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author Peters, Lena
Drechsler, Moritz
Herrera, Michael A
Liu, Jing
Pees, Barbara
Jarstorff, Johanna
Czerwinski, Anna
Lubbock, Francesca
Angelidou, Georgia
Salzer, Liesa
Moors, Karlis Arturs
Paczia, Nicole
Shi, Yi-Ming
Schulenburg, Hinrich
Kaleta, Christoph
Witting, Michael
Liebeke, Manuel
Campopiano, Dominic J
Bode, Helge B
Dierking, Katja
author_facet Peters, Lena
Drechsler, Moritz
Herrera, Michael A
Liu, Jing
Pees, Barbara
Jarstorff, Johanna
Czerwinski, Anna
Lubbock, Francesca
Angelidou, Georgia
Salzer, Liesa
Moors, Karlis Arturs
Paczia, Nicole
Shi, Yi-Ming
Schulenburg, Hinrich
Kaleta, Christoph
Witting, Michael
Liebeke, Manuel
Campopiano, Dominic J
Bode, Helge B
Dierking, Katja
Peters, Lena
Drechsler, Moritz
Herrera, Michael A
Liu, Jing
Pees, Barbara
Jarstorff, Johanna
Czerwinski, Anna
Lubbock, Francesca
Angelidou, Georgia
Salzer, Liesa
Moors, Karlis Arturs
Paczia, Nicole
Shi, Yi-Ming
Schulenburg, Hinrich
Kaleta, Christoph
Witting, Michael
Liebeke, Manuel
Campopiano, Dominic J
Bode, Helge B
Dierking, Katja
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids mediate microbiota protection against a bacterial pathogen in C. elegans. Peters, Lena Drechsler, Moritz Herrera, Michael A Liu, Jing Pees, Barbara Jarstorff, Johanna Czerwinski, Anna Lubbock, Francesca Angelidou, Georgia Salzer, Liesa Moors, Karlis Arturs Paczia, Nicole Shi, Yi-Ming Schulenburg, Hinrich Kaleta, Christoph Witting, Michael Liebeke, Manuel Campopiano, Dominic J Bode, Helge B Dierking, Katja Caenorhabditis elegans Animals Polyketide Synthases Sphingolipids Bacillus thuringiensis Pseudomonas fluorescens Gastrointestinal Microbiome Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins Serine C-Palmitoyltransferase Host-Pathogen Interactions Protection against pathogens is a major function of the gut microbiota. Although bacterial natural products have emerged as crucial components of host-microbiota interactions, their exact role in microbiota-mediated protection is largely unexplored. We addressed this knowledge gap with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and its microbiota isolate Pseudomonas fluorescens MYb115 that is known to protect against Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) infection. We find that MYb115-mediated protection depends on sphingolipids (SLs) that are derived from an iterative type I polyketide synthase (PKS) cluster PfSgaAB, thereby revealing a non-canonical pathway for the production of bacterial SLs as secondary metabolites. SL production is common in eukaryotes but was thought to be limited to a few bacterial phyla that encode the serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) enzyme, which catalyses the initial step in SL synthesis. We demonstrate that PfSgaB encodes a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent alpha-oxoamine synthase with SPT activity, and find homologous putative PKS clusters present across host-associated bacteria that are so far unknown SL producers. Moreover, we provide evidence that MYb115-derived SLs affect C. elegans defence against Bt infection by altering SL metabolism in the nematode host. This work establishes SLs as structural outputs of bacterial PKS and highlights the role of microbiota-derived SLs in host protection against pathogens.
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spellingShingle Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids mediate microbiota protection against a bacterial pathogen in C. elegans.
Peters, Lena
Drechsler, Moritz
Herrera, Michael A
Liu, Jing
Pees, Barbara
Jarstorff, Johanna
Czerwinski, Anna
Lubbock, Francesca
Angelidou, Georgia
Salzer, Liesa
Moors, Karlis Arturs
Paczia, Nicole
Shi, Yi-Ming
Schulenburg, Hinrich
Kaleta, Christoph
Witting, Michael
Liebeke, Manuel
Campopiano, Dominic J
Bode, Helge B
Dierking, Katja
Caenorhabditis elegans
Animals
Polyketide Synthases
Sphingolipids
Bacillus thuringiensis
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Serine C-Palmitoyltransferase
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids mediate microbiota protection against a bacterial pathogen in C. elegans. Peters, Lena Drechsler, Moritz Herrera, Michael A Liu, Jing Pees, Barbara Jarstorff, Johanna Czerwinski, Anna Lubbock, Francesca Angelidou, Georgia Salzer, Liesa Moors, Karlis Arturs Paczia, Nicole Shi, Yi-Ming Schulenburg, Hinrich Kaleta, Christoph Witting, Michael Liebeke, Manuel Campopiano, Dominic J Bode, Helge B Dierking, Katja Caenorhabditis elegans Animals Polyketide Synthases Sphingolipids Bacillus thuringiensis Pseudomonas fluorescens Gastrointestinal Microbiome Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins Serine C-Palmitoyltransferase Host-Pathogen Interactions Protection against pathogens is a major function of the gut microbiota. Although bacterial natural products have emerged as crucial components of host-microbiota interactions, their exact role in microbiota-mediated protection is largely unexplored. We addressed this knowledge gap with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and its microbiota isolate Pseudomonas fluorescens MYb115 that is known to protect against Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) infection. We find that MYb115-mediated protection depends on sphingolipids (SLs) that are derived from an iterative type I polyketide synthase (PKS) cluster PfSgaAB, thereby revealing a non-canonical pathway for the production of bacterial SLs as secondary metabolites. SL production is common in eukaryotes but was thought to be limited to a few bacterial phyla that encode the serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) enzyme, which catalyses the initial step in SL synthesis. We demonstrate that PfSgaB encodes a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent alpha-oxoamine synthase with SPT activity, and find homologous putative PKS clusters present across host-associated bacteria that are so far unknown SL producers. Moreover, we provide evidence that MYb115-derived SLs affect C. elegans defence against Bt infection by altering SL metabolism in the nematode host. This work establishes SLs as structural outputs of bacterial PKS and highlights the role of microbiota-derived SLs in host protection against pathogens.
title Polyketide synthase-derived sphingolipids mediate microbiota protection against a bacterial pathogen in C. elegans.
topic Caenorhabditis elegans
Animals
Polyketide Synthases
Sphingolipids
Bacillus thuringiensis
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Serine C-Palmitoyltransferase
Host-Pathogen Interactions
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40461452/