Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (7): 3116-3128.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.07.008

• Review • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Advances in the Study of Drug Resistance and Pathogenicity of Bacterial Two-component Systems

XIANG Lingxian(), JI Qianyu, SHAN Xinxin, LI Lin*()   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
  • Received:2024-09-18 Online:2025-07-23 Published:2025-07-25
  • Contact: LI Lin E-mail:13402712495@163.com;lilinah@126.com

Abstract:

The bacterial two-component system (TCS) is a widespread signaling transduction pathway in organisms, which can sense and respond to physical, chemical, and biological stimuli inside and outside the cell, and induce a series of cellular responses through coupled sensing and regulatory mechanisms.TCS is the principal mechanism for bacteria to sense and respond to environmental signals and regulate physiological behaviors, which plays a crucial role in bacterial drug resistance, pathogenicity, biofilm formation, virulence factor regulation, etc.TCS regulates gene expression and cellular behaviors through the interactions of the two components (sensors and effectors) to handle the impact of adverse environment on bacteria, therefore achieving the goal of proliferation and invasion of the host.This paper reviews the research advances in the structure, function, drug resistance regulation and pathogenicity, and inhibitors of the two-component system, providing a reference for the development of novel antimicrobial drugs and bacterial prevention and control.

Key words: two-component system, structure, function, drug resistance, pathogenicity

CLC Number: