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The OxyR homologue in regulates expression of oxidative stress responses and biofilm formation Free

Abstract

is an anaerobic periodontal pathogen that encounters constant oxidative stress in the human oral cavity due to exposure to air and reactive oxidative species from coexisting dental plaque bacteria as well as leukocytes. In this study, we sought to characterize a ORF with close similarity to bacterial oxidative stress response sensor protein OxyR. To analyse the role of this OxyR homologue, a gene deletion mutant was constructed and characterized. Aerotolerance, survival after hydrogen peroxide challenge and transcription levels of known bacterial antioxidant genes were then determined. Since an association between oxidative stress and biofilm formation has been observed in bacterial systems, we also investigated the role of the OxyR protein in biofilm development by . Our results showed that aerotolerance, sensitivity to peroxide challenge and the expression of oxidative stress response genes were significantly reduced in the mutant as compared with the wild-type strain. Moreover, the results of biofilm analyses showed that, as compared with the wild-type strain, the mutant showed significantly less autoaggregation and a reduced ability to form mixed biofilms with . In conclusion, a gene annotated in the genome as an homologue was characterized. Our studies showed that the homologue in constitutively activates antioxidant genes involved in resistance to peroxides as well as oxygen stress (aerotolerance). In addition, the deletion attenuates biofilm formation in .

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Keyword(s): CSLM, confocal scanning laser microcopy , qRT-PCR, real-time quantitative RT-PCR and rOxyR, recombinant OxyR
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The OxyR homologue in Tannerella forsythia regulates expression of oxidative stress responses and biofilm formation
Microbiology 155, 1912 (2009); https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.027920-0
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