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Journal of Bacteriology, February 2001, p. 1205-1214, Vol. 183, No. 4
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.4.1205-1214.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Role of CspC and CspE in Regulation of Expression of RpoS and UspA, the Stress Response Proteins in Escherichia coli

Sangita Phadtare and Masayori Inouye*

Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

Received Recieved 16 August 2000/Accepted 16 November 2000

Nine homologous proteins, CspA to CspI, constitute the CspA family of Escherichia coli. Recent studies are aimed at elucidating the individual cellular functions of these proteins. Two members of this family, CspC and CspE, are constitutively produced at 37°C. In the present study, these two proteins were evaluated for their cellular role(s). The expression of three stress proteins, OsmY, Dps, and UspA, is significantly affected by the overexpression and deletion of CspC and CspE. RpoS is a regulatory element for osmY and dps. Further analysis showed a larger amount and greater stability of the rpoS mRNA as well as a higher level of RpoS itself with the overexpression of CspC and CspE. This suggests that CspC and CspE upregulate the expression of OsmY and Dps by regulating the expression of RpoS itself. Indeed, this upregulation is lost in the Delta rpoS strain. Other RpoS-controlled proteins such as ProP and KatG, are also upregulated by the overexpression of CspC. The present study suggests that CspC and CspE are the important elements involved in the regulation of the expression of RpoS, a global stress response regulator, and UspA, a protein responding to numerous stresses. In the light of these observations, it seems plausible that CspC and CspE function as regulatory elements for the expression of stress proteins in the complex stress response network of E. coli.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Phone: (732) 235-4115. Fax: (732) 235-4559. E-mail: inouye{at}rwja.umdnj.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, February 2001, p. 1205-1214, Vol. 183, No. 4
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.4.1205-1214.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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