scholarly journals Effect of N-acyl-homoserine lactones(AHL) on biogenic amine formation by Pantoea agglomerans

Author(s):  
Jing Lu ◽  
Ziqin Li ◽  
Hui Yang ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
wenting Jia

Abstract The effect of N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL)-based quorum sensing (QS) on biogenic amine (BA) formation by Pantoea agglomerans was studied. Agrobacterium tumefaciens A136 and KYC55-based bioassays confirmed AHLs production by Pantoea agglomerans. The production ability of AHLs was quantified on the basis of β-galactosidase activity. The influence of temperature (10°C and 20°C) and pH (5.5 and 6.5) on β-galactosidase activity and BAs production by Pantoea agglomerans was determined. Acidification of the environment adversely affected the growth and β-galactosidase activity of Pantoea agglomerans, and AHLs production and BAs accumulation by Pantoea agglomerans was inhibited at low temperature. A significant correlation between β-galactosidase activity and BAs (putrescine, histamine, putrescine and tryptamine) was identified (P < 0.01). Based on the results of this study, the AHL-based QS system influences the concentrations and types of BAs produced by Pantoea agglomerans.

2000 ◽  
Vol 182 (24) ◽  
pp. 6921-6926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared R. Leadbetter ◽  
E. P. Greenberg

ABSTRACT Acyl-homoserine lactones (acyl-HSLs) serve as dedicated cell-to-cell signaling molecules in many species of the classProteobacteria. We have addressed the question of whether these compounds can be degraded biologically. A motile, rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from soil based upon its ability to utilizeN-(3-oxohexanoyl)-l-homoserine lactone as the sole source of energy and nitrogen. The bacterium was classified as a strain of Variovorax paradoxus. TheV. paradoxus isolate was capable of growth on all of the acyl-HSLs tested. The molar growth yields correlated with the length of the acyl group. HSL, a product of acyl-HSL metabolism, was used as a nitrogen source, but not as an energy source. Cleavage and partial mineralization of the HSL ring were demonstrated by using radiolabeled substrate. This study indicates that some strains of V. paradoxus degrade and grow on acyl-HSL signals as the sole energy and nitrogen sources. This study provides clues about the metabolic pathway of acyl-HSL degradation by V. paradoxus.


2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 4387-4389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Taylor ◽  
Peter J. Schupp ◽  
Harriet J. Baillie ◽  
Timothy S. Charlton ◽  
Rocky de Nys ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We report for the first time the production of acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) by bacteria associated with marine sponges. Given the involvement of AHLs in bacterial colonization of many higher organisms, we speculate that such quorum sensing signals could play a part in interactions between sponges and the dense bacterial communities living within them.


2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan W. Shepherd ◽  
Steven E. Lindow

ABSTRACT Plant aerial surfaces comprise a complex habitat for microorganisms, and many plant-associated bacteria, such as the pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, exhibit density-dependent survival on leaves by utilizing quorum sensing (QS). QS is often mediated by diffusible signals called N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs), and P. syringae utilizes N-3-oxo-hexanoyl-dl-homoserine lactone (3OC6HSL) to control traits influencing epiphytic fitness and virulence. The P. syringae pathovar syringae B728a genome sequence revealed two putative AHL acylases, termed HacA (Psyr_1971) and HacB (Psyr_4858), which are N-terminal nucleophile hydrolases that inactivate AHLs by cleaving their amide bonds. HacA is a secreted AHL acylase that degrades only long-chain (C ≥ 8) AHLs, while HacB is not secreted and degrades all tested AHLs. Targeted disruptions of hacA, hacB, and hacA and hacB together do not alter endogenous 3OC6HSL levels under the tested conditions. Surprisingly, targeted disruptions of hacA alone and hacA and hacB together confer complementable phenotypes that are very similar to autoaggregative phenotypes seen in other species. While AHL acylases might enable P. syringae B728a to degrade signals of competing species and block expression of their QS-dependent traits, these enzymes also play fundamental roles in biofilm formation.


2002 ◽  
Vol 184 (23) ◽  
pp. 6515-6521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Schaefer ◽  
Terumi A. Taylor ◽  
J. Thomas Beatty ◽  
E. P. Greenberg

ABSTRACT Many proteobacteria use acyl-homoserine lactones as quorum-sensing signals. Traditionally, biological detection systems have been used to identify bacteria that produce acyl-homoserine lactones, although the specificities of these detection systems can limit discovery. We used a sensitive approach that did not require a bioassay to detect production of long-acyl-chain homoserine lactone production by Rhodobacter capsulatus and Paracoccus denitrificans. These long-chain acyl-homoserine lactones are not readily detected by standard bioassays. The most abundant acyl-homoserine lactone was N-hexadecanoyl-homoserine lactone. The long-chain acyl-homoserine lactones were concentrated in cells but were also found in the culture fluid. An R. capsulatus gene responsible for long-chain acyl-homoserine lactone synthesis was identified. A mutation in this gene, which we named gtaI, resulted in decreased production of the R. capsulatus gene transfer agent, and gene transfer agent production was restored by exogenous addition of N-hexadecanoyl-homoserine lactone. Thus, long-chain acyl-homoserine lactones serve as quorum-sensing signals to enhance genetic exchange in R. capsulatus.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (19) ◽  
pp. 4228-4236
Author(s):  
Sahana Vasudevan ◽  
Parthasarathy Srinivasan ◽  
John Bosco Balaguru Rayappan ◽  
Adline Princy Solomon

We report a PL biosensor using cysteamine functionalized ZnO nanoparticles for the detection of quorum sensing signals (N-acyl homoserine lactones).


RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (54) ◽  
pp. 30783-30793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiujie Wang ◽  
Weiqi Wang ◽  
Yun Li ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
...  

In the present study, the heterotrophic nitrification–aerobic denitrification strain,Acinetobactersp. JQ1004, was treated with three typicalN-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) molecules (C6-HSL, C8-HSL, and 3-oxo-C10-HSL) during the nitrogen removal process.


2013 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 1471-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Majerczyk ◽  
Loren Kinman ◽  
Tony Han ◽  
Richard Bunt ◽  
E. Peter Greenberg

ABSTRACTManyProteobacteriause acyl-homoserine lactone-mediated quorum-sensing (QS) to activate specific sets of genes as a function of cell density. QS often controls the virulence of pathogenic species, and in fact a previous study indicated that QS was important forBurkholderia malleimouse lung infections. To gain in-depth information on the role of QS inB. malleivirulence, we constructed and characterized a mutant ofB. malleistrain GB8 that was unable to make acyl-homoserine lactones. The QS mutant showed virulence equal to that of its wild-type parent in an aerosol mouse infection model, and growth in macrophages was indistinguishable from that of the parent strain. Furthermore, we assessed the role of QS inB. malleiATCC 23344 by constructing and characterizing a mutant strain producing AiiA, a lactonase enzyme that degrades acyl-homoserine lactones. Although acyl-homoserine lactone levels in cultures of this strain are very low, it showed full virulence. Contrary to the previous report, we conclude that QS is not required for acuteB. malleiinfections of mice. QS may be involved in some stage of chronic infections in the natural host of horses, or the QS genes may be remnants of the QS network inB. pseudomalleifrom which this host-adapted pathogen evolved.


2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 951-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurélien Carlier ◽  
Romain Chevrot ◽  
Yves Dessaux ◽  
Denis Faure

Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 communicates using N-acyl-homoserine lactones (acyl-HSL) and contains two lactonase-encoding genes, attM and aiiB, the products of which are capable of inactivating the acyl-HSL signal. In A. tumefaciens A6, the expression of the attKLM operon is controlled by the transcriptional repressor encoded by an adjacent gene, attJ. An attJ∷Tn5 mutant does not accumulate acyl-HSL because of the constitutive expression of the lactonase AttM, the activity of which inactivates acyl-HSL. In this work, the attKLM operon of A. tumefaciens C58 was shown to be involved in an assimilative pathway of γ-butyrolactone (GBL), γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), and succinate semialdehyde (SSA), in which AttM and AttL are key enzymes for GBL and GHB assimilation. The expression of the attKLM promoter was activated in the presence of GBL, GHB, and SSA. Under these conditions, A. tumefaciens C58 did not accumulate the acyl-HSL that it naturally synthesizes, and also became able to inactivate exogenous acyl-HSL signals. Therefore, in A. tumefaciens C58, the assimilative pathway of γ-butyrolactone interferes with the acyl-HSL signaling.


2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (12) ◽  
pp. 4078-4081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Latour ◽  
St�phanie Diallo ◽  
Sylvie Chevalier ◽  
Dani�le Morin ◽  
Bruno Smadja ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The psychrotolerant bacterium Pectobacterium atrosepticum produces four N-acyl homoserine lactones under a wide range of temperatures. Their thermoregulation differs from that of the exoenzyme production, described as being under quorum-sensing control. A mechanism involved in this thermoregulation consists of controlling N-acyl homoserine lactones synthase production at a transcriptional level.


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