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Journal of Bacteriology, November 2005, p. 7417-7424, Vol. 187, No. 21
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.21.7417-7424.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Bile Salts Modulate Expression of the CmeABC Multidrug Efflux Pump in Campylobacter jejuni

Jun Lin,1,2 Cédric Cagliero,3 Baoqing Guo,1 Yi-Wen Barton,1 Marie-Christine Maurel,4 Sophie Payot,3 and Qijing Zhang1*

Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011,1 Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996,2 INRA, UR086 BioAgresseurs, Santé, Environnement, 37380 Nouzilly, France,3 UMR 6175 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, 37380 Nouzilly, France4

Received 26 June 2005/ Accepted 24 August 2005

CmeABC, a multidrug efflux pump, is involved in the resistance of Campylobacter jejuni to a broad spectrum of antimicrobial agents and is essential for Campylobacter colonization in animal intestine by mediating bile resistance. Previously, we have shown that expression of this efflux pump is under the control of a transcriptional repressor named CmeR. Inactivation of CmeR or mutation in the cmeABC promoter (PcmeABC) region derepresses cmeABC, leading to overexpression of this efflux pump. However, it is unknown if the expression of cmeABC can be conditionally induced by the substrates it extrudes. In this study, we examined the expression of cmeABC in the presence of various antimicrobial compounds. Although the majority of the antimicrobials tested did not affect the expression of cmeABC, bile salts drastically elevated the expression of this efflux operon. The induction was observed with both conjugated and unconjugated bile salts and was in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Experiments using surface plasmon resonance demonstrated that bile salts inhibited the binding of CmeR to PcmeABC, suggesting that bile compounds are inducing ligands of CmeR. The interaction between bile salts and CmeR likely triggers conformational changes in CmeR, resulting in reduced binding affinity of CmeR to PcmeABC. Bile did not affect the transcription of cmeR, indicating that altered expression of cmeR is not a factor in bile-induced overexpression of cmeABC. In addition to the CmeR-dependent induction, some bile salts (e.g., taurocholate) also activated the expression of cmeABC by a CmeR-independent pathway. Consistent with the elevated production of CmeABC, the presence of bile salts in culture media resulted in increased resistance of Campylobacter to multiple antimicrobials. These findings reveal a new mechanism that modulates the expression of cmeABC and further support the notion that bile resistance is a natural function of CmeABC.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, 1116 Veterinary Medicine Complex, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. Phone: (515) 294-2038. Fax: (515) 294-8500. E-mail: zhang123{at}iastate.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, November 2005, p. 7417-7424, Vol. 187, No. 21
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.21.7417-7424.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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