Modulation of Curli Assembly and Pellicle Biofilm Formation by Chemical and Protein Chaperones

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• 作者：Emma?K. Andersson ; Christoffer Bengtsson ; Margery?L. Evans ; Erik Chorell ; Magnus Sellstedt ; Anders?E.G. Lindgren ; David?A. Hufnagel ; Moumita Bhattacharya ; Peter?M. Tessier ; Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede ; Fredrik Almqvist ; Matthew?R. Chapman
• 刊名：Chemistry & Biology
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：24 October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：20
• 期：10
• 页码：1245-1254
• 全文大小：1542 K

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Summary

Enteric bacteria assemble functional amyloid fibers, curli, on their surfaces that share structural and biochemical properties with disease-associated amyloids. Here, we test rationally designed 2-pyridone compounds for their ability to alter amyloid formation of the major curli subunit CsgA. We identified several compounds that discourage CsgA amyloid formation and several compounds that accelerate CsgA amyloid formation. The ability of inhibitor compounds to?stop growing CsgA fibers was compared to the same property of the CsgA chaperone, CsgE. CsgE blocked CsgA amyloid assembly and arrested polymerization when added to actively polymerizing fibers. Additionally, CsgE and the 2-pyridone inhibitors prevented biofilm formation by Escherichia coli at the air-liquid interface of a static culture. We demonstrate that curli amyloid assembly and curli-dependent biofilm formation can be modulated not only by protein chaperones, but also by ¡°chemical chaperones.¡±