title: The Rcs stress response and accessory envelope proteins are required for de novo generation of cell shape in Escherichia coli.
abstract: Interactions with immune responses or exposure to certain antibiotics can remove the peptidoglycan wall of many Gram-negative bacteria. Though the spheroplasts thus created usually lyse, some may survive by resynthesizing their walls and shapes. Normally, bacterial morphology is generated by synthetic complexes directed by FtsZ and MreBCD or their homologues, but whether these classic systems can recreate morphology in the absence of a preexisting template is unknown. To address this question, we treated Escherichia coli with lysozyme to remove the peptidoglycan wall while leaving intact the inner and outer membranes and periplasm. The resulting lysozyme-induced (LI) spheroplasts recovered a rod shape after four to six generations. Recovery proceeded via a series of cell divisions that produced misshapen and branched intermediates before later progeny assumed a normal rod shape. Importantly, mutants defective in mounting the Rcs stress response and those lacking penicillin binding protein 1B (PBP1B) or LpoB could not divide or recover their cell shape but instead enlarged until they lysed. LI spheroplasts from mutants lacking the Lpp lipoprotein or PBP6 produced spherical daughter cells that did not recover a normal rod shape or that did so only after a significant delay. Thus, to regenerate normal morphology de novo, E. coli must supplement the classic FtsZ- and MreBCD-directed cell wall systems with activities that are otherwise dispensable for growth under normal laboratory conditions. The existence of these auxiliary mechanisms implies that they may be required for survival in natural environments, where bacterial walls can be damaged extensively or removed altogether.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: Dev K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Ranjit
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008954:Models, Biological; D009113:Muramidase / Q000378:metabolism; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000378:metabolism*; D046928:Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D012038:Regeneration; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D046929:Serine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala Carboxypeptidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013104:Spheroplasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; C099932:Lpp protein, E coli; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D046928:Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase; C478681:penicillin-binding protein 1B, E coli; D009113:Muramidase; C569172:DacC protein, E coli; D046929:Serine-Type D-Ala-D-Ala Carboxypeptidase
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