Spatiotemporal Regulation of Vibrio Exotoxins by HlyU and Other Transcriptional Regulators
Department of Food Science and Engineering, ELTEC College of Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
Toxins 2020, 12(9), 544; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12090544
Received: 8 August 2020 / Revised: 17 August 2020 / Accepted: 19 August 2020 / Published: 22 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bacterial Exotoxins and Their Impact on Host–Pathogen Interaction in Animals and Humans)
After invading a host, bacterial pathogens secrete diverse protein toxins to disrupt host defense systems. To ensure successful infection, however, pathogens must precisely regulate the expression of those exotoxins because uncontrolled toxin production squanders energy. Furthermore, inappropriate toxin secretion can trigger host immune responses that are detrimental to the invading pathogens. Therefore, bacterial pathogens use diverse transcriptional regulators to accurately regulate multiple exotoxin genes based on spatiotemporal conditions. This review covers three major exotoxins in pathogenic Vibrio species and their transcriptional regulation systems. When Vibrio encounters a host, genes encoding cytolysin/hemolysin, multifunctional-autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxin, and secreted phospholipases are coordinately regulated by the transcriptional regulator HlyU. At the same time, however, they are distinctly controlled by a variety of other transcriptional regulators. How this coordinated but distinct regulation of exotoxins makes Vibrio species successful pathogens? In addition, anti-virulence strategies that target the coordinating master regulator HlyU and related future research directions are discussed.
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Keywords:
exotoxin; transcriptional regulation; hemolysin; cytolysin; MARTX toxin; secreted phospholipase; HlyU; Vibrio species
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Kim, B.S. Spatiotemporal Regulation of Vibrio Exotoxins by HlyU and Other Transcriptional Regulators. Toxins 2020, 12, 544. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12090544
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Kim BS. Spatiotemporal Regulation of Vibrio Exotoxins by HlyU and Other Transcriptional Regulators. Toxins. 2020; 12(9):544. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12090544
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Byoung S. 2020. "Spatiotemporal Regulation of Vibrio Exotoxins by HlyU and Other Transcriptional Regulators" Toxins 12, no. 9: 544. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12090544
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