A Master Regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content> Gut Colonization Controls Carbohydrate Utilization and an Alternative Protein Synthesis Factor
ABSTRACT Microbial colonization of the mammalian gut is largely ascribed to the ability to utilize nutrients available in that environment. To understand how beneficial microbes establish a relationship with their hosts, it is crucial to determine what other abilities promote gut colonization. We no...
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oai:doaj.org-article:30065c39e8174680b4df44f5c562361b2021-11-15T15:56:58ZA Master Regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content> Gut Colonization Controls Carbohydrate Utilization and an Alternative Protein Synthesis Factor10.1128/mBio.03221-192150-7511https://doaj.org/article/30065c39e8174680b4df44f5c562361b2020-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.03221-19https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Microbial colonization of the mammalian gut is largely ascribed to the ability to utilize nutrients available in that environment. To understand how beneficial microbes establish a relationship with their hosts, it is crucial to determine what other abilities promote gut colonization. We now report that colonization of the murine gut by the beneficial microbe Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron requires activation of a putative translation factor by the major transcriptional regulator of gut colonization and carbohydrate utilization. To ascertain how this regulator—called BT4338—promotes gut colonization, we identified BT4338-regulated genes and BT4338-bound DNA sequences. Unexpectedly, the gene whose expression was most reduced upon BT4338 inactivation was fusA2, specifying a putative translation factor. We determined that fusA2 activation by BT4338 is conserved in another Bacteroides species and essential for gut colonization in B. thetaiotaomicron because a mutant lacking the BT4338 binding site in the fusA2 promoter exhibited a colonization defect similar to that of a mutant lacking the fusA2 gene. Furthermore, we demonstrated that BT4338 promotes gut colonization independently of its role in carbohydrate utilization because the fusA2 gene was dispensable for utilization of carbohydrates that depend on BT4338. Our findings suggest that microbial gut colonization requires the use of alternative protein synthesis factors. IMPORTANCE The bacteria occupying the mammalian gut have evolved unique strategies to thrive in their environment. Bacteroides organisms, which often comprise 25 to 50% of the human gut microbiota, derive nutrients from structurally diverse complex polysaccharides, commonly called dietary fibers. This ability requires an expansive genetic repertoire that is coordinately regulated to achieve expression of those genes dedicated to utilizing only those dietary fibers present in the environment. Here we identify the global regulon of a transcriptional regulator necessary for dietary fiber utilization and gut colonization. We demonstrate that this transcription factor regulates hundreds of genes putatively involved in dietary fiber utilization as well as a putative translation factor dispensable for growth on such nutrients but necessary for survival in the gut. These findings suggest that gut bacteria coordinate cellular metabolism with protein synthesis via specialized translation factors to promote survival in the mammalian gut.Guy E. TownsendWeiwei HanNathan D. SchwalmXinyu HongNatasha A. Bencivenga-BarryAndrew L. GoodmanEduardo A. GroismanAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleBT4338EF-G2fusA2microbiotaMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2020) |
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ABSTRACT Microbial colonization of the mammalian gut is largely ascribed to the ability to utilize nutrients available in that environment. To understand how beneficial microbes establish a relationship with their hosts, it is crucial to determine what other abilities promote gut colonization. We now report that colonization of the murine gut by the beneficial microbe Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron requires activation of a putative translation factor by the major transcriptional regulator of gut colonization and carbohydrate utilization. To ascertain how this regulator—called BT4338—promotes gut colonization, we identified BT4338-regulated genes and BT4338-bound DNA sequences. Unexpectedly, the gene whose expression was most reduced upon BT4338 inactivation was fusA2, specifying a putative translation factor. We determined that fusA2 activation by BT4338 is conserved in another Bacteroides species and essential for gut colonization in B. thetaiotaomicron because a mutant lacking the BT4338 binding site in the fusA2 promoter exhibited a colonization defect similar to that of a mutant lacking the fusA2 gene. Furthermore, we demonstrated that BT4338 promotes gut colonization independently of its role in carbohydrate utilization because the fusA2 gene was dispensable for utilization of carbohydrates that depend on BT4338. Our findings suggest that microbial gut colonization requires the use of alternative protein synthesis factors. IMPORTANCE The bacteria occupying the mammalian gut have evolved unique strategies to thrive in their environment. Bacteroides organisms, which often comprise 25 to 50% of the human gut microbiota, derive nutrients from structurally diverse complex polysaccharides, commonly called dietary fibers. This ability requires an expansive genetic repertoire that is coordinately regulated to achieve expression of those genes dedicated to utilizing only those dietary fibers present in the environment. Here we identify the global regulon of a transcriptional regulator necessary for dietary fiber utilization and gut colonization. We demonstrate that this transcription factor regulates hundreds of genes putatively involved in dietary fiber utilization as well as a putative translation factor dispensable for growth on such nutrients but necessary for survival in the gut. These findings suggest that gut bacteria coordinate cellular metabolism with protein synthesis via specialized translation factors to promote survival in the mammalian gut. |
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Guy E. Townsend Weiwei Han Nathan D. Schwalm Xinyu Hong Natasha A. Bencivenga-Barry Andrew L. Goodman Eduardo A. Groisman |
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Guy E. Townsend Weiwei Han Nathan D. Schwalm Xinyu Hong Natasha A. Bencivenga-Barry Andrew L. Goodman Eduardo A. Groisman |
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Guy E. Townsend |
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A Master Regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content> Gut Colonization Controls Carbohydrate Utilization and an Alternative Protein Synthesis Factor |
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A Master Regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content> Gut Colonization Controls Carbohydrate Utilization and an Alternative Protein Synthesis Factor |
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A Master Regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content> Gut Colonization Controls Carbohydrate Utilization and an Alternative Protein Synthesis Factor |
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A Master Regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content> Gut Colonization Controls Carbohydrate Utilization and an Alternative Protein Synthesis Factor |
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A Master Regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content> Gut Colonization Controls Carbohydrate Utilization and an Alternative Protein Synthesis Factor |
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master regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content> gut colonization controls carbohydrate utilization and an alternative protein synthesis factor |
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