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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

3'UTR-derived small RNA couples acid resistance to metabolic reprogramming of Salmonella within macrophages.

Takeshi Kanda, Fang Liu, Hoda Kooshapour, Sarah Reichardt, Maolin Wang, Philippe Icyishaka, Nozomu Obana, Alexander J Westermann, Yanjie Chao, Masatoshi Miyakoshi

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Takeshi KandaDepartment of Infection Biology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 305-8575Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3587-5037
Fang LiuVaccine Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201203Shanghai,China.ORCID 0009-0003-5612-7326
Hoda KooshapourHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 97080Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-2414-0319
Sarah ReichardtHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 97080Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-7414-7893
Maolin WangVaccine Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201203Shanghai,China.
Philippe IcyishakaVaccine Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201203Shanghai,China.ORCID 0009-0001-2519-3553
Nozomu ObanaDepartment of Infection Biology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 305-8575Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0637-7904
Alexander J WestermannHelmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 97080Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3236-0169
Yanjie ChaoVaccine Research Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201203Shanghai,China.ORCID 0000-0002-5735-7954
Masatoshi MiyakoshiDepartment of Infection Biology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 305-8575Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4901-2809

Funding

Asahi Group FoundationEuropean Research Council #101040214JSPS 176002GJHZ2022022MIJSPS JPJSBP120237201JSPS Y-2022-2-028KAKENHI 19KK0406KAKENHI JP19H03464KAKENHI JP22K14809KAKENHI JP22KJ0376KAKENHI JP24K01661Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation 2023B-101Mishima Kaiun Memorial FoundationNational Key R&D Program of China 2022YFE0111800Natural Science Foundation of China 32270064Natural Science Foundation of China 92478118Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission 24ZR1493200Takeda Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acid resistance is crucial for enterobacteria to withstand host acidic environments during infection, including the gastrointestinal tract and macrophage phagosomes. A key acid resistance mechanism of the facultative intracellular pathogen Salmonella is the expression of the arginine decarboxylase AdiA. While AdiA confers acid resistance via an H+-consuming reaction, we discover that the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of adiA mRNA is processed by RNase E into a regulatory small RNA, AdiZ. Through RNA-RNA interactome profiling and transcriptomic analysis, followed by in vitro structural probing and in vivo validations, we demonstrate that AdiZ directly base-pairs with and negatively regulates ptsG, pykF, and dmsA mRNAs involved in glucose uptake, glycolysis, and anaerobic respiration, respectively. Intriguingly, AdiZ is induced and facilitates Salmonella survival within macrophages, where acidic and hypoxic stresses prevail. Thus, simultaneous expression of AdiA and AdiZ from a single mRNA ties arginine-dependent acid resistance to metabolic reprogramming of Salmonella in the host intracellular niches.

Indexed as

3' Untranslated RegionsCarboxy-LyasesMacrophagesRNA, Small UntranslatedSalmonellaSalmonella typhimuriumAcidsAnimalsBacterial ProteinsEndoribonucleasesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMetabolic ReprogrammingMiceRNA, BacterialRNA, Messenger3' Untranslated RegionsAcidsBacterial ProteinsCarboxy-LyasesEndoribonucleasesribonuclease ERNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerRNA, Small Untranslated

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PMID41459748
PMCPMC12746102

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