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Reboul, Angéline; Carlier, Elodie; Stubbe, François‐Xavier; Barbieux, Emeline; Demars, Aurore; Ong, Phuong Thi Anh; Gerodez, Antoine; Muraille, Eric; De Bolle, Xavier
Molecular microbiology, December 2021, Volume: 116, Issue: 6Journal Article
Cyclic‐di‐GMP plays crucial role in the cell cycle regulation of the α‐Proteobacterium Caulobacter crescentus. Here we investigated its role in the α‐Proteobacterium Brucella abortus, a zoonotic intracellular pathogen. Surprisingly, deletion of all predicted cyclic‐di‐GMP synthesizing or degrading enzymes did not drastically impair the growth of B. abortus, nor its ability to grow inside cell lines. As other Rhizobiales, B. abortus displays unipolar growth from the new cell pole generated by cell division. We found that the phosphodiesterase PdeA, the ortholog of the essential polar growth factor RgsP of the Rhizobiale Sinorhizobium meliloti, is required for rod shape integrity but is not essential for B. abortus growth. Indeed, the radius of the pole is increased by 31 ± 1.7% in a ΔpdeA mutant, generating a coccoid morphology. A mutation in the cyclic‐di‐GMP phosphodiesterase catalytic site of PdeA does not generate the coccoid morphology and the ΔpdeA mutant kept the ability to recruit markers of new and old poles. However, the presence of PdeA is required in an intra‐nasal mouse model of infection. In conclusion, we propose that PdeA contributes to bacterial morphology and virulence in B. abortus, but it is not crucial for polarity and asymmetric growth. Asymmetric growth and polarity are key features of the Rhizobiales, to which Brucella abortus belongs. We identified the polar protein PdeA as an important factor to maintain a proper rod‐shaped morphology. In a pdeA mutant, pole radius is enlarged, but asymmetric growth and cell polarity are preserved. The pdeA mutant is not affected for growth in cultured macrophages but the protein is required for successful infection in a mice model.
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