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Redox-Regulated Adaptation of Streptococcus oligofermentans to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress

Preexposure to a low concentration of H(2)O(2) significantly increases the survivability of catalase-negative streptococci in the presence of a higher concentration of H(2)O(2). However, the mechanisms of this adaptation remain unknown. Here, using a redox proteomics assay, we identified 57 and 35 c...

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Autores principales: Tong, Huichun, Dong, Yuzhu, Wang, Xinhui, Hu, Qingqing, Yang, Fan, Yi, Meiqi, Deng, Haiteng, Dong, Xiuzhu
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32184366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00006-20
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author Tong, Huichun
Dong, Yuzhu
Wang, Xinhui
Hu, Qingqing
Yang, Fan
Yi, Meiqi
Deng, Haiteng
Dong, Xiuzhu
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Dong, Yuzhu
Wang, Xinhui
Hu, Qingqing
Yang, Fan
Yi, Meiqi
Deng, Haiteng
Dong, Xiuzhu
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description Preexposure to a low concentration of H(2)O(2) significantly increases the survivability of catalase-negative streptococci in the presence of a higher concentration of H(2)O(2). However, the mechanisms of this adaptation remain unknown. Here, using a redox proteomics assay, we identified 57 and 35 cysteine-oxidized proteins in Streptococcus oligofermentans bacteria that were anaerobically cultured and then pulsed with 40 μM H(2)O(2) and that were statically grown in a 40-ml culture, respectively. The oxidized proteins included the peroxide-responsive repressor PerR, the manganese uptake repressor MntR, thioredoxin system proteins Trx and Tpx, and most glycolytic proteins. Cysteine oxidations of these proteins were verified through redox Western blotting, immunoprecipitation, and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assays. In particular, Zn(2+)-coordinated Cys139 and Cys142 mutations eliminated the H(2)O(2) oxidation of PerR, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry detected significantly decreased amounts of Zn(2+) in H(2)O(2)-treated PerR, demonstrating that cysteine oxidation results in Zn(2+) loss. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) determined that the DNA binding of Mn(2+)-bound PerR protein (PerR:Zn,Mn) was abolished by H(2)O(2) treatment but was restored by dithiothreitol reduction, verifying that H(2)O(2) inactivates streptococcal PerR:Zn,Mn through cysteine oxidation, analogous to the findings for MntR. Quantitative PCR and EMSA demonstrated that tpx, mntA, mntR, and dpr belonged to the PerR regulons but that only dpr was directly regulated by PerR; mntA was also controlled by MntR. Deletion of mntR significantly reduced the low-H(2)O(2)-concentration-induced adaptation of S. oligofermentans to a higher H(2)O(2) concentration, while the absence of PerR completely abolished the self-protection. Therefore, a low H(2)O(2) concentration resulted in the cysteine-reversible oxidations of PerR and MntR to derepress their regulons, which function in cellular metal and redox homeostasis and which endow streptococci with the antioxidative capability. This work reveals a novel Cys redox-based H(2)O(2) defense strategy employed by catalase-negative streptococci in Mn(2+)-rich cellular environments. IMPORTANCE The catalase-negative streptococci produce as well as tolerate high levels of H(2)O(2). This work reports the molecular mechanisms of low-H(2)O(2)-concentration-induced adaptation to higher H(2)O(2) stress in a Streptococcus species, in which the peroxide-responsive repressor PerR and its redox regulons play the major role. Distinct from the Bacillus subtilis PerR, which is inactivated by H(2)O(2) through histidine oxidation by the Fe(2+)-triggered Fenton reaction, the streptococcal PerR is inactivated by H(2)O(2) oxidation of the structural Zn(2+) binding cysteine residues and thus derepresses the expression of genes defending against oxidative stress. The reversible cysteine oxidation could provide flexibility for PerR regulation in streptococci, and the mechanism might be widely used by lactic acid bacteria, including pathogenic streptococci, containing high levels of cellular manganese, in coping with oxidative stress. The adaptation mechanism could also be applied in oral hygiene by facilitating the fitness and adaptability of the oral commensal streptococci to suppress the pathogens.
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spelling pubmed-73805792020-07-24 Redox-Regulated Adaptation of Streptococcus oligofermentans to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress Tong, Huichun Dong, Yuzhu Wang, Xinhui Hu, Qingqing Yang, Fan Yi, Meiqi Deng, Haiteng Dong, Xiuzhu mSystems Research Article Preexposure to a low concentration of H(2)O(2) significantly increases the survivability of catalase-negative streptococci in the presence of a higher concentration of H(2)O(2). However, the mechanisms of this adaptation remain unknown. Here, using a redox proteomics assay, we identified 57 and 35 cysteine-oxidized proteins in Streptococcus oligofermentans bacteria that were anaerobically cultured and then pulsed with 40 μM H(2)O(2) and that were statically grown in a 40-ml culture, respectively. The oxidized proteins included the peroxide-responsive repressor PerR, the manganese uptake repressor MntR, thioredoxin system proteins Trx and Tpx, and most glycolytic proteins. Cysteine oxidations of these proteins were verified through redox Western blotting, immunoprecipitation, and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assays. In particular, Zn(2+)-coordinated Cys139 and Cys142 mutations eliminated the H(2)O(2) oxidation of PerR, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry detected significantly decreased amounts of Zn(2+) in H(2)O(2)-treated PerR, demonstrating that cysteine oxidation results in Zn(2+) loss. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) determined that the DNA binding of Mn(2+)-bound PerR protein (PerR:Zn,Mn) was abolished by H(2)O(2) treatment but was restored by dithiothreitol reduction, verifying that H(2)O(2) inactivates streptococcal PerR:Zn,Mn through cysteine oxidation, analogous to the findings for MntR. Quantitative PCR and EMSA demonstrated that tpx, mntA, mntR, and dpr belonged to the PerR regulons but that only dpr was directly regulated by PerR; mntA was also controlled by MntR. Deletion of mntR significantly reduced the low-H(2)O(2)-concentration-induced adaptation of S. oligofermentans to a higher H(2)O(2) concentration, while the absence of PerR completely abolished the self-protection. Therefore, a low H(2)O(2) concentration resulted in the cysteine-reversible oxidations of PerR and MntR to derepress their regulons, which function in cellular metal and redox homeostasis and which endow streptococci with the antioxidative capability. This work reveals a novel Cys redox-based H(2)O(2) defense strategy employed by catalase-negative streptococci in Mn(2+)-rich cellular environments. IMPORTANCE The catalase-negative streptococci produce as well as tolerate high levels of H(2)O(2). This work reports the molecular mechanisms of low-H(2)O(2)-concentration-induced adaptation to higher H(2)O(2) stress in a Streptococcus species, in which the peroxide-responsive repressor PerR and its redox regulons play the major role. Distinct from the Bacillus subtilis PerR, which is inactivated by H(2)O(2) through histidine oxidation by the Fe(2+)-triggered Fenton reaction, the streptococcal PerR is inactivated by H(2)O(2) oxidation of the structural Zn(2+) binding cysteine residues and thus derepresses the expression of genes defending against oxidative stress. The reversible cysteine oxidation could provide flexibility for PerR regulation in streptococci, and the mechanism might be widely used by lactic acid bacteria, including pathogenic streptococci, containing high levels of cellular manganese, in coping with oxidative stress. The adaptation mechanism could also be applied in oral hygiene by facilitating the fitness and adaptability of the oral commensal streptococci to suppress the pathogens. American Society for Microbiology 2020-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7380579/ /pubmed/32184366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00006-20 Text en Copyright © 2020 Tong et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Tong, Huichun
Dong, Yuzhu
Wang, Xinhui
Hu, Qingqing
Yang, Fan
Yi, Meiqi
Deng, Haiteng
Dong, Xiuzhu
Redox-Regulated Adaptation of Streptococcus oligofermentans to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress
title Redox-Regulated Adaptation of Streptococcus oligofermentans to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress
title_full Redox-Regulated Adaptation of Streptococcus oligofermentans to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress
title_fullStr Redox-Regulated Adaptation of Streptococcus oligofermentans to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress
title_full_unstemmed Redox-Regulated Adaptation of Streptococcus oligofermentans to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress
title_short Redox-Regulated Adaptation of Streptococcus oligofermentans to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress
title_sort redox-regulated adaptation of streptococcus oligofermentans to hydrogen peroxide stress
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32184366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00006-20
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