scholarly journals Resumptive Streptococcus mutans Persisters Induced From Dimethylaminododecyl Methacrylate Elevated the Cariogenic Virulence by Up-Regulating the Quorum-Sensing and VicRK Pathway Genes

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junzhuo Lu ◽  
Lei Cheng ◽  
Yuyao Huang ◽  
Yaling Jiang ◽  
Chun-Hung Chu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans

scholarly journals The Formation of Streptococcus mutans Persisters Induced by the Quorum-Sensing Peptide Pheromone Is Affected by the LexA Regulator

2015 ◽  
Vol 197 (6) ◽  
pp. 1083-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Leung ◽  
Dragana Ajdic ◽  
Stephanie Koyanagi ◽  
Céline M. Lévesque
Keyword(s):  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Bacterial Survival ◽  
Chronic Infections ◽  
Persister Cells ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Peptide Pheromone

The presence of multidrug-tolerant persister cells within microbial populations has been implicated in the resiliency of bacterial survival against antibiotic treatments and is a major contributing factor in chronic infections. The mechanisms by which these phenotypic variants are formed have been linked to stress response pathways in various bacterial species, but many of these mechanisms remain unclear. We have previously shown that in the cariogenic organismStreptococcus mutans, the quorum-sensing peptide CSP (competence-stimulating peptide) pheromone was a stress-inducible alarmone that triggered an increased formation of multidrug-tolerant persisters. In this study, we characterized SMU.2027, a CSP-inducible gene encoding a LexA ortholog. We showed that in addition to exogenous CSP exposure, stressors, including heat shock, oxidative stress, and ofloxacin antibiotic, were capable of triggering expression oflexAin an autoregulatory manner akin to that of LexA-like transcriptional regulators. We demonstrated the role of LexA and its importance in regulating tolerance toward DNA damage in a noncanonical SOS mechanism. We showed its involvement and regulatory role in the formation of persisters induced by the CSP-ComDE quorum-sensing regulatory system. We further identified key genes involved in sugar and amino acid metabolism, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) system, and autolysin from transcriptomic analyses that contribute to the formation of quorum-sensing-induced persister cells.

luxS-Based Quorum-Sensing Signaling Affects Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Huang ◽  
G. Meric ◽  
Z. Liu ◽  
R. Ma ◽  
Z. Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans ◽  
Biofilm Formation

A tripartite toxin-antitoxin module induced by quorum sensing is associated with the persistence phenotype in Streptococcus mutans

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 420-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delphine Dufour ◽  
Alexandra Mankovskaia ◽  
Yuki Chan ◽  
Kamyar Motavaze ◽  
Siew-Ging Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans

scholarly journals Mutation of luxS Affects Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans

2003 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 1972-1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Merritt ◽  
Fengxia Qi ◽  
Steven D. Goodman ◽  
Maxwell H. Anderson ◽  
Wenyuan Shi
Keyword(s):  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Microscopic Analysis ◽  
Homoserine Lactone ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Genome Project ◽  
Bacterial Biofilm ◽  
Wild Type

ABSTRACT Quorum sensing is a bacterial mechanism for regulating gene expression in response to changes in population density. Many bacteria are capable of acyl-homoserine lactone-based or peptide-based intraspecies quorum sensing and luxS-dependent interspecies quorum sensing. While there is good evidence about the involvement of intraspecies quorum sensing in bacterial biofilm, little is known about the role of luxS in biofilm formation. In this study, we report for the first time that luxS-dependent quorum sensing is involved in biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans. S. mutans is a major cariogenic bacterium in the multispecies bacterial biofilm commonly known as dental plaque. An ortholog of luxS for S. mutans was identified using the data available in the S. mutans genome project (http://www.genome.ou.edu/smutans.html ). Using an assay developed for the detection of the LuxS-associated quorum sensing signal autoinducer 2 (AI-2), it was demonstrated that this ortholog was able to complement the luxS negative phenotype of Escherichia coli DH5α. It was also shown that AI-2 is indeed produced by S. mutans. AI-2 production is maximal during mid- to late-log growth in batch culture. Mutant strains devoid of the luxS gene were constructed and found to be defective in producing the AI-2 signal. There are also marked phenotypic differences between the wild type and the luxS mutants. Microscopic analysis of in vitro-grown biofilm structure revealed that the luxS mutant biofilms adopted a much more granular appearance, rather than the relatively smooth, confluent layer normally seen in the wild type. These results suggest that LuxS-dependent signal may play an important role in biofilm formation of S. mutans.

scholarly journals Erratum for Rued et al., “Quorum Sensing in Streptococcus mutans Regulates Production of Tryglysin, a Novel RaS-RiPP Antimicrobial Compound”

mBio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britta E. Rued ◽  
Brett C. Covington ◽  
Leah B. Bushin ◽  
Gabriella Szewczyk ◽  
Irina Laczkovich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans ◽  
Antimicrobial Compound

scholarly journals Emergent Properties in Streptococcus mutans Biofilms Are Controlled through Adhesion Force Sensing by Initial Colonizers

mBio ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Wang ◽  
Jiapeng Hou ◽  
Henny C. van der Mei ◽  
Henk J. Busscher ◽  
Yijin Ren
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Quorum Sensing ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans ◽  
Adhesion Force ◽  
Emergent Properties ◽  
Initial Contact ◽  
Adhesion Forces ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Force Sensitivity ◽  
Biofilm Bacteria

ABSTRACT Bacterial adhesion is accompanied by altered gene expression, leading to “emergent” properties of biofilm bacteria that are alien to planktonic ones. With the aim of revealing the role of environmental adhesion forces in emergent biofilm properties, genes in Streptococcus mutans UA159 and a quorum-sensing-deficient mutant were identified that become expressed after adhesion to substratum surfaces. Using atomic force microscopy, adhesion forces of initial S. mutans colonizers on four different substrata were determined and related to gene expression. Adhesion forces upon initial contact were similarly low across different substrata, ranging between 0.2 and 1.2 nN regardless of the strain considered. Bond maturation required up to 21 s, depending on the strain and substratum surface involved, but stationary adhesion forces also were similar in the parent and in the mutant strain. However, stationary adhesion forces were largest on hydrophobic silicone rubber (19 to 20 nN), while being smallest on hydrophilic glass (3 to 4 nN). brpA gene expression in thin (34 to 48 μm) 5-h S. mutans UA159 biofilms was most sensitive to adhesion forces, while expression of gbpB and comDE expressions was weakly sensitive. ftf, gtfB, vicR, and relA expression was insensitive to adhesion forces. In thicker (98 to 151 μm) 24-h biofilms, adhesion-force-induced gene expression and emergent extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) production were limited to the first 20 to 30 μm above a substratum surface. In the quorum-sensing-deficient S. mutans, adhesion-force-controlled gene expression was absent in both 5- and 24-h biofilms. Thus, initial colonizers of substratum surfaces sense adhesion forces that externally trigger emergent biofilm properties over a limited distance above a substratum surface through quorum sensing. IMPORTANCE A new concept in biofilm science is introduced: “adhesion force sensitivity of genes,” defining the degree up to which expression of different genes in adhering bacteria is controlled by the environmental adhesion forces they experience. Analysis of gene expression as a function of height in a biofilm showed that the information about the substratum surface to which initially adhering bacteria adhere is passed up to a biofilm height of 20 to 30 μm above a substratum surface, highlighting the importance and limitations of cell-to-cell communication in a biofilm. Bacteria in a biofilm mode of growth, as opposed to planktonic growth, are responsible for the great majority of human infections, predicted to become the number one cause of death in 2050. The concept of adhesion force sensitivity of genes provides better understanding of bacterial adaptation in biofilms, direly needed for the design of improved therapeutic measures that evade the recalcitrance of biofilm bacteria to antimicrobials.

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