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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2006, p. 5783-5796, Vol. 188, No. 16
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00074-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Global Regulatory Impact of ClpP Protease of Staphylococcus aureus on Regulons Involved in Virulence, Oxidative Stress Response, Autolysis, and DNA Repair{dagger}

Antje Michel,1 Franziska Agerer,2 Christof R. Hauck,2,{ddagger} Mathias Herrmann,3 Joachim Ullrich,4 Jörg Hacker,1 and Knut Ohlsen1*

Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany,1 Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany,2 Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany,3 Intervet Innovation GmbH, Schwabenheim, Germany4

Received 16 January 2006/ Accepted 22 May 2006

Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen, causing a wide range of infections including sepsis, wound infections, pneumonia, and catheter-related infections. In several pathogens ClpP proteases were identified by in vivo expression technologies to be important for virulence. Clp proteolytic complexes are responsible for adaptation to multiple stresses by degrading accumulated and misfolded proteins. In this report clpP, encoding the proteolytic subunit of the ATP-dependent Clp protease, was deleted, and gene expression of {Delta}clpP was determined by global transcriptional analysis using DNA-microarray technology. The transcriptional profile reveals a strong regulatory impact of ClpP on the expression of genes encoding proteins that are involved in the pathogenicity of S. aureus and adaptation of the pathogen to several stresses. Expression of the agr system and agr-dependent extracellular virulence factors was diminished. Moreover, the loss of clpP leads to a complete transcriptional derepression of genes of the CtsR- and HrcA-controlled heat shock regulon and a partial derepression of genes involved in oxidative stress response, metal homeostasis, and SOS DNA repair controlled by PerR, Fur, MntR, and LexA. The levels of transcription of genes encoding proteins involved in adaptation to anaerobic conditions potentially regulated by an Fnr-like regulator were decreased. Furthermore, the expression of genes whose products are involved in autolysis was deregulated, leading to enhanced autolysis in the mutant. Our results indicate a strong impact of ClpP proteolytic activity on virulence, stress response, and physiology in S. aureus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Röntgenring 11, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany. Phone: 49 931 312155. Fax: 49 931 312578. E-mail: knut.ohlsen{at}mail.uni-wuerzburg.de.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://jb.asm.org/.

{ddagger} Present address: Universität Konstanz, Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie, Konstanz, Germany.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 2006, p. 5783-5796, Vol. 188, No. 16
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00074-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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