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J Bacteriol, February 1998, p. 793-800, Vol. 180, No. 4
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Expression of Invasin and Motility Are Coordinately Regulated in Yersinia enterocolitica

Julie L. Badger1 and Virginia L. Miller1,2,*

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics1 and Molecular Biology Institute,2 University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095

Received 28 August 1997/Accepted 16 December 1997

The Yersinia enterocolitica inv gene encodes the primary invasion factor invasin, which has been previously shown to be critical in the initial stages of infection. The expression of inv is influenced by growth phase and temperature and is maximal during late exponential-early stationary phase at 23°C. In addition, motility of Y. enterocolitica is regulated by temperature. Y. enterocolitica cells are motile when grown at lower temperatures (30°C or below), while bacteria grown at 37°C are nonmotile. This study was initiated to determine the molecular basis for the temperature regulation of inv expression. Two mutants were isolated that both showed a significant decrease in invasin expression but are hypermotile when grown at 23°C. The first mutant (JB1A8v) was a result of a random mTn5Km insertion into the uvrC gene. The uvrC mutant JB1A8v demonstrated a significant decrease in inv and an increase in fleB (encodes flagellin) expression. These results suggest that expression of inv and flagellin genes is coordinated at the level of transcription. The second regulatory mutant, JB16v, was a result of a targeted insertion into a locus similar to sspA which in E. coli encodes a stationary-phase regulator. The E. coli sspA gene was cloned and assayed for complementation in both of the regulatory mutants. It was determined that E. coli sspA restored invasin expression in both the uvrC mutant and the sspA mutant. In addition, the complementing clone decreased flagellin levels in these mutants.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Microbiology, Campus Box 8230, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110-1093. Phone: (314) 747-2132. Fax: (314) 747-2135. E-mail: virginia{at}borcim.wustl.edu.




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