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Journal of Bacteriology, July 2001, p. 4012-4023, Vol. 183, No. 13
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.13.4012-4023.2001

Signal Transduction Cascade for Regulation of RpoS: Temperature Regulation of DsrA

F. Repoila and S. Gottesman*

Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255

Received 7 March 2001/Accepted 10 April 2001

Many environmental parameters modulate the amount of the RpoS sigma factor in Escherichia coli. Temperature control of RpoS depends on the untranslated RNA DsrA. DsrA activates RpoS translation by pairing with the leader of the mRNA. We find that temperature affects both the rate of transcription initiation of the dsrA gene and the stability of DsrA RNA. Both are increased at low temperature (25°C) compared to 37 or 42°C. The combination of these results is 25-fold-less DsrA at 37°C and 30-fold less at 42°C than at 25°C. Using an adapted lacZ-based reporter system, we show that temperature control of transcription initiation of dsrA requires only the minimal promoter of 36 bp. Overall, transcription responses to temperature lead to a sixfold increase in DsrA synthesis at 25°C over that at 42°C. Furthermore, two activating regions and a site for LeuO negative regulation were identified in the dsrA promoter. The activating regions also activate transcription in vitro. DsrA decays with a half-life of 23 min at 25°C and 4 min at 37 and 42°C. These results demonstrate that the dsrA promoter and the stability of DsrA RNA are the thermometers for RpoS temperature sensing. Multiple inputs to DsrA accumulation allow sensitive modulation of changes in the synthesis of the downstream targets of DsrA such as RpoS.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, 37 Convent Dr., Bldg. 37, Room 2E18, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255. Phone: (301) 496-3524. Fax: (301) 496-3875. E-mail: susang{at}helix.nih.gov.

Journal of Bacteriology, July 2001, p. 4012-4023, Vol. 183, No. 13
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.13.4012-4023.2001


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