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Responses to multiple-nutrient starvation in marine Vibrio sp. strain CCUG 15956

Nystrom, T. ; Flardh, K. LU and Kjelleberg, S. (1990) In Journal of Bacteriology 172(12). p.7085-7097
Abstract

The response of marine Vibrio sp. strain S14 (CCUG 15956) to long-term (48-h) multiple-nutrient starvation (i.e., starvation for glucose, amino acids, ammonium, and phosphate simultaneously) can be described as a three-phase process. The first phase, defined as the stringent control phase, encompasses an accumulation of guanosine 5'-diphosphate 3'-diphosphate (ppGpp) and decreases in RNA and protein synthesis during the first 40 min. In the second phase, there is a temporary increase in the rates of RNA and protein synthesis between 1 and 3 h paralleling a decrease in the ppGpp pool. The third phase includes a gradual decline in macromolecular synthesis after 3 h. Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of pulse-labeled proteins, a... (More)

The response of marine Vibrio sp. strain S14 (CCUG 15956) to long-term (48-h) multiple-nutrient starvation (i.e., starvation for glucose, amino acids, ammonium, and phosphate simultaneously) can be described as a three-phase process. The first phase, defined as the stringent control phase, encompasses an accumulation of guanosine 5'-diphosphate 3'-diphosphate (ppGpp) and decreases in RNA and protein synthesis during the first 40 min. In the second phase, there is a temporary increase in the rates of RNA and protein synthesis between 1 and 3 h paralleling a decrease in the ppGpp pool. The third phase includes a gradual decline in macromolecular synthesis after 3 h. Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of pulse-labeled proteins, a total of 66 patients were identified as starvation inducible (Sti), temporally expressed throughout the three phases of starvation. The inhibition of protein synthesis during the first phase of starvation partly disrupted the subsequent temporally ordered synthesis of starvation proteins and prevented the expression of some late starvation proteins. It was also found that the early temporal class of starvation proteins, which included the majority of the Sti proteins, was the most essential for long-term survival. Vibrio sp. strain S14 cultures prestarved (1 h) for glucose, amino acids, ammonium, or phosphate as well as cultures exposed (1 h) to CdCl2 exhibited enhanced survival during the subsequent multiple-nutrient starvation in the presence of chloramphenicol or rifampin, while heat or the addition of cyclic AMP or nalidixic acid prior to starvation had no effect. It was demonstrated that amino acid starvation and CdCl2 exposure, which induced the stringent response, were the most effective in conferring enhanced survival. A few Sti proteins were common to all starvation conditions. In addition, the total number of proteins induced by multiple nutrient starvation significantly exceeded the sum of those induced by starvation for each of the individual nutrients.

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