The RNA Chaperone Hfq Participates in Persistence to Multiple Antibiotics in the Fish Pathogen Yersinia ruckeri

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dc.contributor.authorCalderón, Iván
dc.contributor.authorBarros, María José
dc.contributor.authorMontt, Fernanda
dc.contributor.authorGil, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorFuentes, Juan
dc.contributor.authorAcuña, Lillian
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-09T04:54:40Z
dc.date.available2021-07-09T04:54:40Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopuses
dc.description.abstractYersinia ruckeri causes outbreaks of enteric redmouth disease in salmon aquaculture all over the world. The transient antibiotic tolerance exhibited by bacterial persisters is commonly thought to be responsible for outbreaks; however, the molecular factors underlying this behavior have not been explored in Y. ruckeri. In this study, we investigated the participation of the RNA chaperone Hfq from Y. ruckeri in antibiotic persistence. Cultures of the hfq-knockout mutant (∆hfq) exhibited faster replication, increased ATP levels and a more reductive environment than the wild type. The growth curves of bacteria exposed to sublethal concentrations of ampicillin, oxolinic acid, ciprofloxacin and polymyxin B revealed a greater susceptibility for the ∆hfq strain. The time-kill curves of bacteria treated with the antibiotics mentioned above and florfenicol, using inoculums from exponential, stationary and biofilm cultures, demonstrated that the ∆hfq strain has significant defects in persister cells production. To shed more light on the role of Hfq in antibiotic persistence, we analyzed its dependence on the (p)ppGpp synthetase RelA by determining the persister cells production in the absence of the relA gene. The ∆relA and ∆relA∆hfq strains displayed similar defects in persister cells formation, but higher than ∆hfq strain. Similarly, stationary cultures of the ∆relA and ∆relA∆hfq strains exhibited comparable levels of ATP but higher than that of the ∆hfq strain, indicating that relA is epistatic over hfq. Taken together, our findings provide valuable information on antibiotic persistence in Y. ruckeri, shedding light on the participation of Hfq in the persistence phenomenon. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.es
dc.identifier.citationMicroorganisms Open Access Volume 9, Issue 7July 2021 Article number 1404es
dc.identifier.issn20762607
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/19327
dc.language.isoenes
dc.publisherMDPI AGes
dc.titleThe RNA Chaperone Hfq Participates in Persistence to Multiple Antibiotics in the Fish Pathogen Yersinia ruckeries
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