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Growth-phase dependence of susceptibility to antimicrobial peptides in Free

Abstract

Bacterial cell surface charge is responsible for susceptibility to cationic antimicrobial peptides. Previously, and were identified as factors conferring a positive charge upon cell surfaces. In this study, we investigated the regulation of cell surface charge during growth. Using a group of MW2 mutants, which are gene-inactivated in 15 types of two-component systems (TCSs), we tested and expression and found that two TCSs, and , were associated with and expression in a growth phase-dependent manner. The first of these, , which had already been identified as a sensor of antimicrobial peptides and a positive regulator of and expression, was expressed strongly in the exponential phase, while its expression was significantly suppressed by in the stationary phase, resulting in higher expression of and in the exponential phase and lower expression in the stationary phase. Since both types of expression affected the cell surface charge, the susceptibility to antimicrobial peptides and cationic antibiotics was changed during growth. Furthermore, we found that the ability to sense antimicrobial peptides only functioned in the exponential phase. These results suggest that cell surface charge is tightly regulated during growth in .

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  • Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan
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Growth-phase dependence of susceptibility to antimicrobial peptides in Staphylococcus aureus
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