Journal of Microbiology

Hee-Sung Shin

2 Articles

Identification of D-amino acid dehydrogenase as an upstream regulator of the autoinduction of a putative acyltransferase in Corynebacterium glutamicum: Jung-Hoon Lee , Yong-Jae Kim , Hee-Sung Shin , Heung-Shick Lee , Shouguang Jin , Un-Hwan Ha; J. Microbiol. 2016;54(6):432-439. Published online May 27, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-016-6046-3

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Expression of a putative acyltransferase encoded by NCgl- 0350 of Corynebacterium glutamicum is induced by cell-free culture fluids obtained from stationary-phase growth of both C. glutamicum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, providing evidence for interspecies communication. Here, we further confirmed that such communication occurs by showing that acyltransferase expression is induced by culture fluid obtained from diverse Gram-negative and -positive bacterial strains, including Escherichia coli, Salmonella Typhimurium, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium sp. strain JC1, and Mycobacterium smegmatis. A homologous acyltransferase encoded by PA5238 of P. aeruginosa was also induced by fluids obtained from P. aeruginosa as well as other bacterial strains, as observed for NCgl0350 of C. glutamicum. Because C. glutamicum is difficult to study using molecular approaches, the homologous gene PA5238 of P. aeruginosa was used to identify PA5309 as an upstream regulator of expression. A homologous D-amino acid dehydrogenase encoded by NCgl- 2909 of C. glutamicum was cloned based on amino acid similarity to PA5309, and its role in the regulation of NCgl0350 expression was confirmed. Moreover, NCgl2909 played positive roles in growth of C. glutamicum. Thus, we identified a D-amino acid dehydrogenase as an upstream regulator of the autoinduction of a putative acyltransferase in C. glutamicum.

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Pneumolysin-Mediated Expression of β-Defensin 2 Is Coordinated by p38 MAP Kinase-MKP1 in Human Airway Cells: Yong-Jae Kim , Hee-Sung Shin , Jung-Hoon Lee , Yong Woo Jung , Hyong-Bai Kim , Un-Hwan Ha; J. Microbiol. 2013;51(2):194-199. Published online April 27, 2013; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-013-2579-x

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Antimicrobial peptides act as important innate immune defense mediators against invading microbes such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. Among a number of antimicrobial peptides, β-defensin 2 (BD2) has strong antimicrobial activity against S. pneumoniae. However, little is known about the molecular signaling mechanisms leading to the BD2 expression. Here, we report that BD2 is strongly induced by S. pneumoniae in human airway cells including human middle-ear cells. Among diverse pneumococcal virulence factors, pneumolysin is required for inducing BD2 whose expression is under the control of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Pneumolysin also selectively regulates the expression of MAPK phosphatase 1 (MKP1), which inhibits the p38 signaling pathway, thereby leading to upregulation of BD2 to mount an effective defense against S. pneumoniae infection. These results provide novel insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the coordinative regulation of BD2 expression via p38-MKP1 in the pathogenesis of airway infectious diseases.

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