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ArticleBMC veterinary research2024

Role of LsrR in the regulation of biofilm formation in mammary pathogenic Escherichia coli.

Li Xu, Wei Wang, Xin Zhang, Kai Ma, Hui Wang, Ting Xue

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Li XuSchool of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei,, Anhui, 230036, China.
Wei WangSchool of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei,, Anhui, 230036, China.
Xin ZhangSchool of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei,, Anhui, 230036, China.
Kai MaSchool of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei,, Anhui, 230036, China.
Hui WangSchool of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei,, Anhui, 230036, China. wang28h@ustc.edu.cn.
Ting XueSchool of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei,, Anhui, 230036, China. xuet@ahau.edu.cn.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 32270194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMammary Pathogenic Escherichia coli (MPEC) is an important pathogen that can escape the attack of the host immune system through biofilm formation and proliferate in the mammary gland continuously, resulting in mastitis in cows and causing enormous economic losses. As an effector of AI-2 quorum sensing, LsrR extensively affects the expression levels of hundreds of genes related to multiple biological processes in model E. coli strain. However, the regulatory role of LsrR in MPEC and whether it is involved in pathogenesis has been seldom reported.

resultsIn this study, the function of LsrR in strain MPEC5, obtained from a milk sample in dairy cows with mastitis, was investigated by performing high-throughput sequencing (RNA-seq) assays. The results revealed that LsrR down-regulated the transcript levels of fimAICDFGH (encoding Type 1 pili), which have been reported to be associated with biofilm formation process. Biofilm assays confirmed that deletion of lsrR resulted in a significant increase in biofilm formation in vitro. In addition, electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) provided evidence that LsrR protein could directly bind to the promoter regions of fimAICDFGH in a dose-dependent manner.

conclusionsThese results indicate that LsrR protein inhibits the biofilm formation ability of MPEC5 by directly binding to the fimAICDFGH promoter region. This study presents a novel clue for further exploration of the prevention and treatment of MPEC.

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BiofilmsEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMastitis, BovineAnimalsCattleFemaleMammary Glands, AnimalRepressor ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsLsrR protein, E coliRepressor ProteinsBiofilmLsrRMastitisMPEC

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PMCPMC11112850

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