Christine L. Miller
RsmW, Pseudomonas aeruginosa small non-coding RsmA-binding RNA upregulated in biofilm versus planktonic growth conditions
Miller, Christine L.; Romero, Manuel; Karna, S.L. Rajasekhar; Chen, Tsute; Heeb, Stephan; Leung, Kai P.
Authors
Manuel Romero
S.L. Rajasekhar Karna
Tsute Chen
Dr STEPHAN HEEB stephan.heeb@nottingham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Kai P. Leung
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Biofilm development, specifically the fundamentally adaptive switch from acute to chronic infection phenotypes, requires global regulators and small non-coding regulatory RNAs (sRNAs). This work utilized RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) to detect sRNAs differentially expressed in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm versus planktonic state.
RESULTS: A computational algorithm was devised to detect and categorize sRNAs into 5 types: intergenic, intragenic, 5′-UTR, 3′-UTR, and antisense. Here we report a novel RsmY/RsmZ-type sRNA, termed RsmW, in P. aeruginosa up-transcribed in biofilm versus planktonic growth. RNA-Seq, 5’-RACE and Mfold predictions suggest RsmW has a secondary structure with 3 of 7 GGA motifs located on outer stem loops. Northern blot revealed two RsmW binding bands of 400 and 120 bases, suggesting RsmW is derived from the 3’-UTR of the upstream hypothetical gene, PA4570. RsmW expression is elevated in late stationary versus logarithmic growth phase in PB minimal media, at higher temperatures (37°C versus 28°C), and in both gacA and rhlR transposon mutants versus wild-type. RsmW specifically binds to RsmA protein in vitro and restores biofilm production and reduces swarming in an rsmY/rsmZ double mutant. PA4570 weakly resembles an RsmA/RsmN homolog having 49% and 51% similarity, and 16% and 17% identity to RsmA and RsmN amino acid sequences, respectively. PA4570 was unable to restore biofilm and swarming phenotypes in ΔrsmA deficient strains.
CONCLUSION: Collectively, our study reveals an interesting theme regarding another sRNA regulator of the Rsm system and further unravels the complexities regulating adaptive responses for Pseudomonas species.
Citation
Miller, C. L., Romero, M., Karna, S. R., Chen, T., Heeb, S., & Leung, K. P. (2016). RsmW, Pseudomonas aeruginosa small non-coding RsmA-binding RNA upregulated in biofilm versus planktonic growth conditions. BMC Microbiology, 16, Article 155. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0771-y
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 12, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jul 19, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jul 20, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 20, 2016 |
Journal | BMC Microbiology |
Electronic ISSN | 1471-2180 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 16 |
Article Number | 155 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0771-y |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/800395 |
Publisher URL | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/16/155 |
Related Public URLs | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Contract Date | Jul 20, 2016 |
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