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To engineer and validate a dual fluorescent reporter system capable of concurrently tracking the transcription of two primary Staphylococcus aureus virulence regulators, agr and sae.

October 27, 2023Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyOpen Access

Development of a dual fluorescent reporter system to identify inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors

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ZTZhanhua TaoGuangxi Academy of Sciences KKKe KeGuangxi Academy of Sciences DSDeqiang ShiChina Geological Survey

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In vitro study demonstrates simultaneous tracking of agr and sae virulence regulators in Staphylococcus aureus, highlighting a high-throughput strategy for discovering antivirulence therapeutics.

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To engineer and validate a dual fluorescent reporter system capable of concurrently tracking the transcription of two primary Staphylococcus aureus virulence regulators, agr and sae.
Constructed a dual-reporter plasmid harboring an agr P3 promoter-driven mCherry cassette and an sae-responsive sbi promoter-driven GFP cassette oriented back-to-back.
Assessed promoter crosstalk and expression kinetics in wild-type, agr mutant, and sae mutant S. aureus strains during batch culture via fluorescence microscopy.
Evaluated reporter sensitivity against established virulence inhibitors, including autoinducing peptide (AIP)-containing supernatants, indole, and flavone.
Promoter-driven fluorescence signals for agr and sae were independently detected without significant signal crosstalk across wild-type and mutant backgrounds.
The dual reporter dynamically mapped temporal changes in both agr and sae transcriptional activity throughout bacterial growth phases.
Exposure to AIPs, indole, and flavone confirmed target-specific signal reduction, establishing the platform's ability to assess two distinct targets in a single screening assay.

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Tao et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a984295b58c727d448c13cf https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00978-23

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In vitro study demonstrates simultaneous tracking of agr and sae virulence regulators in Staphylococcus aureus, highlighting a high-throughput strategy for discovering antivirulence therapeutics.

Development of a dual fluorescent reporter system to identify inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors

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