The flagellar sigma factor FliA regulates adhesion and invasion of Crohn disease-associated Escherichia coli via a cyclic dimeric GMP-dependent pathway
2007
Claret , Laurent (INRA , Clermont-Ferrand (France). USC 2018 Unité sous contrat groupe de recherche pathogénie bactérienne intestinale) | Miquel , Sylvie (INRA , Clermont-Ferrand (France). USC 2018 Unité sous contrat groupe de recherche pathogénie bactérienne intestinale) | Vieille , Natacha (INRA , Clermont-Ferrand (France). USC 2018 Unité sous contrat groupe de recherche pathogénie bactérienne intestinale) | Ryjenkov , Dmitri A. (University of Wyoming, Laramie(Etats-Unis). Department of Molecular Biology) | Gomelsky , Mark (University of Wyoming, Laramie(Etats-Unis). Department of Molecular Biology) | Darfeuille-Michaud , Arlette (INRA , Clermont-Ferrand (France). USC 2018 Unité sous contrat groupe de recherche pathogénie bactérienne intestinale)
The invasion of intestinal epithelial cells by the Crohn disease-associated adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) strain LF82 depends on surface appendages, such as type 1 pili and flagella. The absence of flagella in the AIEC strain LF82 results in a concomitant loss of type 1 pili. Here, we show that flagellar regulators, transcriptional activator FlhD(2)C(2), and sigma factor FliA are involved in the coordination of flagellar and type 1 pili synthesis. In the deletion mutants lacking these regulators, type 1 pili synthesis, adhesion, and invasion were severely decreased. FliA expressed alone in trans was sufficient to restore these defects in both the LF82-Delta flhD and LF82-Delta fliA mutants. We related the loss of type 1 pili to the decreased expression of the FliA-dependent yhjH gene in the LF82-Delta fliA mutant. YhjH is an EAL domain phosphodiesterase involved in degradation of the bacterial second messenger cyclic dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP). Increased expression of either yhjH or an alternative c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase, yahA, partially restored type 1 pili synthesis, adhesion, and invasion in the LF82-Delta fliA mutant. Deletion of the GGDEF domain diguanylate cyclase gene, yaiC, involved in c-di-GMP synthesis in the LF82-Delta fliA mutant also partially restored these defects, whereas overexpression of the c-di-GMP receptor YcgR had the opposite effect. These findings show that in the AIEC strain LF82, FliA is a key regulatory component linking flagellar and type 1 pili synthesis and that its effect on type 1 pili is mediated, at least in part, via a c-di-GMP-dependent pathway.
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