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- Title
Regulation of Cysteine Homeostasis and Its Effect on Escherichia coli Sensitivity to Ciprofloxacin in LB Medium.
- Authors
Smirnova, Galina; Tyulenev, Aleksey; Sutormina, Lyubov; Kalashnikova, Tatyana; Muzyka, Nadezda; Ushakov, Vadim; Samoilova, Zoya; Oktyabrsky, Oleg
- Abstract
Cysteine and its derivatives, including H2S, can influence bacterial virulence and sensitivity to antibiotics. In minimal sulfate media, H2S is generated under stress to prevent excess cysteine and, together with incorporation into glutathione and export into the medium, is a mechanism of cysteine homeostasis. Here, we studied the features of cysteine homeostasis in LB medium, where the main source of sulfur is cystine, whose import can create excess cysteine inside cells. We used mutants in the mechanisms of cysteine homeostasis and a set of microbiological and biochemical methods, including the real-time monitoring of sulfide and oxygen, the determination of cysteine and glutathione (GSH), and the expression of the Fur, OxyR, and SOS regulons genes. During normal growth, the parental strain generated H2S when switching respiration to another substrate. The mutations affected the onset time, the intensity and duration of H2S production, cysteine and glutathione levels, bacterial growth and respiration rates, and the induction of defense systems. Exposure to chloramphenicol and high doses of ciprofloxacin increased cysteine content and GSH synthesis. A high inverse relationship between log CFU/mL and bacterial growth rate before ciprofloxacin addition was revealed. The study points to the important role of maintaining cysteine homeostasis during normal growth and antibiotic exposure in LB medium.
- Subjects
ESCHERICHIA coli; HOMEOSTASIS; CIPROFLOXACIN; MICROBIAL respiration; CYSTEINE; BACTERIAL growth
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 8, p4424
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms25084424