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Minority report; Diketopiperazines and Pyocyanin as Quorum Sensing Signals in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Minority report; Pseudomonas aeruginosa의 정족수 인식(쿼럼 센싱) 신호물질로써의 Diketopiperazines과 Pyocyanin

  • Lee, Joon-Hee (Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University)
  • 이준희 (부산대학교 약학대학 약학과)
  • Published : 2008.06.30
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Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen, causing a wide variety of infections including cystic fibrosis, microbial keratitis, and burn wound infections. The cell-to-cell signaling mechanism known as quorum sensing (QS) plays a key role in these infections and the QS systems of P. aeruginosa have been most intensively studied. While many literatures that introduce the QS systems of P. aeruginosa have mostly focused on two major acyl-homo serine lactone (acyl-HSL) QS signals, N-3-oxododecanoyl homoserine lactone (3OC12) and N-butanoyl homoserine lactone (C4), several new signal molecules have been discovered and suggested for their significant roles in signaling and virulence of P. aeruginosa. One of them is PQS (Pseudomonas quinolone signal; 2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4-quinolone), which is now considered as a well-characterized major signal meolecule of P. aeruginosa. In addition, recent researches have also suggested some more putative signal molecules of P. aeruginosa, which are diketopiperazines (DKPs) and pyocyanin. DKPs are cyclic dipeptides and structurally diverse depending on what amino acids are involved in composition. Some DKPs from the culture supernatant of P. aeruginosa are suggested as new diffusible signal molecules, based on their ability to activate Vibrio fischeri LuxR biosensors that are previously considered specific for acyl-HSLs. Pyocyanin (1-hydroxy-5-methyl-phenazine), one of phenazine derivatives produced by P. aeruginosa is a characteristic blue-green pigment and redox-active compound. This has been recently suggested as a terminal signaling factor to upregulate some QS-controlled genes during stationary phase under the mediation of a transcription factor, SoxR. Here, details about these newly emerging signaling molecules of P. aeruginosa are discussed.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa는 기회 감염성 병원균으로, Cystic fibrosis, 미생물 감염성 각막염,화상 부위 2차 감염 등의 다양한 질병을 초래한다. 정족수 인식(쿼럼 센싱)이라고도 알려져 있는 세포간 신호전달 기전이 이러한 감염에서 중요한 역할을 하기 때문에 P. aeruginosa의 정족수 인식 시스템들이 집중적으로 연구되어 왔다. P. aeruginosa의 정족수 인식 시스템들을 소개하는 많은 문헌들이 주로 두 개의 주요 acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) 계열 정족수 신호물질들인 N-3-oxododecanoyl homoserine lactone (3OC12)과 N-butanoyl homoserine lactone (C4)에 초점을 맞추어 설명하고 있지만, 실제로는 몇 가지 새로운 신호물질들이 발견되어져 왔고, 그들이 P. aeruginosa의 병독성과 신호전달에 중요한 역할을 할 수 있음이 제안되어져 왔다. 그 중 하나가 PQS(Pseudomonas quinolone signal; 2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4-quinolone)인데, 이 물질은 현재 P. aeruginosa의 잘 규명된 주요 신호물질로 인식되고 있다. 이에 더하여, 최근의 연구들은 또 다른 가능성 있는 P. aeruginosa신호물질들을 제안해 왔는데, diketopiperazines (DKPs)과 pyocyanin이 그들이다. DKPs는 환형 dipeptide로써 이를 구성하는 아미노산의 종류에 따라 다양한 구조를 가진다. P. aeruginosa의 배양액에서 검출된 몇몇 DKPs들이 기존에는 AHL에만 특이적으로 반응한다고 알려졌던 Vibrio 랸�N갸 LuxR biosensor를 활성화 시킬 수 있다는 것이 발견되어 새로운 신호물질로 제안되었다. Pyocyanin (1-hydroxy-5-methyl-phenazine)은 P. aeruginosa가 생산하는 여러 phenazine 화합물들 중의 하나로써, 특징적인 청록색을 띄는 산화-환원 활성물질이다. 이 물질도 정체 성장기 동안 일부 정족수 인식의 조절을 받는 유전자들의 발현을 증가시키는 최종 신호 인자로 최근 제안되었으며, 그 신호는 또 다른 전사 조절 인자인 SoxR에 의해 매개된다고 제안되었다. 본 논문에서는 P. aeruginosa에서 새롭게 발견, 제안되고 있는 이들 신호 전달 물질들에 대해 자세히 다루어 보기로 한다.

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