Polar localization of CheO under hypoxia promotes Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host.
Campylobacter jejuni is a food-borne zoonotic pathogen of worldwide concern and the leading cause of bacterial diarrheal disease. In contrast to other enteric pathogens, C. jejuni has strict growth and nutritional requirements but lacks many virulence factors that have evolved for pathogenesis or in...
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| description | Campylobacter jejuni is a food-borne zoonotic pathogen of worldwide concern and the leading cause of bacterial diarrheal disease. In contrast to other enteric pathogens, C. jejuni has strict growth and nutritional requirements but lacks many virulence factors that have evolved for pathogenesis or interactions with the host. It is unclear how this bacterium has adapted to an enteric lifestyle. Here, we discovered that the CheO protein (CJJ81176_1265) is required for C. jejuni colonization of mice gut through its role in chemotactic control of flagellar rotation in oxygen-limiting environments. CheO interacts with the chemotaxis signaling proteins CheA and CheZ, and also with the flagellar rotor components FliM and FliY. Under microaerobic conditions, CheO localizes at the cellular poles where the chemosensory array and flagellar machinery are located in C. jejuni and its polar localization depends on chemosensory array formation. Several chemoreceptors that mediate energy taxis coordinately determine the bipolar distribution of CheO. Suppressor screening for a ΔcheO mutant identified that a single residue variation in FliM can alleviate the phenotype caused by the absence of CheO, confirming its regulatory role in the flagellar rotor switch. CheO homologs are only found in species of the Campylobacterota phylum, mostly species of host-associated genera Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Wolinella. The CheO results provide insights into the complexity of chemotaxis signal transduction in C. jejuni and closely related species. Importantly, the recruitment of CheO into chemosensory array to promote chemotactic behavior under hypoxia represents a new adaptation strategy of C. jejuni to human and animal intestines. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b2ad98cd1124686b5c2e5e4afccee072022-12-22T03:50:04ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Pathogens1553-73661553-73742022-11-011811e101095310.1371/journal.ppat.1010953Polar localization of CheO under hypoxia promotes Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host.Ran MoWenhui MaWeijie ZhouBeile GaoCampylobacter jejuni is a food-borne zoonotic pathogen of worldwide concern and the leading cause of bacterial diarrheal disease. In contrast to other enteric pathogens, C. jejuni has strict growth and nutritional requirements but lacks many virulence factors that have evolved for pathogenesis or interactions with the host. It is unclear how this bacterium has adapted to an enteric lifestyle. Here, we discovered that the CheO protein (CJJ81176_1265) is required for C. jejuni colonization of mice gut through its role in chemotactic control of flagellar rotation in oxygen-limiting environments. CheO interacts with the chemotaxis signaling proteins CheA and CheZ, and also with the flagellar rotor components FliM and FliY. Under microaerobic conditions, CheO localizes at the cellular poles where the chemosensory array and flagellar machinery are located in C. jejuni and its polar localization depends on chemosensory array formation. Several chemoreceptors that mediate energy taxis coordinately determine the bipolar distribution of CheO. Suppressor screening for a ΔcheO mutant identified that a single residue variation in FliM can alleviate the phenotype caused by the absence of CheO, confirming its regulatory role in the flagellar rotor switch. CheO homologs are only found in species of the Campylobacterota phylum, mostly species of host-associated genera Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Wolinella. The CheO results provide insights into the complexity of chemotaxis signal transduction in C. jejuni and closely related species. Importantly, the recruitment of CheO into chemosensory array to promote chemotactic behavior under hypoxia represents a new adaptation strategy of C. jejuni to human and animal intestines.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010953 |
| spellingShingle | Ran Mo Wenhui Ma Weijie Zhou Beile Gao Polar localization of CheO under hypoxia promotes Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host. PLoS Pathogens |
| title | Polar localization of CheO under hypoxia promotes Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host. |
| title_full | Polar localization of CheO under hypoxia promotes Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host. |
| title_fullStr | Polar localization of CheO under hypoxia promotes Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polar localization of CheO under hypoxia promotes Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host. |
| title_short | Polar localization of CheO under hypoxia promotes Campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host. |
| title_sort | polar localization of cheo under hypoxia promotes campylobacter jejuni chemotactic behavior within host |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010953 |
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