title: The Vibrio cholerae mannitol transporter is regulated posttranscriptionally by the MtlS small regulatory RNA.
abstract: Vibrio cholerae continues to pose a health threat in many developing nations and regions of the world struck by natural disasters. It is a pathogen that rapidly adapts to aquatic environments and the human small intestine. Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) may contribute to this adaptability. Specifically, the mannitol operon sRNA (MtlS sRNA; previously designated the IGR7 sRNA) is transcribed antisense to the 5' untranslated region of the mtl operon, encoding the mannitol-specific phosphotransferase system. Mannitol is a six-carbon sugar alcohol that accumulates in the human small intestine, the primary site of V. cholerae colonization. To better understand the V. cholerae mtl operon at a molecular level, we investigated mtlA expression in the presence of various carbon sources and the role of the MtlS sRNA. We observed that MtlA protein is present only in cells grown on mannitol sugar, whereas MtlS sRNA is expressed during growth on all sugars other than mannitol. In contrast, mtlA mRNA is expressed in similar amounts regardless of the carbon source used for bacterial growth. These observations suggest that the regulation of MtlA protein expression is a posttranscriptional event. We further demonstrate that MtlS sRNA overexpression repressed MtlA synthesis without affecting the stability of the messenger and that this process is largely independent of Hfq. We propose a model in which, when carbon sources other than mannitol are present, MtlS sRNA is transcribed, base pairs with the 5' untranslated region of the mtlA mRNA, occluding the ribosome binding site, and inhibits the synthesis of the mannitol-specific phosphotransferase system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mustachio
authors.forename: Selime
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aksit
authors.forename: Ronak H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Mistry
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scheffler
authors.forename: Akikuni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008353:Mannitol / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D016372:RNA, Antisense / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D016372:RNA, Antisense; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D008353:Mannitol
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