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. 2022 Jul 21;10:e13738. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13738

Table 2. Brief description of the biological functions of the other twelve different sRNAs.

sRNA Transcript length Gene location Whether Hfq dependent Target function
AS1974 127nt PA185388(R3)_471298-471425 Yes Not describe Master regulator regulating multiple drug resistance pathways, including membrane transporters and biofilm associated drug resistance genes, the expression of which is regulated by gene 5′UTR methylation sites; it was able to transform multi drug resistant clinical strains into drug highly susceptible strains when overexpressed (Law et al., 2019).
CrcZ 407nt PAO1_5,308,587-5,308,993 Yes Crc,Hfq RpoN and CbrA/CbrB are required for crcZ expression. The CbrA-CbrB-CrcZ-Crc system enables bacteria to adapt to different carbon sources (Sonnleitner, Abdou & Haas, 2009). CrcZ binding to Hfq can sequester Hfq and affect multiple Hfq involved physiological activities: ① abolishes Hfq mediated translational repression of amiE mRNA (Sonnleitner & Blasi, 2014); ② indirectly affects biofilm formation by competing for Hfq (Pusic et al., 2016); ③ interferes with PrrF1-2/Hfq mediated regulation of the antR (Sonnleitner, Prindl & Blasi, 2017); ④ correlation with bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics (Pusic et al., 2018; Xia et al., 2020a; Xia et al., 2020b).
P27 192nt PAO1_4781786-4781978 Yes rhlI mRNA Fine tuning the activity of the rhl QS system (Chen et al., 2019).
PA0805.1 276nt PAO1_883,307–883,582 Not describe Not describe Associated with P. aeruginosa motility, adhesion, cytotoxicity and tobramycin resistance (Coleman et al., 2020; Gill et al., 2018).
PA2952.1 117nt PA14_3,312,577–3,312,693 Not describe Not describe PA2952. 1 affects P. aeruginosa virulence, motility, and antibiotic resistance, with links to several proteins and genes (Coleman et al., 2021; Gill et al., 2018).
PaiI 126nt PA14_13970-13990 Yes Not describe Induced in an anaerobic environment in the presence of nitrate, and transcription of PaiI is dependent on the two-component system NarX/L; PaiI has an important role in adaptive anaerobic denitrification (Tata et al., 2017).
PhrD 73nt PAO1_785,498-785,570 Yes RhlR mRNA Overexpression of PhrD increases the level of RhlR transcript, rhamnolipid and pyocyanin production; PhrD has a sequence specific promoting effect on RhlR transcripts without the involvement of any Pseudomonas specific proteins (Malgaonkar & Nair, 2019).
RhlS 70nt PAO1_3889700-3899900 Yes fpvA mRNA Complementary pairing with fpvA mRNA base to regulate its translation; when entering the stable phase, RhlS accumulates and produces normal levels of C4-HSL by stimulating RhlI mRNA translation (Thomason et al., 2019).
Sr006 123nt PAO1_182,570-182,693 Yes pagL mRNA Positively regulates the expression of PagL, reduces its pro-inflammatory properties and leads to polymyxin resistance (Zhang et al., 2017).
Sr0161 247nt PAO1_184,211–184,458 Yes oprD mRNA Base pairing with 5 ’UTR of OprD results in increased bacterial resistance to meropenem. Inhibits T3SS after interacting with exsA mRNA (Zhang et al., 2017).
SrbA 239nt PA14_2,977,373–2,977,611 Not describe With a large number of different mRNA targets SrbA plays an important role in biofilm formation and pathogenicity of P. aeruginosa (Gill et al., 2018; Taylor et al., 2017).
sRNA52320 Not describe Not describe Not describe Host mRNAs sRNA52320 is rich in OMV (outer membrane vesicle), which can inhibit the secretion of IL-8 and KC cytokines induced by LPS and OMV, and reduce the infiltration of neutrophils in mouse lung. It participates in pathogen-host interaction and reduces host immune response (Koeppen et al., 2016).