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The Pseudomonas aeruginosa extracellular secondary metabolite, Paerucumarin, chelates iron and is not localized to extracellular membrane vesicles

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Proteins encoded by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa pvcA-D operon synthesize a novel isonitrile functionalized cumarin termed paerucumarin. The pvcA-D operon enhances the expression of the P. aeruginosa fimbrial chaperone/usher pathway (cup) genes and this effect is mediated through paerucumarin. Whether pvcA-D and/or paerucumarin affect the expression of other P. aeruginosa genes is not known. In this study, we examined the effect of a mutation in pvcA-D operon the global transcriptome of the P. aeruginosa strain PAO1-UW. The mutation reduced the expression of several ironcontrolled genes including pvdS, which is essential for the expression of the pyoverdine genes. Additional transcriptional studies showed that the pvcA-D operon is not regulated by iron. Exogenously added paerucumarin enhanced pyoverdine production and pvdS expression in PAO1-UW. Iron-chelation experiments revealed that purified paerucumarin chelates iron. However, exogenously added paerucumarin significantly reduced the growth of a P. aeruginosa mutant defective in pyoverdine and pyochelin production. In contrast to other secondary metabolite, Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS), paerucumarin is not localized to the P. aeruginosa membrane vesicles. These results suggest that paerucumarin enhances the expression of iron-controlled genes by chelating iron within the P. aeruginosa extracellular environment. Although paerucumarin chelates iron, it does not function as a siderophore. Unlike PQS, paerucumarin is not associated with the P. aeruginosa cell envelope.

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  1. Departments of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA

    Uzma Qaisar, Jane A. Colmer-Hamood & Abdul N. Hamood

  2. Surgery Department, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA

    Cassandra J. Kruczek & Abdul N. Hamood

  3. Botany Department, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan

    Muhammed Azeem

  4. School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan

    Uzma Qaisar & Nasir Javaid

  5. Medical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA

    Jane A. Colmer-Hamood

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Qaisar, U., Kruczek, C.J., Azeem, M. et al. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa extracellular secondary metabolite, Paerucumarin, chelates iron and is not localized to extracellular membrane vesicles. J Microbiol. 54, 573–581 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-016-5645-3

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