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Yuki Ichinose,Takafumi Nishimura,Minori Harada,Ryota Kashiwagi,Mikihiro Yamamoto,Yoshiteru Noutoshi,Kazuhiro Toyoda,Fumiko Taguchi,Daigo Takemoto,Hidenori Matsui 한국식물병리학회 2020 Plant Pathology Journal Vol.36 No.2
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 6605 has two mul- tidrug resistance (MDR) efflux pump transporters, MexAB-OprM and MexEF-OprN. To understand the role of these MDR efflux pumps in virulence, we generated deletion mutants, ∆mexB, ∆mexF, and ∆mexB∆mexF, and investigated their sensitivity to plant-derived antimicrobial compounds, antibiotics, and virulence. Growth inhibition assays with KB soft agar plate showed that growth of the wild-type (WT) was inhibited by 5 μl of 1 M catechol and 1 M coumarin but not by other plant-derived potential antimicrobial compounds tested including phytoalexins. The sensitiv- ity to these compounds tended to increase in ∆mexB and ∆mexB∆mexF mutants. The ∆mexB∆mexF mutant was also sensitive to 2 M acetovanillone. The mexAB- oprM was constitutively expressed, and activated in the ∆mexF and ∆mexB∆mexF mutant strains. The swarming and swimming motilities were impaired in ∆mexF and ∆mexB∆mexF mutants. The flood inocula- tion test indicated that bacterial populations in all mu- tant strains were significantly lower than that of WT, although all mutants and WT caused similar disease symptoms. These results indicate that MexAB-OprM extrudes plant-derived catechol, acetovanillone, or cou- marin, and contributes to bacterial virulence. Further- more, MexAB-OprM and MexEF-OprN complemented each other’s functions to some extent.