Phase-variation of pyelonephritis-associated pili in Escherichia coli: evidence for transcriptional regulation.
AUTOR(ES)
Blyn, L B
RESUMO
The regulation of pyelonephritis-associated pili (pap) pilin gene transcription has been examined using two operons (pap-17 and pap-21) isolated from the pyelonephritogenic Escherichia coli strain C1212. DNA sequence analysis and E. coli minicell analysis were used to map two genes (papB and papI) within the pilin regulatory regions of both pap-17 and pap-21, and the protein products of these genes were identified. Pilin transcription, initiated at the papBA promoter, was monitored by constructing single copy operon fusions with lacZYA in E. coli K-12. Inoculation of E. coli (pap'-lac) strains onto solid M9 minimal medium containing glycerol and the Lac indicator X-gal (M9-Glycerol) yielded both Lac+ and Lac- colony phenotypes. The Lac+ ("phase on') and Lac- ("phase off') phenotypes were heritable since reinoculation of M9-Glycerol with bacteria picked from Lac+ colonies gave rise to a much higher fraction of Lac+ colonies than reinoculation of M9-Glycerol with bacteria picked from Lac- colonies. Measurement of phase transition rates for E. coli (pap17'-lac) inoculated onto M9-Glycerol showed that the Lac(-)----Lac+ transition frequency (1.57 X 10(-4)/cell/generation) was reduced 35-fold when cells were inoculated onto minimal medium containing glucose (M9-Glucose). However, the Lac+----Lac-transition frequency obtained using M9-Glycerol (2.60 X 10(-2)/cell/generation) was 1.4-fold lower compared to results obtained with M9-Glucose. In contrast, lowering the incubation temperature of E. coli (pap17'-lac) cultures from 37 degrees C to 23 degrees C caused all cells to shift to the Lac- state.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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