Need for flagella for complete virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci: genetic analysis with flagella-defective mutants ?fliC and ?fliD in host tobacco plants

The flagellins purified from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci induce a hypersensitive reaction in nonhost tomato cells. To investigate the role of flagella and flagellin in the compatible interaction, we generated two types of flagella-defective mutant. The fliC mutant lost the fliC gene that encodes flagellin protein, whereas the fliD mutant lost the fliD gene that encodes HAP2-capping protein. The two mutants had markedly reduced ability to cause disease symptoms in tobacco leaves. Furthermore, propagation of the mutants in tobacco leaves was less than that in wild-type pv. tabaci. Compared to the inoculation with wild-type pv. tabaci, inoculation with the two mutants did not markedly induce the expression of typical defense response-related genes such as PAL and hsr203J. Complementation of each fliC and fliD gene to the corresponding deficient mutant restored motility and virulence. These results indicate that flagella of P. syringae pv. tabaci are indispensable organelles for complete virulence on host tobacco plants.     

N-terminal domain including conserved flg22 is required for flagellin-induced hypersensitive cell death in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Arabidopsis thaliana</Emphasis>

Flagellin in Pseudomonas syringae is a potent elicitor of defense responses including hypersensitive cell death in dicot plants. The oligopeptides flg22 consisting of 22 conserved amino acids near the N-terminus of flagellins is reported to induce plant defense responses. Because glycosylation of the central domain of flagellin affects its elicitor activity, we investigated whether any peptide sequence in addition to flg22 is required for flagellin-induced hypersensitive reaction. A study of recombinant flagellin polypeptides indicated that the N-terminal domain including the conserved flg22 is required for flagellin-induced hypersensitive cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana.     

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of duck Toll-like receptor 5

Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) is responsible for the recognition of bacterial flagellin in vertebrates. In this study, we cloned the single-exon TLR5 gene of the Maya breed of Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna). The TLR5 open reading frame is 2580 bp in length and encodes an 859-amino acid protein. The putative amino acid sequence of duck TLR5 consisted of a signal peptide sequence, 11 leucine-rich repeat domains, a leucine-rich repeat C-terminal domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular Toll-interleukin-1 receptor domain. The duck TLR5 gene was highly expressed in the lung, bone marrow, spleen, and liver; moderately expressed in kidney, small intestine, large intestine, and brain. A plasmid expressing duck TLR5 was constructed and transfected into HEK293T cells, and expression was confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence assay. HEK293T cells transfected with duck TLR5- and NF-κB-luciferase-containing plasmids significantly responded to flagellin from Salmonella typhimurium, indicating that it is a functional TLR5 homolog.     

猪圆环病毒1型ORF2基因的克隆与序列分析

【研究目的】提取沙门氏菌鞭毛蛋白并鉴定其抗原性;【方法】选用鸭沙门氏菌经半固体培养基诱导鞭毛,经肉汤培养后,用酸裂解、经差速离心、硫酸铵沉淀,分离出粗制鞭毛蛋白。将粗制的鞭毛蛋白用SDS-PAGE和磷钨酸负染投射电镜观察,并包板做ELISA检测其抗原性;【结果】SDS-PAGE显示提取的鞭毛蛋白相对分子质量约为58.0KD,且纯度较高,抗原性较好,每1000ml培养液可获得32.8mg鞭毛蛋白;【结论】酸裂解法可获得高质量的鞭毛蛋白,抗原性较好,为禽副伤寒沙门氏菌病诊断方法的建立奠定了基础。     

水貂绿脓杆菌（PASD03株）鞭毛蛋白的提取与分析

本试验以水貂绿脓杆菌PASD03株为研究对象,对其鞭毛蛋白的提取方法进行研究,分别通过酸裂解、差速离心以及酸裂解结合机械振荡三种方法,用（NH4）2SO4盐析来获得鞭毛蛋白,采用垂直板聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（SDS-PAGE）对提取的绿脓杆菌鞭毛蛋白进行分离纯化,并进行电镜鉴定。结果显示：成功分离出水貂绿脓杆菌的鞭毛蛋白,获得了绿脓杆菌鞭毛蛋白的初提液.绿脓杆菌鞭毛蛋白经SDS-PAGE提示纯化的鞭毛蛋白为一条相对分子质量（Mr）为53×103蛋白带,透射电镜（SEM）观察发现该鞭毛蛋白呈丝状。结论：经酸裂解法并结合机械振荡和硫酸铵沉淀法简便、耗时短、纯度高、产量高,适用于绿脓杆菌鞭毛蛋白的提取。     

Flagellin and F4 fimbriae have opposite effects on biofilm formation and quorum sensing in F4ac+ enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Bacteria that form biofilms are often highly resistant to antibiotics and are capable of evading the host immune system. To evaluate the role of flagellin and F4 fimbriae on biofilm formation by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), we deleted the fliC (encoding the major flagellin protein) and/or the faeG (encoding the major subunit of F4 fimbriae) genes from ETEC C83902. Biofilm formation was reduced in the fliC mutant but increased in the faeG mutant, as compared with the wild-type strain. The expression of AI-2 quorum sensing associated genes was regulated in the fliC and faeG mutants, consistent with the biofilm formation of these strains. But, deleting fliC and/or faeG also inhibited AI-2 quorum sensing activity.     

鼠伤寒沙门氏茵鞭毛蛋白FIiC的原核表达及纯化

对鼠伤寒沙门氏菌的鞭毛蛋白FliC的基因进行克隆、鉴定和原核表达,为鞭毛蛋白佐剂作用的研究奠定基础。以鼠伤寒沙门氏菌8014菌株基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增Flic基因,产物与T载体连接,经测序鉴定正确后与表达载体pQE30（＋）连接构建重组表达质粒Flic—pQE30,将此重组质粒转化人表达宿主E．coliXLI—Blue菌株内抽提质粒,酶切鉴定正确后对转化菌株以1PTG进行诱导后,表达产物经镍离子亲和层析柱纯化后,进行SDS—PAGE和Westernblot分析。测序结果显示,FliC为完整的编码区基因1485bp,编码495个氨基酸残基,蛋白相对分子质量约为56kDa。经SDS—PAGE分析表明,以37℃、1mM的IPTG诱导5h,表达效果最好,诱导产物是与理论值相符的56kDa的融合蛋白。经western—blotting检测,表达的重组蛋白FliC可与小鼠抗鼠伤寒沙门氏菌全菌体多抗血清反应得到清晰的目的条带,表明表达的重组蛋白具有良好的反应原性。成功进行了鼠伤寒沙门氏菌鞭毛蛋白nic基因的克隆表达,为进一步研究其免疫佐剂作用奠定了基础。     

Flagellin from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci induced hrp-independent HR in tomato

We have previously shown that flagellin of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci is an elicitor that induces a hypersensitive reaction (HR) in nonhost tomato cells. Flagellin is the major HR elicitor produced by this pathogen, as shown by the inability of a flagellin-defective mutant, ΔfliC, to induce HR. Also, a ΔfliD mutant that secretes large amounts of monomer flagellins induces a strong HR in tomato. In this study, the possible involvement of an Hrp type III secretion system (TTSS) in flagellin-induced HR was investigated using flagella-defective mutants or Hrp TTSS-defective mutants. The hrcC gene encodes HrcC protein, which is required for Hrp pilus formation in the outer membrane. An hrcC mutation, introduced into the wild-type, ΔfliC, and ΔfliD mutants of P. syringae pv. tabaci did not affect swimming motility or flagellin secretion, whereas all ΔhrcC, ΔfliC, and ΔfliD mutants lost the ability to cause disease on host tobacco leaves. However, the ΔhrcC mutant and the ΔfliD/ΔhrcC double mutant were still able to induce HR cell death, expression of one of the defense-related genes hsr203J, and the generation of hydrogen peroxide in nonhost tomato cells. Thus, flagellin is required for both pathogenicity in host tobacco and HR in nonhost tomato. On the other hand, hrp TTSS is necessary for pathogenicity on host tobacco but is not indispensable to induce HR in nonhost tomato. These results clearly show that flagellin-induced HR is hrp-independent in tomato.The nucleotide sequence data reported are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under the accession number AB049570