Iron-regulated biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus Newman requires ica and the secreted protein Emp.

Abstract:

:Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation is induced in iron-restricted growth conditions in vitro. In this study, we showed that Emp and Eap play important roles in low-iron-induced biofilm formation of S. aureus Newman. Eap and Emp are secreted proteins which are non-covalently attached to the S. aureus cell surface and have previously been implicated in a number of aspects of S. aureus pathogenesis. We showed here that the transcription of these important virulence factors is induced by growth in low-iron medium, reflective of the in vivo environment. Our results show that iron regulation of Eap and Emp is Fur independent. However, Fur is required for full induction of eap and emp expression in low-iron conditions. In this study, we demonstrated that in addition to Fur, low-iron-induced biofilm formation requires Sae, Agr, and SarA. In iron-restricted growth conditions, Sae and Agr are essential for Emp and Eap expression and hence for biofilm formation, whereas SarA appears to have a less-significant role. We also showed that expression of the ica operon is required for biofilm formation in iron-restricted growth conditions. We demonstrated that in fact, ica is required for the expression of the important multifunctional virulence determinants eap and emp.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Johnson M,Cockayne A,Morrissey JA

doi

10.1128/IAI.01635-07

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1756-65

issue

4

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

pii

IAI.01635-07

journal_volume

76

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