Inter-kingdom signaling: chemical language between bacteria and host

Chemical communication between cells ensures coordination of behavior. In prokaryotes, this chemical communication is usually referred to as quorum sensing, while eukaryotic cells signal through hormones. In the past years, a growing number of reports have shown that bacterial quorum sensing signals...

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Published inCurrent opinion in microbiology Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 192 - 198
Main Authors Pacheco, Alline R, Sperandio, Vanessa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2009
Elsevier
Subjects
Animals
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
Bacterial Proteins
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Chemical communication
Drosophila Proteins
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hormones
Host-Pathogen Interactions - physiology
Humans
Mammals - physiology
Membrane Proteins
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Pathology
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Quorum Sensing - physiology
Symbiosis - physiology
Trans-Activators
Bacteria
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Summary:Chemical communication between cells ensures coordination of behavior. In prokaryotes, this chemical communication is usually referred to as quorum sensing, while eukaryotic cells signal through hormones. In the past years, a growing number of reports have shown that bacterial quorum sensing signals, called autoinducers, signal to eukaryotic cells, mimicking hormones. Conversely, host hormones can signal to bacterial cells through converging pathways to autoinducer signaling. This inter-kingdom signaling mediates symbiotic and pathogenic relationships between bacteria, mammalian and plant hosts.
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ISSN:1369-5274
1879-0364
DOI:10.1016/j.mib.2009.01.006