Journal Article10.1111/1758-2229.12621
Tetracycline alters gene expression in Salmonella strains that harbor the Tn10 transposon.
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TL;DR: Characterization of transcripts in the tetAC region showed that tetA transcription can continue into tetC sequences, generating a long 3'UTR sequence, which can protect transcripts from RNA processing, thus increasing the expression of TetA protein.
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Abstract: In this report, we show that bacterial plasmids that harbor the Tn10 transposon (i.e., the IncHI1 plasmid R27) modify expression of different Salmonella regulons responding to the presence of tetracycline (Tc) in the medium. By using as a model the Tc-dependent upregulation of the ibpAB operon (which belongs to the heat shock regulon), we have identified Tn10-tetA (coding for a Tc efflux pump) and adjacent tetC sequences as required for ibpAB upregulation. Characterization of transcripts in the tetAC region showed that tetA transcription can continue into tetC sequences, generating a long 3'UTR sequence, which can protect transcripts from RNA processing, thus increasing the expression of TetA protein. In the presence of Tc, the DnaK and IbpA chaperones are overexpressed and translocated to the periplasm and to the membrane fraction respectively. DnaK targeting unfolded proteins is known to induce heat shock by avoiding RpoH proteolysis. We correlate expression levels of Tn10-encoded TetA protein with heat shock induction in Salmonella, likely because TetA activity compromises protein secretion.
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