Fur is required for the activation of virulence gene expression through the induction of the sae regulatory system in Staphylococcus aureus

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• 作者：Mir ; a Johnson ; Mrittika Sengupta ; Joanne Purves ; Emma Tarrant ; Peter H. Williams ; Alan Cockayne ; Arunachalam Muthaiyan ; Robert Stephenson ; Nagender Ledala ; Brian J. Wilkinson ; Radheshyam K. Jayaswal
• 关键词：Staphylococcus aureus ; Iron regulation ; Fur ; Sae ; Agr
• 刊名：International Journal of Medical Microbiology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：January 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：301
• 期：1
• 页码：44-52
• 全文大小：516 K

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Our previous studies showed that both Sae and Fur are required for the induction of eap and emp expression in low iron. In this study, we show that expression of sae is also iron-regulated, as sae expression is activated by Fur in low iron. We also demonstrate that both Fur and Sae are required for full induction of the oxidative stress response and expression of non-covalently bound surface proteins in low-iron growth conditions. In addition, Sae is required for the induced expression of the important virulence factors isdA and isdB in low iron. Our studies also indicate that Fur is required for the induced expression of the global regulators Agr and Rot in low iron and a number of extracellular virulence factors such as the haemolysins which are also Sae- and Agr-regulated. Hence, we show that Fur is central to a complex regulatory network that is required for the induced expression of a number of important S. aureus virulence determinants in low iron.