Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Effect of PdhR in Plesiomonas shigelloides
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Phylogenetic Analysis of PdhR
2.2. Transcriptome Sequencing Revealed Gene Expression Related to PdhR of the P. shigelloides
2.3. PdhR Influences Motility and Flagellar Synthesis by Positively Regulating the Expression of Flagellar Genes in P. shigelloides
2.4. PdhR Promotes P. shigelloides’ Ability to Infect Caco-2 Cells by Positively Regulating T3SS Expression
2.5. Pyruvate-Sensing PdhR Directly Negatively Regulates the Expression of pdhR-aceEF, metR, and nuoA
2.6. pdhR Is Directly Negatively Regulated by ArcA and Indirectly Positively Regulated by FNR and CRP
2.7. The Potential Regulatory Pathways of PdhR in P. shigelloides
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Bacterial Strains, Plasmids and Growth Conditions
4.2. Genes Deletion and Complementation
4.3. RNA Isolation and Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR)
4.4. RNA Sequencing (RNA-Seq)
4.5. Motility Assay and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) of Flagella
4.6. Expression and Purification of Proteins and Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assays (EMSAs)
4.7. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation and Quantitative PCR (ChIP-qPCR)
4.8. Luminescence Screening Assay
4.9. Growth Assay
4.10. Invasion Assay
4.11. Statistical Analysis
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Yan, J.; Yang, B.; Xue, X.; Li, J.; Li, Y.; Li, A.; Ding, P.; Cao, B. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Effect of PdhR in Plesiomonas shigelloides. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 14473. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914473
Yan J, Yang B, Xue X, Li J, Li Y, Li A, Ding P, Cao B. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Effect of PdhR in Plesiomonas shigelloides. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(19):14473. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914473
Chicago/Turabian StyleYan, Junxiang, Bin Yang, Xinke Xue, Jinghao Li, Yuehua Li, Ang Li, Peng Ding, and Boyang Cao. 2023. "Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Effect of PdhR in Plesiomonas shigelloides" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 19: 14473. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241914473