TY - JOUR
T1 - Physiological roles of three Na+/H+ antiporters in the halophilic bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus
AU - Kuroda, Teruo
AU - Mizushima, Tohru
AU - Tsuchiya, Tomofusa
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PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Vibrio parahaemolyticus mutants lacking three Na+/H+ antiporters (NhaA, NhaB, NhaD) were constructed. The ΔnhaA strains showed significantly higher sensitivity to LiCl regarding their growth compared to the parental strain. The ΔnhaA and ΔnhaB strains exhibited higher sensitivities to LiCl. The mutant XACabd lacking all of the three antiporters could not grow in the presence of 500 mM LiCl at pH 7.0, or 50 mM at pH 8.5. The XACabd mutant was also sensitive to 1.0 M NaCl at pH 8.5. These results suggest that Na+/H+ antiporters, especially NhaA, are responsible for resistance to LiCl and to high concentrations of NaCl. Reduced Na +/H+ and Li+/H+ antiport activities were observed with everted membrane vesicles of ΔnhaB strains. However, Li+/H+ antiport activities of ΔnhaB strains were two times higher than those of ΔnhaA strains when cells were cultured at pH 8.5. It seems that expression of nhaA and nhaB is dependent on medium pH to some extent. In addition, HQNO (2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide), which is a potent inhibitor of the respiratory Na+ pump, inhibited growth of XACabd, but not of the wild type strain. Moreover, survival rate of XACabd under hypoosmotic stress was lower than that of wild type strain. It is likely that the Na+/H+ antiporters are involved in osmoregulation under hypoosmotic stress. Based on these findings, we propose that the Na +/H+ antiporters cooperate with the respiratory Na + pump in ionic homeostasis in V. parahaemolyticus.
AB - Vibrio parahaemolyticus mutants lacking three Na+/H+ antiporters (NhaA, NhaB, NhaD) were constructed. The ΔnhaA strains showed significantly higher sensitivity to LiCl regarding their growth compared to the parental strain. The ΔnhaA and ΔnhaB strains exhibited higher sensitivities to LiCl. The mutant XACabd lacking all of the three antiporters could not grow in the presence of 500 mM LiCl at pH 7.0, or 50 mM at pH 8.5. The XACabd mutant was also sensitive to 1.0 M NaCl at pH 8.5. These results suggest that Na+/H+ antiporters, especially NhaA, are responsible for resistance to LiCl and to high concentrations of NaCl. Reduced Na +/H+ and Li+/H+ antiport activities were observed with everted membrane vesicles of ΔnhaB strains. However, Li+/H+ antiport activities of ΔnhaB strains were two times higher than those of ΔnhaA strains when cells were cultured at pH 8.5. It seems that expression of nhaA and nhaB is dependent on medium pH to some extent. In addition, HQNO (2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide), which is a potent inhibitor of the respiratory Na+ pump, inhibited growth of XACabd, but not of the wild type strain. Moreover, survival rate of XACabd under hypoosmotic stress was lower than that of wild type strain. It is likely that the Na+/H+ antiporters are involved in osmoregulation under hypoosmotic stress. Based on these findings, we propose that the Na +/H+ antiporters cooperate with the respiratory Na + pump in ionic homeostasis in V. parahaemolyticus.
KW - Na/H antiporter
KW - NhaA
KW - NhaB
KW - NhaD
KW - Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03662.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03662.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16113500
AN - SCOPUS:24744447435
VL - 49
SP - 711
EP - 719
JO - Microbiology and Immunology
JF - Microbiology and Immunology
SN - 0385-5600
IS - 8
ER -