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Vol. 180, Issue 13, 3486-3490, July 1, 1998

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Aberrant Cell Division and Random FtsZ Ring Positioning in Escherichia coli cpxA* Mutants

Joe Pogliano1dagger , Jian Ming Dong1Dagger , Peter De Wulf1, Dierdre Furlong1, Dana Boyd1, Richard Losick2, Kit Pogliano2, and E. C. C. Lin1*

1 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115,1 and 2 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 021382

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In Escherichia coli, certain mutations in the cpxA gene (encoding a sensor kinase of a two-component signal transduction system) randomize the location of FtsZ ring assembly and dramatically affect cell division. However, deletion of the cpxRA operon, encoding the sensor kinase and its cognate regulator CpxR, has no effect on division site biogenesis. It appears that certain mutant sensor kinases (CpxA*) either exhibit hyperactivity on CpxR or extend their signalling activity to one or more noncognate response regulators involved in cell division.

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In dividing Escherichia coli, a complex of different Fts proteins directs septum formation in the middle of the cell. Early in the division cycle, the FtsZ protein assembles into a ring structure at the future division site (1, 4, 16, 24-26, 35, 40). The Min proteins are involved in directing assembly of FtsZ to the medial division sites (2, 11, 12, 41). MinC and MinD, together, block FtsZ assembly at potential polar division sites, while MinE stimulates its assembly at the medial position (5, 12). Thus, when FtsZ is excessive or MinC or MinD is insufficient, FtsZ may assemble at the polar positions, resulting in minicell formation (3, 12, 46).

The cpxA gene encodes the sensor kinase (27, 28) of a two-component system, with CpxR as the response regulator (15, 31, 44). Numerous phenotypic changes (7, 27, 28, 32, 33, 38), many of which are associated with membrane function, have been attributed to cpxA* mutants (8, 10, 34). Recently, a CpxA* protein was found defective in CpxR-P phosphatase activity (39), which would explain the elevated expression of CpxR-P target operons, such as degP, dsbA, ppiA, and cpxP (8-10, 34). Here we describe the randomized location of FtsZ ring assembly and septation in cpxA* mutants (Table 1), a cell division phenotype heretofore not reported.

                              
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Strains and plasmids used in this studya

Irregular septation and nucleoid inheritance in cpxA* populations. Since cpxA* mutations seem to impair membrane functions, we wondered whether cell morphology was also affected. Therefore, strains JP406 (cpxA+) and JP408 (cpxA9*) were grown exponentially (glucose medium, 37°C) and examined by electron microscopy. Unexpectedly, the mutant cells did not show uniform morphology: a minority exhibited irregular shapes and sizes which seemed to result from aberrant cell septation (Fig. 1A to D). When 250 dividing cells of each strain were surveyed, JP406 (cpxA+) almost invariably cleaved at the cell midpoint (97% of the population). By contrast, 38% of the JP408 (cpxA9*) cells cleaved at random positions along the cell axis and sometimes showed multiple septum formation. Phase-contrast microscopy of cells (Luria-Bertani [LB] medium, 37°C) stained for DNA by 4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole showed that, in contrast to wild-type JP406 (cpxA+), mutant strains JP408 (cpxA9*) and JP467 (cpxA2.1*) often formed subsized cell bodies devoid of DNA (nucleoids) during division (Fig. 1E and F).


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  		Fig. 1.   (A to D) Electron micrographs. Cells were fixed on an electron microscopy grid with 1% phosphotungstic acid and observed at a magnification of ×5,000. Strains: JP406 (cpxA+), A; JP408 (cpxA9*), B to D. (E and F) Phase-contrast micrographs. Division products without DNA appear as dark bodies. Strains: JP406 (cpxA+), E; JP467 (cpxA2.1*), F.

Whereas the division anomaly of JP408 (cpxA9*) occurred at 42 and 37°C but not at 30°C (LB or minimal-glucose medium), this growth defect occurred at all three temperatures with JP467 (cpxA2.1*). The cpxA* mutation alone seems to account for the growth defect, since this phenotype was P1 transduced to wild-type strains. It is noteworthy that a cpx deletion mutant, ECL1212, divided normally.

Relationship between FtsZ ring formation and cell length in cpxA* mutants. Because of the role of FtsZ in septation, the assembly of FtsZ and the positioning of the FtsZ ring during mutant cell division were compared with that in wild-type cells (Fig. 2). Consistent with the results of cell division analysis, the FtsZ ring (stained green by immunofluorescence) formed almost invariably at the cell midpoint in dividing wild-type cells, whereas the location of the FtsZ ring was random in almost half of the JP467 (cpxA2.1*) population. The patterns of nucleoid inheritance, as revealed by DNA staining (red), confirmed the results of phase-contrast microscopy.


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  		Fig. 2.   Immunolocalization of FtsZ in fixed samples of strains JP406 (cpxA+) and JP467 (cpxA2.1*). Cultures growing exponentially in LB medium at 37°C were harvested and processed for microscopy essentially as previously described (36). Photographs of the same visual field were then taken with two different filter sets, one for visualizing the green-fluorescent antibodies against the FtsZ protein (B and E) and one for the red-stained DNA (C and F). A composite picture of both FtsZ and DNA stained was obtained by sequentially exposing the same frame of film to light emitted by each fluorophore (A and D). A to C, strain JP406 (cpxA+); D to F, strain JP467 (cpxA2.1*). Separate panels of the FtsZ rings and the nucleoids are presented because their superimposition rendered some of the individual images obscure.

During steady-state growth of wild-type cells, length is an approximate indicator of age. Hence, most long cells have an FtsZ ring, whereas most short ones do not (1, 35), giving a bimodal distribution when the numbers of cells with an FtsZ ring and those without one are plotted against cell length. In the JP467 (cpxA2.1*) population, a significant fraction of dwarf cells is present, some of which nonetheless possess the FtsZ ring. Also, a large fraction of the cells is oversized, and yet some of these lack an FtsZ ring. Consequently, the presence or absence of an FtsZ ring, and thus cell age, can no longer be statistically predicted by cell length. The results of FtsZ analysis are summarized in Fig. 3.


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  		Fig. 3.   Position analysis of the FtsZ ring in wild-type and mutant cells. (A) Percentage of cells containing an FtsZ ring (ordinate) versus the distance between the FtsZ ring and the nearest cell end (abscissa). Scoring for the presence of the ring and precise measurements of cell length and FtsZ ring position were carried out on photographic films on which the cell envelope is visible (from the samples shown in Fig. 2). The distance between the FtsZ ring and the nearest cell end was divided by the total cell length and multiplied by 100. Hence, the FtsZ ring in the midpoint of the dividing cell is given a value 50. Open bars, results from 220 cells of JP406 (cpxA+); solid bars, results from 207 cells of JP467 (cpxA2.1*). (B and C) Presence or absence of the FtsZ ring as a function of cell length. The number of cells with (solid bars) or without (hatched bars) the ring is plotted versus cell length. Strains: JP406 (cpxA+), B; JP467 (cpxA2.1*), C.

FtsZ levels in cpxA* mutants. Unlike the minB mutants, which simultaneously produce minicells and filaments (12), cpxA* mutants only occasionally produce cells that are moderately longer than cpxA+ cells. The difference in length distribution between wild-type and mutant cells does not appear to be attributable to a difference in growth rate, since the doubling times of strains JP467 (cpxA2.1*) and JP408 (cpxA9*) are only slightly longer than that of the wild-type parent (LB medium, 37°C). The aberrant cell division phenotype of cpxA* mutants, therefore, more closely resembles that of FtsZ overproduction. However, when rates of FtsZ synthesis and stability were measured by pulse-chase immunoprecipitation, no significant difference was found between strains JP406 (cpxA+) and JP467 (cpxA2.1*) (data not shown).

Normal septation in wild-type cells with NlpE-activated Cpx signal transduction. Oversynthesis of the outer membrane protein NlpE activates the Cpx pathway in wild-type cells (8, 10, 34). To determine whether this activation affects septation during cell division, strain ECL1215 was transformed with plasmid pND18, expressing nlpE from an L-arabinose-inducible promoter (10, 34). Cells were grown in LB medium (37°C), induced with L-arabinose, stained for DNA, and examined by phase-contrast microscopy. No cell division defects similar to those seen in cpxA* mutants were observed.

No epistatic effect of a degP null mutation on cpxA* phenotypes. Induction of degP in cpxA* mutants is implicated in suppressing toxic phenotypes associated with accumulation of the LamB-LacZ-PhoA hybrid protein (8). To see whether some of the pleiotropic defects are attributable to elevated levels of the DegP protease, causing nonspecific damage to cell envelope proteins, strain JP467 (cpxA2.1*) was compared with a cpxA2.1* degP::Tn5 double mutant. In particular, the growth phenotypes on succinate and serine as the sole carbon source, resistance to low levels of amikacin, and aberrant cell division were analyzed. Abolition of degP function had no effect on the cpxA* phenotypes tested.

How CpxA* may affect cell division. Since CpxA* probably enhances CpxR-P levels (39), we attempted to identify CpxR-P target operons associated with cell division. By using the proposed CpxR-P-binding consensus 5'-GTAAAN5-7GTAAA-3' (34), we found no obvious candidates among the known cell division genes, including ftsQAZ (17, 43), ftsYEX (18), minCDE (12), and zipA (19). However, the fic gene, implicated in cell division (23), is preceded by ppiA, a CpxR-P-controlled gene. Whether fic expression is altered in cpxA* mutants remains to be determined.

It is also possible that CpxA* cross-phosphorylates one or more noncognate two-component regulators that have a role in cell division. In Bacillus subtilis, a two-component signal transduction system directly regulates the localization of the division site during sporulation (21, 25). Two-component signal transduction systems also play essential roles in cell cycle control in Caulobacter crescentus (13, 20, 29, 30, 37, 45, 47, 48). Further characterization of the cpxA* cell division phenotype may therefore cast new light on control of cell division in E. coli.

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank P. M. Silverman for strain AE2293 (cpxA9*) and for communicating the base change in the mutation and J. Lutkenhaus for polyclonal antibodies against FtsZ. We thank P. Levin, W. Margolin, and J. Beckwith for helpful discussions.

This work was supported by Public Health Service grants GM-40993 and GM-30693 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 432-1925. Fax: (617) 738-7664. E-mail: ELIN{at}WARREN.MED.HARVARD.EDU.

dagger Present address: Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0349.

Dagger Present address: Department of Neurology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104.

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