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Journal of Bacteriology, January 2005, p. 238-248, Vol. 187, No. 1
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.1.238-248.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Regulation of Uptake and Processing of the Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer AI-2 in Escherichia coli

Karina B. Xavier and Bonnie L. Bassler*

Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Received 15 June 2004/ Accepted 16 September 2004

AI-2 is a quorum-sensing signaling molecule proposed to be involved in interspecies communication. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, extracellular AI-2 accumulates in exponential phase, but the amount decreases drastically upon entry into stationary phase. In S. enterica serovar Typhimurium, the reduction in activity is due to import and processing of AI-2 by the Lsr transporter. We show that the Lsr transporter is functional in E. coli, and screening for mutants defective in AI-2 internalization revealed lsrK and glpD. Unlike the wild type, lsrK and glpD mutants do not activate transcription of the lsr operon in response to AI-2. lsrK encodes the AI-2 kinase, and the lsrK mutant fails to activate lsr expression because it cannot produce phospho-AI-2, which is the lsr operon inducer. glpD encodes the glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) dehydrogenase, which is involved in glycerol and G3P metabolism. G3P accumulates in the glpD mutant and represses lsr transcription by preventing cyclic AMP (cAMP)-catabolite activator protein (CAP)-dependent activation. Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) also accumulates in the glpD mutant, and DHAP represses lsr transcription by a cAMP-CAP-independent mechanism involving LsrR, the lsr operon repressor. The requirement for cAMP-CAP in lsr activation explains why AI-2 persists in culture fluids of bacteria grown in media containing sugars that cause catabolite repression. These findings show that, depending on the prevailing growth conditions, the amount of time that the AI-2 signal is present and, in turn, the time that a given community of bacteria remains exposed to this signal can vary greatly.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1014. Phone: (609) 258-2857. Fax: (609) 258-6175. E-mail: bbassler{at}molbio.princeton.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, January 2005, p. 238-248, Vol. 187, No. 1
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.1.238-248.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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