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Journal Article
Glucose-induced active lysogeny of prophage ΦSa3XN promotes Staphylococcus aureus virulence
2025
Overview
Background
Active lysogeny is a newly characterized mechanism that the dynamic integration and excision of prophages serve as molecular switches to coordinately regulate bacterial gene expression without generating progeny virions. The Sa3int family phages, the most prevalent prophages in
Staphylococcus aureus
, specifically integrate into the β-toxin-coding gene
hlb
. While infection conditions favor the loss of Sa3int phages and the emergence of Hlb-producing variants, highlighting their potential for active lysogeny, the environmental cues and underlying mechanisms controlling the peculiar life cycle of Sa3int phages remain largely unexplored.
Methods
In this study, we identified a Sa3int phage, designated ΦSa3XN, from the methicillin-resistant
S. aureus
strain XN108. The active lysogeny feature of ΦSa3XN was analyzed by combinational PCR, plaque assay, transmission electron microscopy, and DNase protection assay. Additionally, glucose-induced active lysogeny of ΦSa3XN and its impact on
S. aureus
virulence were evaluated via reporter assay, electrophoretic mobility shift assay, hemolytic assay, and mouse infection models.
Results
ΦSa3XN acts as a genuine molecular switch, capable of excision without producing progeny phages. Glucose serves as an environmental cue that triggers ΦSa3XN excision and reinstates
hlb
expression, wherein the catabolite control protein A (CcpA) directly binds to the promoter region of
cI
and suppresses the expression of CI repressor, thus switching the phage life cycle. Moreover, glucose-induced active lysogeny of ΦSa3XN significantly enhances bacterial hemolytic activity, exacerbating skin inflammation and subcutaneous abscess formation in hyperglycemic mice.
Conclusion
This study illustrates a novel example of active lysogeny for Sa3int phages and elucidates a glucose-responsive CcpA pathway that regulates ΦSa3XN excision to augment
S. aureus
virulence, advancing our understanding of the sophisticated interactions between
S. aureus
and phages.
Publisher
BioMed Central,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
Subject
/ Animals
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ CcpA
/ excision
/ family
/ Female
/ genes
/ Genomes
/ Glucose
/ Hlb
/ Lysogeny
/ methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
/ Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity
/ Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - virology
/ Mice
/ Phages
/ Plasmids
/ progeny
/ Prophage
/ Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
/ Staphylococcal Infections - pathology
/ Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity
/ Staphylococcus aureus - virology
/ Staphylococcus Phages - genetics
/ Staphylococcus Phages - physiology
/ Transmission electron microscopy
/ Virions
/ Virology
