title: A small non-coding RNA of the invasion gene island (SPI-1) represses outer membrane protein synthesis from the Salmonella core genome.
abstract: The Salmonella pathogenicity island (SPI-1) encodes approximately 35 proteins involved in assembly of a type III secretion system (T3SS) which endows Salmonella with the ability to invade eukaryotic cells. We have discovered a novel SPI-1 gene, invR, which expresses an abundant small non-coding RNA (sRNA). The invR gene, which we identified in a global search for new Salmonella sRNA genes, is activated by the major SPI-1 transcription factor, HilD, under conditions that favour host cell invasion. The RNA chaperone, Hfq, is essential for the in vivo stability of the approximately 80 nt InvR RNA. Hfq binds InvR with high affinity in vitro, and InvR co-immunoprecipitates with FLAG epitope-tagged Hfq in Salmonella extracts. Surprisingly, deletion/overexpression of invR revealed no phenotype in SPI-1 regulation. In contrast, we find that InvR represses the synthesis of the abundant OmpD porin encoded by the Salmonella core genome. As invR is conserved in the early branching Salmonella bongori, we speculate that porin repression by InvR may have aided successful establishment of the SPI-1 T3SS after horizontal acquisition in the Salmonella lineage. This study identifies the first regulatory RNA of an enterobacterial pathogenicity island, and new roles for Hfq and HilD in SPI-1 gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sittka
authors.forename: Raju
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomer
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tedin
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brinkmann
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D044404:Genomic Islands / Q000235:genetics; D035001:Host Factor 1 Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D018272:Porins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D011485:Protein Binding; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C119660:HilD protein, Salmonella typhimurium; D035001:Host Factor 1 Protein; C470933:OmpD protein, Salmonella typhimurium; D018272:Porins; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D022661:RNA, Untranslated; D014157:Transcription Factors