The putative iron transport system SitABCD encoded on SPI1 is required for full virulence of Salmonella typhimurium |
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Authors: | Janakiraman A Slauch J M |
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Institution: | Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, B103 CLSL, 601 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. |
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Abstract: | Salmonella typhimurium is an invasive pathogen that causes diseases ranging from mild gastroenteritis to enteric fever. During the infection process, S. typhimurium induces a number of virulence genes required to circumvent host defences and/or acquire nutrients in the host. We have used the in vivo expression technology (IVET) system to select for S. typhimurium genes that are induced after invasion of a murine cultured cell line. We have characterized a putative iron transporter in Salmonella pathogenicity island 1, termed sitABCD. The sitABCD operon is induced under iron-deficient conditions in vitro and is repressed by Fur. This locus is induced in the animal specifically after invasion of the intestinal epithelium. We show that a sit null mutant is significantly attenuated in BALB/c mice, suggesting that SitABCD plays an important role in iron acquisition in the animal. |
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