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Expression of the sarA family of genes in different strains of Staphylococcus aureus

¹ Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
² Center for Infectious Disease Research and Vaccinology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA

Expression of genes involved in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus is controlled by global regulatory loci, including two-component regulatory systems and transcriptional regulators. The staphylococcal-specific SarA family of transcription regulators control large numbers of target genes involved in virulence, autolysis, biofilm formation, stress responses and metabolic processes, and are recognized as potential therapeutic targets. Expression of some of these important regulators has been examined, mostly in laboratory strains, while the pattern of expression of these genes in other strains, especially clinical isolates, is largely unknown. In this report, a comparative analysis of 10 sarA-family genes was conducted in six different S. aureus strains, including two laboratory (RN6390, SH1000) and four clinical (MW2, Newman, COL and UAMS-1) strains, by Northern and Western blot analyses. Transcription of most of the sarA-family genes showed a strong growth phase-dependence in all strains tested. Among these genes, no difference was observed in expression of the sarA, sarV, sarT and sarU genes, while a major difference was observed in expression of the sarX gene only in strain RN6390. Expression of mgrA, rot, sarZ, sarR and sarS was observed in all strains, but the level of expression varied from strain to strain.

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Adhar C. Manna
amanna{at}usd.edu

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