530-0029
Paulina D Pavinski BitarDepartment of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Hanora M ChapmanDepartment of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Craig AltierDepartment of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Cornell University · US

Funding

Interspecies Bacterial Signaling to Regulate Salmonella VirulenceR01AI162944 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI ALTIER, CRAIG · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
Microbial Metabolites Inhibiting Salmonella Carriage and DiseaseR01AI172433 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI CRAIG ALTIER · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI162944NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI172433
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intestine is a complex, ever-changing environment replete with an array of signaling molecules. To colonize such a complex organ, pathogens have adapted to utilize specific cues from the local environment to intricately regulate the expression of their virulence determinants. Salmonella preferentially colonizes the distal ileum, a niche enriched in the metabolite formic acid. Here, we show that the relatively higher concentration of this metabolite in the distal ileum prevents other signals from repressing Salmonella invasion in that region. We show that imported and unmetabolized formic acid functions as a cytoplasmic signal that competitively binds to HilD, the master transcriptional regulator of Salmonella invasion, thus preventing repressive fatty acids from binding to the protein. This results in an increased lifetime of HilD and subsequent derepression of invasion genes. This study demonstrates an important mechanism by which Salmonella utilizes competition among signals in the gut to its advantage as a pathogen.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsSalmonella typhimuriumGene Expression Regulation, BacterialTranscription FactorsVirulenceVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsTranscription FactorsVirulence Factorsenteric pathogensfatty acidshost-pathogen interactionsinfectious diseasepathogenesis mechanismsSalmonellavirulence regulation

Identifiers

PMID37017539
PMCPMC10127606
OpenAlexW4362601389

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