Negative Regulation of RpoS-mediated STM1703 in Biofilm
Formation of Salmonella Pullorum
Zheng Feng1,2,3,4, Muhanad El Hag1,2,3,4,5,6,
Nan Wang1,2,3,4, Tao Qin1,2,3,4, Sujuan Chen1,2,3,4
and Daxin Peng1,2,3,4*
1College
of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009,
Jiangsu, PR China
2Jiangsu
Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important
Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu,
PR China
3Jiangsu
Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and
Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, PR China
4Joint
Laboratory Safety of International Cooperation of Agriculture and
Agricultural-Products, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University,
PR China
*Corresponding author:
pengdx@yzu.edu.cn
Abstract
Both
alternative sigma factor RpoS and ubiquitous secondary messenger c-di-GMP
participate in the biofilm forming of Salmonella Pullorum;
however, the relationship between RpoS and c-di-GMP-regulated genes
during biofilm forming remains unclear. In this study, nine genes related
with c-di-GMP regulation were found tobe differentially expressed (P<0.01)
by RNA-seq analysis when compared with S.
Pullorum strain S9 and its rpoS
deletion strain S9S. Specifically,
the rpoS deletion strain S9S had
higher transcription level ofgene STM1703and lower c-di-GMP concentration and biofilm-forming
ability than S9 (P<0.01). The STM1703 gene
deletion in strains S9 and S9S significantly enhanced the
c-di-GMP concentration and the biofilm-forming ability (P<0.01). qRT–PCR analysis showed that
rpoS deletion or P193L substitution in
RpoS increased the transcription level of the STM1703 gene by decreasing the transcription
levels of thecsrA and STM1344 genes (P<0.01). Overall, RpoS-mediated STM1703 negatively
regulates the biofilm formation of S.
Pullorum by degrading c-di-GMP.
To Cite This Article:
Feng Z, Hag ME, Wang N, Qin T, Chen S and Peng D,
2023. Negative regulation of RpoS-mediated STM1703 in biofilm
formation of Salmonella pullorum.
Pak Vet J, 43(1): 25-32.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2022.086