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Microbiology 149 (2003), 3649-3658; DOI  10.1099/mic.0.26540-0
© 2003 Society for General Microbiology

The CepIR quorum-sensing system contributes to the virulence of Burkholderia cenocepacia respiratory infections

P. A. Sokol1, U. Sajjan2, M. B. Visser1, S. Gingues1, J. Forstner2 and C. Kooi1

1 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2 Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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P. A. Sokol
psokol{at}ucalgary.ca

The cepIR genes encode an N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL)-dependent quorum-sensing system consisting of an AHL synthase that directs the synthesis of N-octanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (ohl) and n-hexanoyl-L-homoserine lactone and a transcriptional regulator. The virulence of cepIR mutants was examined in two animal models. Rats were infected with agar beads containing Burkholderia cenocepacia K56-2, K56-I2 (cepI : : Tpr) or K56-R2 (cepR : : Tn5-OT182). At 10 days post-infection, the extent of lung histopathological changes was significantly lower in lungs infected with K56-I2 or K56-R2 compared to the parent strain. Intranasal infections were performed in Cftr(-/-) mice and their wild-type siblings. K56-2 was more virulent in both groups of mice. K56-I2 was the least virulent strain and was not invasive in the Cftr(-/-) mice. OHL was readily detected in lung homogenates from Cftr(-/-) mice infected with K56-2 but was only detected at levels slightly above background in a few mice infected with K56-I2. Lung homogenates from mice infected with K56-2 had significantly higher levels of the inflammatory mediators murine macrophage inflammatory protein-2, KC/N51, interleukin-1{beta} and interleukin-6 than those from K56-I2-infected animals. These studies indicate that a functional CepIR quorum-sensing system contributes to the severity of B. cenocepacia infections. A zinc metalloprotease gene (zmpA) was shown to be regulated by CepR and may be one of the factors that accounts for the difference in virulence between the cepI mutant and the parent strain.

Abbreviations: AHL, N-acyl homoserine lactone; CF, cystic fibrosis; cftr, cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator; IL-1{beta}, interleukin-1{beta}; IL-6, interleukin-6; MIP-2, murine macrophage inflammatory protein-2; KC, KC/N51; OHL, N-octanoyl-homoserine lactone; p.i., post-infection; TNF{alpha}, tumour necrosis factor {alpha}




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