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Amer E. Villaruz, Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, Burhan A. Khan, Adeline R. Whitney, Daniel E. Sturdevant, Donald J. Gardner, Frank R. DeLeo, Michael Otto, A Point Mutation in the agr Locus rather than Expression of the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Caused Previously Reported Phenotypes in Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia and Gene Regulation, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 200, Issue 5, 1 September 2009, Pages 724–734, https://doi.org/10.1086/604728
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Abstract
sThe role of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) in Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis is controversial. Here, we show that an unintended point mutation in the agr P2 promoter of S. aureus caused the phenotypes in gene regulation and murine pneumonia attributed to PVL by earlier investigators. In agreement with other studies that failed to detect similar effects of PVL using community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains, we found no significant effect of PVL on gene expression or pathogenesis after we repaired the mutation. These findings provide further evidence that PVL does not have a major impact on S. aureus pathogenesis. Moreover, our results demonstrate that a single nucleotide polymorphism in an intergenic region can dramatically affect bacterial physiology and virulence. Finally, our work emphasizes the need to frequently evaluate the integrity of the S. aureus agr locus
- phenotype
- staphylococcus aureus
- gene expression
- mutation
- bacterial physiology
- gene expression regulation
- genes
- methicillin
- pneumonia
- point mutation
- single nucleotide polymorphism
- mice
- virulence
- panton-valentine leukocidin
- community
- hereditary hyperexplexia
- staphylococcus aureus pneumonia
- personal integrity
- heart sound p2