Characterization of two new regulatory non-coding RNAs involved in iron metabolism in Pseudomonas brassicacearum.

Les ARN non-codant (ARNnc) assurent différentes fonctions vitales permettant aux bactéries de s'adapter rapidement aux conditions changeantes de leur environnement L'analyse de données transcriptomiques de la souche Pseudomonas brassicacearum NFM421 en réponse à différents stress en utilisant des puces à ADN qui contiennent aussi bien les régions codantes que les régions non codantes a révélé la modulation de deux ARNnc potentiels en réponse à des métaux lourds (Cd et U), dénommés IrsZ et IrsY. De plus, le génome de P. brassicacearum a été entièrement séquencé et une centaine d'ARNnc potentiels a été identifié par l'utilisation d'outils bioinformatiques de prédiction d'ARNnc. Ce travail vise à caractériser les deux ARNnc potentiels, IrsZ et IrsY, et à déterminer leur fonction chez P. brassicacearum. L'analyse bioinformatique de leur séquence ne révèle pas d'homologue dans la base de données des ARNnc. Nous avons validé expérimentalement par différentes approches techniques l'expression des deux ARNnc candidats dans différentes conditions de cultures et sous différents stress. Ceci a conduit notamment à révéler la modulation par le fer de l'expression des deux ARNnc IrsZ et IrsY. Leur expression est fortement activée par de fortes concentrations en fer. Cependant, en réponse à un stress oxydant causé par le peroxyde d'hydrogène, l'expression des deux ARNnc est réprimée. Cette répression est exacerbée chez les bactéries surexprimant oxyR. Nos travaux semblent indiquer que IrsZ et IrsY agissent comme des senseurs du statut intracellulaire du fer.Regulatory non-coding RNAs (ncRNA), act as regulators of translation and message stability. They modulate a wide range of physiological responses to environmental stimuli. Due to their biological interest, different bioinformatics tools and experimental approaches have been developed for detecting new ncRNA. Transcriptome analysis of the plan root-associated bacterium Pseudomonas brassicacearum NFM421 strain in response to various stresses, using microarrays containing coding as well as non-coding DNA fragments, revealed the modulation of two potentials ncRNA in response to heavy metals (Cd and U), named IrsZ and IrsY. Furthermore, P. brassicacearum genome was completely sequenced and hundreds of potentials ncRNA have been predicted by using computational tools. This work aims at characterizing the two potentials ncRNA, IrsZ and IrsY, and to determine their function in P. brassicacearum. No homologous was found in the ncRNA database. We validated the expression of the two potential ncRNA by different experimental approaches in different culture conditions and under different stresses. This led to reveal that both IrsZ and IrsY are modulated by iron. Their expression is strongly activated by high concentrations of iron. However, the expression of both Irs ncRNA is suppressed under oxidative stress generated by hydrogen peroxide. This repression is exacerbated in P. brassicacearum overexpressing oxyR. Our work suggests that IrsZ and IrsY act as sensors of intracellular iron status

Small regulatory RNAs and the fine-tuning of plant–bacteria interactions

Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) play a key role in many physiological and adaptive responses in bacteria. Faced with rapidly changing environments, it is more advantageous for bacteria to use sRNA-mediated responses than regulation by protein transcriptional factors, as sRNAs act at the post-transcriptional level and require less energy and time for their synthesis and turnover. The use of RNA deep sequencing has provided hundreds of sRNA candidates in different bacterial species that interact with plants. Here, we review the most recent results for the involvement of bacterial sRNAs in beneficial as well as deleterious plant-bacteria interactions. We describe the current view for the role of sRNAs, which are suggested to improve competition for both niches and resources in plant-interacting bacteria. These sRNAs also help plant-associated bacteria individually adapt to the rapidly changing conditions to which they are exposed, during different stages of this interaction