Nisin-induced changes in<i>Bacillus</i>morphology suggest a paradigm of antibiotic action

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - Tập 103 Số 52 - Trang 19896-19901 - 2006
Alexander J. Hyde1, Judicaël Parisot1, Adam McNichol1, Boyan B. Bonev1
1School of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Infection and Immunity, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.

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Nisin is a small cationic lanthionine antibiotic produced byLactococcus lactis. During its antimicrobial action, it targets intermediates in the bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis, lipid II, and undecaprenyl pyrophosphate. Here, we report results from electron microscopic investigations of the effects of lethal nisin doses onBacillus subtiliscell morphology. Bacterial membranes were permeabilized shortly afterB. subtiliswas incubated with nisin, but this did not lead to immediate cell death. Cell division, as well as other life functions, persisted over at least half an hour after nisin was added. Slower bacterial elongation, consistent with cell envelope inhibition and accelerated division, resulted in cell-length reduction. Abnormal morphogenesis near the division site suggests this to be the primary site of nisin action. Morphological changes are characteristic of deregulation of a filamentous cell envelope protein, Mbl, and the division-inhibiting Min system. We propose a previously undescribed model, in which the lethal action of nisin againstB. subtilisstarts with membrane permeabilization and is followed by accelerated cell division, cell envelope inhibition, and aberrant cell morphogenesis.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Tập 103 Số 52

19896-19901

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