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标题：Sleeping ribosomes: Bacterial signaling triggers RaiA mediated persistence to aminoglycosides
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作者：Manon Lang ; Evelyne Krin ; Chloé Korlowski 等
期刊名称：iScience
印刷版ISSN：2589-0042
出版年度：2021
卷号：24
期号：10
页码：1-23
DOI：10.1016/j.isci.2021.103128
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：SummaryIndole is a molecule proposed to be involved in bacterial signaling. We find that indole secretion is induced by sublethal tobramycin concentrations and increases persistence to aminoglycosides inV. cholerae. Indole transcriptomics showed increased expression ofraiA, a ribosome associated factor. Deletion ofraiAabolishes the appearance of indole dependent persisters to aminoglycosides, although its overexpression leads to 100-fold increase of persisters, and a reduction in lag phase, evocative of increased active 70S ribosome content, confirmed by sucrose gradient analysis. We propose that, under stress conditions, RaiA-bound inactive 70S ribosomes are stored as “sleeping ribosomes”, and are rapidly reactivated upon stress relief. Our results point to an active process of persister formation through ribosome protection during translational stress (e.g., aminoglycoside treatment) and reactivation upon antibiotic removal. Translation is a universal process, and these results could help elucidate a mechanism of persistence formation in a controlled, thus inducible way.Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Indole is produced under sub-MIC tobramycin stress inV. choleraeand upregulatesraiA•RaiA is involved in indole-dependent formation of aminoglycoside specific persisters•RaiA overexpression allows faster growth restart and increases 70S ribosome content•RaiA-bound inactive 70S ribosomes form intact and reactivablesleeping ribosomepoolsBacteriology; Microbial genomics; Viral microbiology