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题目:: Determination of transcriptome of SptR in group A Streptococcus during growth in human saliva
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状态:: 发布时间May 19, 2010 , 更新时间 May 3, 2014 , 提交时间 May 14, 2009,
物种:: Streptococcus sp. 'group A'
摘要:: The molecular genetic mechanisms used by bacteria to persist in humans are poorly understood. Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes the majority of bacterial pharyngitis cases in humans and is prone to persistently inhabit the upper respiratory tract. To gain information about how GAS survives in and infects the oropharynx, we analyzed the transcriptome of a serotype M1 strain grown in saliva. The dynamic pattern of changes in transcripts of genes [spy0874/0875, herein named sptR and sptS (sptR/S), for saliva persistence] encoding a two-component gene regulatory system of unknown function suggested that SptR/S contributed to persistence of GAS in saliva. Consistent with this idea, an isogenic nonpolar mutant strain (DeltasptR) was dramatically less able to survive in saliva compared with the parental strain. Iterative expression microarray analysis of bacteria grown in saliva revealed that transcripts of several known and putative GAS virulence factor genes were decreased significantly in the DeltasptR mutant strain. Compared with the parental strain, the isogenic mutant strain also had altered transcripts of multiple genes encoding proteins involved in complex carbohydrate acquisition and utilization pathways. Western immunoblot analysis and real-time PCR analysis of GAS in throat swabs taken from humans with pharyngitis confirmed the findings. We conclude that SptR/S optimizes persistence of GAS in human saliva, apparently by strategically influencing metabolic pathways and virulence factor production. The discovery of a genetic program that significantly increased persistence of a major human pathogen in saliva enhances understanding of how bacteria survive in the host and suggests new therapeutic strategies. We determined the transcriptome of SptR (spy0874) in human saliva by comparing expression microarray date for parental wild-type strain MGAS5005 and its delta-spy0874 isogenic mutant strain. 4 replicates of each strain were grown to mid-exponential and stationary growth phases in human saliva. RNA was isolated, converted to cDNA, labeled and hybridized to a custom-made Affymetrix GeneChip. Data was analyzed using GCOS.
实验种类:: transcription profiling by array
样本量:: 16
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数据号:: E-GEOD-16124, GSE16124
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