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Vaccine Development Laboratory, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland
Correspondence
Vesa P. Kontinen
Vesa.Kontinen{at}ktl.fi
Stress responses of Bacillus subtilis to membrane-active cationic antimicrobial peptides were studied. Global analysis of gene expression by DNA macroarray showed that peptides at a subinhibitory concentration activated numerous genes. A prominent pattern was the activation of two extracytoplasmic function sigma factor regulons, SigW and SigM. Two natural antimicrobial peptides, LL-37 and PG-1, were weak activators of SigW regulon genes, whereas their synthetic analogue poly-L-lysine was clearly a stronger activator of SigW. It was demonstrated for the first time that LL-37 is a strong and specific activator of the YxdJK two-component systems, one of the three highly homologous two-component systems sensing antimicrobial compounds. YxdJK regulates the expression of the YxdLM ABC transporter. The LiaRS (YvqCE) TCS was also strongly activated by LL-37, but its activation is not LL-37 specific, as was demonstrated by its activation with PG-1 and Triton X-100. Other strongly LL-37-induced genes included yrhH and yhcGHI. Taken together, the responses to cationic antimicrobial peptides revealed highly complex regulatory patterns and induction of several signal transduction pathways. The results suggest significant overlap between different stress regulons and interdependence of signal transduction pathways mediating stress responses.
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