Interactions between the Prophage 919TP and Its Vibrio cholerae Host: Implications of gmd Mutation for Phage Resistance, Cell Auto-Aggregation, and Motility
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Interactions between the Prophage 919TP and Its Vibrio cholerae Host : Implications of gmd Mutation for Phage Resistance, Cell Auto-Aggregation, and Motility. / Li, Na; Zeng, Yigang; Hu, Bijie; Zhu, Tongyu; Svenningsen, Sine Lo; Middelboe, Mathias; Tan, Demeng.
In: Viruses, Vol. 13, No. 12, 2342, 2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Interactions between the Prophage 919TP and Its Vibrio cholerae Host
T2 - Implications of gmd Mutation for Phage Resistance, Cell Auto-Aggregation, and Motility
AU - Li, Na
AU - Zeng, Yigang
AU - Hu, Bijie
AU - Zhu, Tongyu
AU - Svenningsen, Sine Lo
AU - Middelboe, Mathias
AU - Tan, Demeng
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Prophage 919TP is widely distributed among Vibrio cholera and is induced to produce free ϕ919TP phage particles. However, the interactions between prophage ϕ919TP, the induced phage particle, and its host remain unknown. In particular, phage resistance mechanisms and potential fitness trade-offs, resulting from phage resistance, are unresolved. In this study, we examined a prophage 919TP-deleted variant of V. cholerae and its interaction with a modified lytic variant of the induced prophage (ϕ919TP cI- ). Specifically, the phage-resistant mutant was isolated by challenging a prophage-deleted variant with lytic phage ϕ919TP cI- . Further, the comparative genomic analysis of wild-type and ϕ919TP cI--resistant mutant predicted that phage ϕ919TP cI- selects for phage-resistant mutants harboring a mutation in key steps of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antigen biosynthesis, causing a single-base-pair deletion in gene gmd. Our study showed that the gmd-mediated O-antigen defect can cause pleiotropic phenotypes, e.g., cell autoaggregation and reduced swarming motility, emphasizing the role of phage-driven diversification in V. cholerae. The developed approach assists in the identification of genetic determinants of host specificity and is used to explore the molecular mechanism underlying phage-host interactions. Our findings contribute to the understanding of prophage-facilitated horizontal gene transfer and emphasize the potential for developing new strategies to optimize the use of phages in bacterial pathogen control.
AB - Prophage 919TP is widely distributed among Vibrio cholera and is induced to produce free ϕ919TP phage particles. However, the interactions between prophage ϕ919TP, the induced phage particle, and its host remain unknown. In particular, phage resistance mechanisms and potential fitness trade-offs, resulting from phage resistance, are unresolved. In this study, we examined a prophage 919TP-deleted variant of V. cholerae and its interaction with a modified lytic variant of the induced prophage (ϕ919TP cI- ). Specifically, the phage-resistant mutant was isolated by challenging a prophage-deleted variant with lytic phage ϕ919TP cI- . Further, the comparative genomic analysis of wild-type and ϕ919TP cI--resistant mutant predicted that phage ϕ919TP cI- selects for phage-resistant mutants harboring a mutation in key steps of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antigen biosynthesis, causing a single-base-pair deletion in gene gmd. Our study showed that the gmd-mediated O-antigen defect can cause pleiotropic phenotypes, e.g., cell autoaggregation and reduced swarming motility, emphasizing the role of phage-driven diversification in V. cholerae. The developed approach assists in the identification of genetic determinants of host specificity and is used to explore the molecular mechanism underlying phage-host interactions. Our findings contribute to the understanding of prophage-facilitated horizontal gene transfer and emphasize the potential for developing new strategies to optimize the use of phages in bacterial pathogen control.
KW - O-antigen
KW - Phage receptor
KW - Phage-host interactions
KW - Prophage
KW - Vibrio cholerae
U2 - 10.3390/v13122342
DO - 10.3390/v13122342
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34960610
AN - SCOPUS:85120035083
VL - 13
JO - Viruses
JF - Viruses
SN - 1999-4915
IS - 12
M1 - 2342
ER -
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