Migratory deficiency of Clithon retropictus hemocytes to Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli

Hemocytes of a marine gastropod, Nerita albicilla, but not those of an estuarine gastropod, Clithon retropictus, were observed to migrate to live and heat-killed cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli through Nucleopore membrane in Blind well chamber. The defective migration of C. retropictus hemocytes might reflect, at least in part, the survival of V. parahaemolyticus in the estuarine gastropod.     

Migratory responses of hemocytes to Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the alimentary tract of an estuarine neritid gastropod, Clithon retropictus.

Migratory responses of hemocytes to Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain D3 in the alimentary tracts of an estuarine neritid gastropod, Clithon retropictus, and a related marine neritid, Nerita albicilla, were examined under the scanning electron microscope. After ingesting the strain, active responses were seen at the esophagus, stomach and anterior intestine of adult C. retropictus and at the middle and posterior intestines of adult N. albicilla. When the alimentary tracts were isolated from the gastropod and incubated in vitro with strain D3, active response was induced at the most parts of the tract of the adult gastropods and at the stomach and the anterior intestine of juvenile C. retropictus. The responding hemocytes were confirmed to be granulocytes in the semi-thin sections of the tract of adult C. retropictus. The poor hemocyte responses at the middle and posterior intestines of juvenile C. retropictus might support the colonization of the organism there.     

Plasma-dependent chemotactic activity of hemocytes derived from a juvenile estuarine gastropod mollusc, Clithon retropictus, to Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli strains.

Hemocytes of adult Clithon retropictus were attracted chemotactically to live Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli strains. The chemotaxis was stimulated by the plasma of adult C. retropictus. Hemocytes of the juvenile specimen were attracted chemotactically to V. parahaemolyticus and E. coli strains in the presence of the plasma of the juvenile and only to E. coli strain in the absence of the plasma. These evidences suggest that hemocytes of juvenile C. retropictus might be defective to recognize V. parahaemolyticus strains and that the hemocytes would display full activities in the presence of the plasma factor(s).     

Chemotactic activity of hemocytes derived from two marine neritid gastropod molluscs, Nerita albicilla and Heminerita japonica, to Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli strains.

Hemocytes of two marine neritid gastropods, Nerita albicilla and Heminerita japonica, were attracted chemotactically to live Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli strains. Chemotactic attraction of N. albicilla hemocytes was enhanced in the presence of N. albicilla plasma, while that of H. japonica hemocytes was not enhanced in the presence of H. japonica plasma. Chemotactic activity of the hemocytes seems to participate in the rapid elimination of V. parahaemolyticus from these gastropods.     

Ecological cycle of thermostable direct hemolysin-producing strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a brackish-water area with special reference to molluscs and attached microalgae.

Prevalences of thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH)-producing strains in communities of a gastropod mollusc. Clithon retropictus, and a bivalve mollusc, Corbicula japonica, and levels of the strains in attached microalgae and muddy sediments were investigated at a brackish-water area along Hashizu Creek and Togo Pond in Japan, V. parahaemolyticus was detected from attached microalgae at Hashizu Creek in summer months with the highest level of 1.4 x 10(5) cfu/g. Levels of the organism among 20 animals of C. retropictus and C. japonica at the area varied betwen non-detectable level and 10(3) per mollusc in summer months. TDH was detected from culture supernatants of 11-16% of strains isolated from the algae, sediments and C. japonica and 28% of those isolated from C. retropictus at Hashizu Creek. These evidences suggest that C. retropictus would get TDH-positive strains from the algae.     

Survivals of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli in a gastropod mollusc, Heminerita japonica.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains D-3 and R-13 were found to be cleared within 7 days from a marine neritid gastropod mollusc, Heminerita japonica, maintained in artificial seawater with salinities of 15, 25 and 35 permil (%) at 25 degrees C. Escherichia coli strain YS-2 survived at a level of 10(2) colony forming units per gram in the mollusc maintained in 15% water for up to 14 days and fell to non-detectable level within 7 days in a 35% salinity group. The ability of H. japonica to clear these organisms seems to be less active than that of a marine species. Nerita albicilla, and more active than that of an estuarine species. Clithon retropictus.     

An estuarine neritid gastropod, Clithon corona, a potential reservoir of thermostable direct hemolysin-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus

An estuarine neritid gastropod, Clithon corona, maintained in UV-irradiated recirculating artificial seawater with a salinity of 15 per mil (%o) was found to retain thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH)-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the gut at significantly higher levels than TDH-non-producing one for at least 14 days. Another estuarine neritid gastropod, C. sowerbianus, was not able to support the preferential survival of TDH-producing organisms. This evidence suggests that, if TDH-producing vibrios are brought to estuaries inhabited by C. corona, repeated ingestion of V. parahaemolyticus by this gastropod could lead to accumulation of TDH-producing vibrios in the estuaries.     

Geographical features of estuaries for neritid gastropods including Clithon retropictus to preserve thermostable direct hemolysin-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

Thermostable direct hemolysin-producing strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus was not detected from the alimentary tract of 7 neritid gastropods including Clithon retropictus at 9 estuaries of Southwest Islands in Japan in the present study. The strain has been detected from C. retropictus at 2 estuaries facing The Sea of Japan but not at 2 estuaries facing The Seto Inland Sea and The Pacific Ocean in Western Japan in our previous studies. In comparison with geographical features of the estuaries where the strain was detected and not, thick accumulation of muddy sediments at the riverbed and stagnation of brackish water at low tide seem to be essential for the strain to survive in neritid gastropods including C. retropictus.     

Chemotactic activity of hemocytes derived from a brackish-water clam, Corbicula japonica, to Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli strains.

Hemocytes from adult and juvenile specimens of a brackish-water clam, Corbicula japonica, were attracted chemotactically to live cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Escherichia coli strains in a balanced salt solution, which was enhanced significantly in the presence of respective C. japonica plasma. Chemotactic attractions of adult's and juvenile's hemocytes were seen also in artificial seawater at a similar level to those in the balanced salt solution. Chemotactic attractions of juvenile's hemocytes to these strains were lower in level than those of adult's hemocytes. C. japonica plasma seems to facilitate for C. japonica hemocytes to recognize these organisms.     

Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) in Slovenia

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in shellfish samples harvested along the Slovenian coast. Shellfish samples of Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) were collected along the Slovenian coast at four locations (Se?a, Piran, Strunjan and Debeli Rti?) between 2006 and 2008. Samples were examined and analysed for the presence of V. parahaemolyticus by conventional and molecular methods. The presence of Vibrio in the samples was examined by conventional methods on plate grown bacterial cells before and after enrichment in alkaline saline peptone water (ASPW). PCR methods were used for the detection of V. parahaemolyticus-specific toxR and tlh genes and of the virulence-associated tdh and trh genes. Out of 168 samples examined, 24 were positive for toxR and tlh genes by PCR from enrichment broth. Five out of 62 (8.1%), 4 out of 32 (12.5%) and 15 out of 74 (20.2%) samples were positive in 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. Colonies of V. parahaemolyticus were isolated from only one sample positive for V. parahaemolyticus by PCR.     

副溶血弧菌海产品分离株及临床分离株的多位点序列分型

选取毒力调控基因toxRS和看家基因gyrB、recA作为靶基因,对浙江沿海地区40株副溶血弧菌海产品分离株与8株临床分离株进行多位点序列分型。toxRS的多态性位点比例(10.2%)虽低于gyrB(12.0%)与recA(25.4%),但与gyrB均可分辨出最多的序列型(38),具有最强的分辨力(0.986)。3个基因串联后可分出44个序列型,分辨力达0.994。副溶血弧菌分离株呈现出较大的多样性。各地的海产品分离株分布于A群、B群,而临床分离株则主要集中于A群;C群仅包括1个临床分离株。其中临床分离株C2、C5、C7与海产品分离株F24属于同一个序列型,由此可推测该序列型在地域上分布较为广泛并可引起人发生胃肠炎等。因而副溶血弧菌所引起的对公共卫生的潜在风险性不容忽视。     

Attachment of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains to estuarine algae.

Attachment of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains to estuarine microalgae was examined in artificial seawater by viable counts of the organism and direct counts of the bacterial cells after immunoperoxidase staining. Thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH)-producing and TDH-non-producing strains of V. parahaemolyticus were found to attach to five estuarine strains of Navicula (diatom alga) in similar levels. The level of the bacterial attachment depended on salinity and temperature of the water, in which the maximum attachment was observed in 15% artificial seawater at 25 degrees C, a typical condition of Hashizu estuary in Japan during summer months. The attachment was inhibited by pectinase digestion of the algal cells. These evidences confirmed the participation of the microalgae to the ecological cycle of V. parahaemolyticus at the estuary.     

Serological and immunological studies of pleuropneumonia of swine caused by Haemophilus parahaemolyticus

The development of circulating antibodies for H. parahaemolyticus was studied in experimentally infected SPF pigs and in-contact SPF pigs. Blood serum titers were determined by a modified complement fixation test with normal SPF swine serum as a source of supplementary complement factor, and by an indirect haemagglutination test.CF and IHA titers became positive within the first 2 weeks following exposure to H. parahaemolyticus, and reached peak values after 2 to 7 weeks (Figs. 1 to 3). The exposed pigs proved immune, in that they showed no clinical symptoms on challenge after resp. 6, 9 and 11 weeks.While distinct titers were thus obtained with both tests in SPF swine experimentally exposed to H. parahaemolyticus, the CF test proved more specific than the IHA test when the 2 tests were compared in a field outbreak of polyserositis (Glässers disease) caused by H. parasuis. The CF test would therefore seem to be preferable to the IHA test in field diagnostic work (Table 1).A noticeable finding was that challenge did not elicit an anamnestic antibody response in any of the immune pigs (Figs. 1 to 3). This fact together with negative bacteriological findings in the animals in question would seem to suggest that the challenge dose was unable to establish a permanent infection in the respiratory tract of the immune pigs.     

用PCR检测副溶血性弧菌耐热溶血素基因

根据副溶血性弧菌的耐热溶血素基因（ｔｄｈ）设计了２对引物，经聚合酶链式反应（ＰＣＲ）检测，所有１８株神奈川试验阳性副溶血性弧菌均呈阳性反应，而６株神奈川试验阴性副溶血性弧菌呈阴性反应，其他９种（３４株）弧菌和８株其他革兰氏阴性菌也呈阴性反应。检测敏感性可达２ＣＦＵ的副溶血性弧菌。     

舟山沿海贝类产品中副溶血性弧菌的检测与毒力基因分析

为了解舟山沿海贝类产品中副溶血性弧菌污染情况,我们于2008年3个不同季节,从不同的农贸市场采集贝类标本,采用实时荧光定量PCR检测方法和常规培养方法,对舟山沿海贝类产品中的副溶血性弧菌进行了检测,同时对分离到的菌株进行血清学分型和毒力基因检测。结果60份贝类产品中,采用常规的分离培养方法,阳性率为83.33%,而采用实时荧光定量PCR检测方法,全部检出副溶血性弧菌。对分离到的50株副溶血性弧菌进行耐热溶血素(tdh)基因检测,结果4株tdh阳性。监测结果表明舟山贝类海产品中携带副溶血性弧菌情况比较严重,应引起足够的重视。     

基于toxR基因的SYBR GreenⅠ实时定量PCR检测病原副溶血弧菌方法的建立

基于副溶血弧菌toxR基因保守序列设计1对特异性引物,建立了SYBR GreenⅠ实时定量PCR检测副溶血弧菌的方法。常规PCR检测,副溶血弧菌扩增出大小为368bp的目的片段,其他4种病原细菌均为阴性;SYBRGreenⅠ实时定量PCR扩增曲线反映了PCR的指数增长阶段和平台阶段;在Tm为85℃,扩增产物的熔解曲线分析只出现1个单特异峰,无引物二聚体;所制作的标准曲线在2.7×108～2.7×102拷贝数之间有较好的线性关系,相关系数为0.998,能对副溶血弧菌进行准确的定量分析;该方法检测时间从核酸抽提到结果分析仅需4～5h,较传统方法敏感、操作简单,耗时短,是副溶血弧菌引起的水产动物疾病的快速诊断及食品中针对副溶血弧菌安全检测的有效手段。     

副溶血弧菌SHJLA株的分离鉴定及致病性分析

副溶血性弧菌（Vibrio parahaemolyticus）是海洋环境中常见的食源性致病茵。本研究从对虾中分离出1株细菌SHJLA,在TCBS和弧菌显色培养基上分别显示典型的蓝绿色和紫红色的菌落,且其生理生化特性具有典型副溶血弧菌的特性。以SHJLA菌株的基因组为模板。检测副溶血弧菌种特异性基因（tlh、toxR、groEL）均为阳性,gyrB基因序列分析表明SHJLA与副溶血弧茵的亲缘关系最近,同源性达98％～100％;检测副溶血弧菌主要毒力相关基因tdh和T3SS2（VopC2和vcrD2）均为阳性。该菌的神奈川溶血实验为阳性,对小鼠的半数致死量（LD50）为4．8×10^8 cfu／mL。结合SHJLA菌株的形态、生理生化、种特异性基因的检测、gyrB基因序列分析、毒力相关基因的检测以及小鼠半数致死量的测定结果,确定SHJLA是一株携带毒力基因的副溶血弧菌。     

苏州大型超市小水产品中副溶血性弧菌的污染调查及耐药性分析

目的了解副溶血性弧菌(Vibrio parahaemolyticus)在苏州市大型超市小水产品中的污染状况及耐药性,为建立副溶血性弧菌食物中毒预警系统提供科学依据。方法定期从苏州一大型超市抽取小水产品,根据GB/T4789.7-2008标准进行副溶血性弧菌的分离培养和鉴定,应用K-B法进行药敏实验。结果在144份样品中检出副溶血性弧菌56株,检出率38.9%。所有分离菌株对先锋必素、诺氟沙星和环丙沙星敏感;部分菌株对氨苄西林、阿莫西林、复方新诺明和头孢噻吩等具有较强的耐药性,耐药率分别为55.4%、42.9%、35.7%和32.1%;有9株菌株出现了多重耐药。结论苏州大型超市小水产品中副溶血性弧菌污染严重,应加强副溶血性弧菌食源性疾病预警,同时加强水产品抗生素使用的管理,防止其耐药菌株的传播。     

荧光定量PCR法检测副溶血弧菌tdh基因的表达差异

以pvuA为内标基因,运用实时荧光定量PCR检测不同来源以及不同应激条件下副溶血弧菌热稳定直接溶血素基因tdh的表达量。pvuA和tdh基因的荧光定量PCR融解曲线分析表明,两者均为特异性扩增。尽管相同来源的不同菌株间tdh表达量存在显著差异,副溶血弧菌临床分离株的tdh mRNA平均表达量显著高于海产品分离株((57.2比13.8)。在pH4.0、0.5%和8%NaCl应激条件下,临床株ZJ2和海产品分离株FJ14A的tdh mRNA表达量显著高于对照组;另一海产品分离株KP34在8%NaCl条件下的表达量显著提高,而低pH应激时tdh mRNA的表达量显著降低。结果表明,不同副溶血弧菌分离株的tdh mRNA表达差异显著,临床分离株的tdh mRNA表达量总体上高于海产品分离株,副溶血弧菌在不同应激条件下主要表现为tdh mRNA表达上调。     

海产品中副溶血弧菌的分离与鉴定

副溶血弧菌（Vibrio Paraaemolyticus)是一种致病性嗜盐菌，常引起人类食物中毒，通过对四种不同海产品的检测，发现该菌检出率很高，其中，海虾中的检出率高达90％，海产鱼为70％，贝类为60％，海蟹为40％，平均检出率为65％，动物试验证实，该菌致病性较强。