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Methylation Warfare: Interaction of Pneumococcal Bacteriophages with Their Host.

Abstract：

:Virus-host interactions are regulated by complex coevolutionary dynamics. In Streptococcus pneumoniae, phase-variable type I restriction-modification (R-M) systems are part of the core genome. We hypothesized that the ability of the R-M systems to switch between six target DNA specificities also has a key role in preventing the spread of bacteriophages. Using the streptococcal temperate bacteriophage SpSL1, we show that the variants of both the SpnIII and SpnIV R-M systems are able to restrict invading bacteriophage with an efficiency approximately proportional to the number of target sites in the bacteriophage genome. In addition to restriction of lytic replication, SpnIII also led to abortive infection in the majority of host cells. During lytic infection, transcriptional analysis found evidence of phage-host interaction through the strong upregulation of the nrdR nucleotide biosynthesis regulon. During lysogeny, the phage had less of an effect on host gene regulation. This research demonstrates a novel combined bacteriophage restriction and abortive infection mechanism, highlighting the importance that the phase-variable type I R-M systems have in the multifunctional defense against bacteriophage infection in the respiratory pathogen S. pneumoniaeIMPORTANCE With antimicrobial drug resistance becoming an increasing burden on human health, much attention has been focused on the potential use of bacteriophages and their enzymes as therapeutics. However, the investigations into the physiology of the complex interactions of bacteriophages with their hosts have attracted far less attention, in comparison. This work describes the molecular characterization of the infectious cycle of a bacteriophage in the important human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae and explores the intricate relationship between phase-variable host defense mechanisms and the virus. This is the first report showing how a phase-variable type I restriction-modification system is involved in bacteriophage restriction while it also provides an additional level of infection control through abortive infection.

journal_name

J Bacteriol

journal_title

Journal of bacteriology

authors

Furi L,Crawford LA,Rangel-Pineros G,Manso AS,De Ste Croix M,Haigh RD,Kwun MJ,Engelsen Fjelland K,Gilfillan GD,Bentley SD,Croucher NJ,Clokie MR,Oggioni MR

doi

10.1128/JB.00370-19

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-09-06 00:00:00

issue

eissn

0021-9193

issn

1098-5530

pii

JB.00370-19

journal_volume

201

pub_type

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Methylation Warfare: Interaction of Pneumococcal Bacteriophages with Their Host.