2-STAGE CONTROL OF AN OXIDATIVE STRESS REGULON - THE ESCHERICHIA-COLI SOXR PROTEIN TRIGGERS REDOX-INDUCIBLE EXPRESSION OF THE SOXS REGULATORY GENE

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NUNOSHIBA, T [1 ]
HIDALGO, E [1 ]
CUEVAS, CFA [1 ]
DEMPLE, B [1 ]
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[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH PUBL HLTH,DEPT MOLEC & CELLULAR TOXICOL,BOSTON,MA 02115
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10.1128/JB.174.19.6054-6060.1992
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Escherichia coli responds to the redox stress imposed by superoxide-generating agents such as paraquat by activating the synthesis of as many as 80 polypeptides. Expression of a key group of these inducible proteins is controlled at the transcriptional level by the soxRS locus (the soxRS regulon). A two-stage control system was hypothesized for soxRS, in which an intracellular redox signal would trigger the SoxR protein as a transcriptional activator of the soxS gene and the resulting increased levels of SoxS protein would activate transcription of the various soxRS regulon genes (B. Demple and C. F. Amabile Cuevas, Cell 67:837-839, 1990). We have constructed operon fusions of the E. coli lac genes to the soxS promoter to monitor soxS transcription. Expression from the soxS promoter is strongly inducible by paraquat in a manner strictly dependent on a functional soxR gene. Several other superoxide-generating agents also trigger soxR+-dependent soxS expression, and the inductions by paraquat and phenazine methosulfate were dependent on the presence of oxygen. Numerous other oxidative stress agents (H2O2, gamma rays, heat shock, etc.) failed to induce soxS, while aerobic growth of superoxide dismutase-deficient bacteria triggered soxR-dependent soxS expression. These results indicate a specific redox signal for soxS induction. A direct role for SoxR protein in the activation of the soxS gene is indicated by band-shift and DNase I footprinting experiments that demonstrate specific binding of the SoxR protein in cell extracts to the soxS promoter. The mode of SoxR binding to DNA appears to be similar to that of its homolog MerR in that the SoxR footprint spans the -10 to -35 region of the soxS promoter.
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