产肠毒素大肠杆菌K88ab/K88ad菌毛操纵子fae全基因的克隆、表达及生物学活性的初步研究

为研究K88ab/K88ad菌毛对细胞的黏附作用,本研究分别以产肠毒素E.coli (ETEC) K88ab C83901株和K88ad C83903株基因组DNA为模板,采用PCR技术扩增这两种K88菌毛操纵子fae基因(均约7.9 kb).将其分别克隆于表达质粒pBR322中构建pBR-K88ab和pBR-K88ad重组质粒,并将其分别转化至不含任何菌毛的E.coli SE5000株中.该重组菌能够分别与鼠抗K88菌毛阳性血清和抗K88菌毛单克隆抗体(MAb)产生凝集反应;在电镜下观察到重组菌表面大量表达K88菌毛.采用热抽提法提取其体外表达的K88ab和K88ad菌毛,SDS-PAGE电泳检测结果显示,菌毛蛋白的分子量约为26 ku.玻板凝集试验和western blot结果表明:重组表达的K88ab及K88ad菌毛与K88+参考株菌毛均能够被抗K88菌毛阳性血清和MAb识别.以猪小肠上皮细胞系IPEC-J2为模型进行黏附和黏附抑制试验,结果表明表达K88菌毛的重组菌及K88+参考株均能够黏附于IPEC-J2上皮细胞表面;而且阳性血清和MAb能够有效抑制重组菌或K88+参考株对猪小肠上皮细胞系的黏附结合.     

鸡大肠杆菌多价1型菌毛亚单位疫苗在鸡体内的免疫原性研究

用1日龄雏鸡免疫评价了鸡大肠杆菌多价1型菌毛油乳剂苗在鸡体内的免疫原性。用含1型菌毛的3个不同血清型（O1、O78及O88）菌株,大容量培养后提取菌毛制备多价菌毛油乳剂苗。接种多价菌毛油乳剂苗的鸡用同源菌株攻毒后出现10％～11．2％的死亡率,阳性对照组鸡攻毒后出现70％～80％的死亡率;用异源菌株（O36）攻毒后,免疫鸡出现33．3％的死亡率,而未免疫阳性对照组鸡死亡率达70％。免疫鸡在气囊,心包及肝脏的病变非常轻微,且攻毒后非免疫鸡能更有效地清除侵入气囊的大肠杆菌。     

仔猪腹泻源大肠杆菌贵州株K_(88)菌毛研究

通过玻片凝集试验、抗D_甘露糖微量血凝试验 (MRMH)、离体细胞粘附试验、菌体蛋白的聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS_PAGE)和免疫印迹、质粒DNA提取及电泳等 ,分析了仔猪腹泻源大肠杆菌贵州株 (4 0 9_11)所产K88菌毛的血凝谱、对肠上皮细胞粘附特性、菌毛蛋白亚单位分子量 ,并对其K88基因进行了初步定位。结果表明 :其所产K88菌毛的血凝谱能凝集豚鼠和鸡红细胞 ;能介导细菌粘附于仔猪离体肠上皮细胞 ,这种粘附作用能被特异的K88抗血清阻断 ;菌毛蛋白亚单位的分子量为2 35 0 0Da;K88基因位于一个分子量为 85kb(5 4× 10 6Da)的大质粒上。当菌株于 18℃生长时 ,其K88菌毛不能表达     

共表达K88/987p菌毛产肠毒素性大肠杆菌的分离鉴定及其卵黄抗体的制备

为制备针对一些大型养猪场产肠毒素性大肠杆菌(enterotrxigenic Escherichia coli,ETEC)分离株的特异性卵黄抗体(egg yolk immunoglobulin,IgY),试验对从这些养殖场分离的ETEC分离株菌毛基因类型进行了PCR鉴定,纯化该分离株的菌毛蛋白免疫蛋鸡制备IgY,对该IgY的效价、特异性和体外抑菌效果进行了检测。结果表明,该分离株具有K88和987p 两种菌毛基因,纯化后的分离株菌毛具有较强的免疫原性,经3次免疫后产生的IgY对K88和987p全菌和菌毛的效价可达到1:64 000,分离株菌毛IgY能特异地与K88和987p反应,与K99、F41无交叉反应,5 mg/mL分离株菌毛IgY在体外具有很好的抑菌效果。     

猪源肠毒素性大肠杆菌菌毛基因多重PCR检测方法的建立

为了对猪源产肠毒素性大肠杆菌（ETEC）的4种主要菌毛（K88、K99、F41和987p）进行快速检测和分型，建立了检测4种菌毛的多重PCR方法。首先设计合成4对4种菌毛特异性的引物，然后用4种菌毛参考ETEC菌株优化了多重PCR方法。该方法对K88、K99、F41和987p 4种菌毛的扩增产物分别为201，314，380和459bp。对4种扩增产物分别进行酶切鉴定，结果均得到与预期一致的2个片段。对各个参考菌株不同组合的检测结果为100％符合。结果表明，该多重PCR方法具有很好的特异性和敏感性，可用于ETEC性腹泻的辅助诊断及ETEC菌毛抗原分型检测。     

肠毒素性大肠杆菌菌毛对产蛋鸡免疫性的研究

采用热抽提法提取4种肠毒素性大肠杆菌菌毛蛋白。K88、K99、F41和987p菌毛蛋白分别制成弗氏佐剂苗;K88还制成白油佐剂苗,氢氧化铝胶苗和蜂胶佐剂苗;另将4种菌毛等比例混合制成弗氏佐剂苗。分别对产蛋鸡进行免疫,用微量凝集反应和血凝抑制试验检测卵黄抗体效价。结果表明,K88菌毛较其他3种菌毛免疫性好,诱导抗体效价最高而且能长时间维持;987p菌毛能快速诱导抗体的产生,但整体效价低。K88不同佐剂苗中,铝胶佐剂能较快地诱导抗体的产生,蜂胶佐剂苗抗体持续时间短,弗氏佐剂能诱导高效价的抗体产生而且能长时间持续。     

用PCR检测K88~+肠毒素性大肠杆菌

江苏畜牧兽医职业技术学院陆桂平等,以K88~+菌毛结构基因保守序列为靶序列,设计合成一对可扩增长201bp的目的片段引物,成功地建立了检测肠毒素性大肠杆菌(ETEC)K88菌毛基因的PCR方法。进行了PCR方法的特异性试验和敏感性试验。对K99~+、F41~+,987P~+参考菌株和鼠伤寒沙门氏菌,     

华东地区部分猪源大肠杆菌K88黏附素的生物学特性

近年来，从华东地区患腹泻仔猪中分离到一些表达K88菌毛的大肠杆菌，这些菌株只与K88a因子单抗反应，而不与b、c、d因子单抗反应。通过K88常规血清交叉吸收试验、SDS-PAGE、Western印迹，表明这些菌株不仅与K88ac参考菌株C83907制备的c因子血清反应，而且与以分离株SEC586制备且经K88ab、K88ac、K88ad参考菌株吸收后的血清也反应。对分离株SEC586、SEC464的K88主要亚单位结构基因faeG的克隆、测序，发现该基因由846对核苷酸组成，编码菌毛主要亚单位的262个氨基酸及21个氨基酸的信号肽，比国外报道的K88ac FaeG亚单位（263个氨基酸）少了1个氨基酸，比K88ab、K88ad（265个氨基酸）少了3个氨基酸。SEC586、SEC464菌株的FaeG亚单位氨基酸序列的同源性为97．7％，它们与K88ac的同源性为94．7％和96．2％；与K88ab的同源性为90．1％和91．2％；与K88ad的同源性为87．0％和88，6％。结果表明，新分离的K88ac大肠杆菌黏附素主要亚单位已发生了部分变异。     

动物性食品源大肠杆菌O血清型鉴定及其K88菌毛基因检测

本研究对河北省冀东地区农贸市场和超市采集的生猪肉、生鸡蛋和生羊肉等分离得到的20株大肠杆菌进行大肠杆菌血清型鉴定;并检测不同血清型大肠杆菌的K88菌毛基因。采用常规方法进行大肠杆菌的O血清型鉴定,用PCR方法检测K88菌毛基因。分离鉴定的20株大肠杆菌有7种血清型,包括O38、O78、O88、O11、O107、O91、O9,其中O38、O78为优势血清型菌,均占分离菌株的25%(5/20)。在分离的动物性食品源大肠杆菌中有30%(6/20)的菌株K88菌毛基因扩增呈阳性。结果表明,O78、O38为冀东地区动物性食品源大肠杆菌常见血清型,30%(6/20)的菌株K88菌毛基因扩增阳性。     

大肠杆菌四价苗与得米先对预防仔猪黄白痢的试验观察

本文通过临产前4周给母猪注射大肠杆菌菌毛四价提纯灭活疫苗（K88，K99，987P，F41）或仔猪出生后第2，7日龄各注意0．5亳升得米先或上述两种方法合用来预防仔猪黄白痢发生的对比试验，结果三种方法均有显著效果，在预防本病和降低死亡率方面，四价苗与得米先合用效果最佳。     

Attachment of E. coli-bearing K88 antigen to equine brush-border membranes

Equine small intestinal brush-border membranes, from 40 adult horses were tested in vitro for the presence of receptors for the Escherichia coli adhesive antigens K88ab, K88ac and K99. Only K88-positive strains of E. coli adhered strongly to horse brush-border membranes. In contrast, a K88-negative mutant strain J2, 2 K99-positive strains and 3 E. coli strains isolated from foals failed to adhere to horse brush-border membranes. Purified K88ac pili when reacted with equine brush-border membranes inhibited to a great extent the adhesion of K88-positive E. coli. Similarly, K88-positive E. coli previously reacted with K88 antibody, did not attach to equine brush-border membranes. Oral inoculation of 4 newborn foals with strains of K88-positive enterotoxigenic E. coli, producing either heat-stable or heat-labile enterotoxin, caused diarrhoea in 1 animal.     

Serotyping of O and pilus antigens of Escherichia coli strains isolated from chickens with coli-septicemia.

One hundred and fifty one Escherichia coli strains were isolated from broiler chickens with coli-septicemia in Aichi (63 strains), Shizuoka (58 strains), and Kagoshima (30 strains) prefectures from 1980 to 1987, and their O and pilus antigens were serologically typed. One hundred and twenty five strains (82.8%) were typed into 23 O serogroups, and twenty six strains (17.2%) remained untypable. The predominant O serogroups were O2 (35 strains, 23.2%) and O78 (24 strains, 15.9%). Distribution of O serogroup was different, depending on prefectures where they are isolated. In total, 109 strains (72.2%) possessed Type 1 and/or Fmsha pili (Type 1; 41 strains, Fmsha; 22 strains, and Type 1 and Fmsha; 46 strains), and 42 strains (27.2%) were non-piliated. All the strains lacked K88, K99, 987P, F41, and Att25 pili. The ratios of piliated strains to non-piliated ones were almost the same among the three prefectures. Strains possessing Type 1 pili showed variety of O antigens, but most of the strains with Fmsha pili belonged to O2 serogroup.     

Iscom (immunostimulating complex) vaccines containing mono- or polyvalent pili of enterotoxigenic E. coli; immune response of rabbit and swine

Iscom (immunostimulating complex) vaccines were prepared to contain K88ab, K88ac, K99 and 987P pili (fimbriae) of enterotoxigenic E. coli bacteria as monovalent or quadrivalent preparations. The iscoms injected into rabbits and into pigs elicited similar or higher immune response in both animal species than the oil adjuvanted vaccine containing about 5 times more of the same pilus protein. It is concluded that inclusion of pili into iscoms results in immunogenic preparations likely worth pursuing for vaccine production against enterotoxic colibacillosis of newborn pigs. The iscoms did not induce local reaction at the injection sites in contrast to the oil adjuvanted vaccines.     

Development of vaccines for bacterial diseases using recombinant DNA technology

A vaccine was prepared using recombinant DNA techniques to prevent fatal enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhea in swine. The product, which is a subunit vaccine, was prepared by mechanical and chemical removal of pilus adhesins from the surface of genetically engineered strains of E. coli. The vaccine contains the pilus adhesins K88, K99, and 987P plus an adjuvant. The genes responsible for production of K88 and K99 were separately cloned into the multicopy vector pBR322. K88 was found to be encoded on a 7.6-kilobase HindIII-EcoRI fragment, and K99 was found to be encoded on a 7.15-kilobase BamHI fragment. Strains containing the recombinant plasmid for K99 produced up to ten times more K99 than strains containing the wild-type plasmid. Vaccination of pregnant pigs with the vaccine led to production of pilus-adhesin-specific antibodies that were transferred to the piglets in colostrum and milk. Pilus-adhesin-specific antibodies neutralized the adhesiveness of the pili on enterotoxigenic E. coli, thus preventing attachment, colonization, and disease. Mortality of pigs in litters from vaccinated pigs due to experimentally induced enterotoxigenic E. coli diarrhea was reduced 10-to-20-fold (depending upon the challenge strain), and the incidence, severity, and duration of diarrhea were also reduced.     

Prevalence of K88, K99, and 987P pili of Escherichia coli in neonatal pigs with enteric colibacillosis

One hundred nineteen live neonatal pigs with diarrhea less than or equal to 2 weeks old were euthanatized, and frozen sections of their ilea were submitted to an indirect fluorescent antibody technique to identify K88, K99, and 987P pili (also referred to as F-4, F-5, and F-6 pili, respectively) in Escherichia coli. Ten-centimeter ileal sections were used to determine numbers of lactose-fermenting bacteria. Of 52 pigs in which E coli pili were found, 14 had K88 (27%), 23 had K99 (44%), 13 had 987P (25%), and 2 had K88 and K99 simultaneously (4%). Numbers of lactose-fermenting bacteria were significantly (P less than or equal to 0.05) higher in pigs with piliated E coli than in pigs without piliated E coli. Results of this study indicated that piliated E coli are a major cause of enteric disease in neonatal swine in Michigan, and that in pigs less than or equal to 2 weeks of age, K99 was the most frequently encountered pilus antigen.     

Detection of K88 and K99 fimbrial antigens on Escherichia coli by coagglutination

Coagglutination was used to detect K88 and K99 fimbrial antigens on Escherichia coli, and results were compared to an enzyme immuno assay (EIA). When pili suspensions were tested by both methods, 28 of 66 cultures were shown to have K88 and 11 of 31 cultures had K99 antigens. No pili suspensions were positive by coagglutination that were not positive by EIA. Testing of cell suspensions gave equivalent results to pili suspensions for K99 when tested by coagglutination. Two cell suspensions reacted with the K88 coagglutination which could not be confirmed by testing of pili suspensions, while a further 20 out of 43 cultures gave equivalent results with both cell and pili suspensions for K88 when tested by coagglutination.     

Use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of K88 pili in fecal specimens from swine

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli are important in neonatal pig diarrhea. To be pathogenic, E coli must possess the ability to produce toxin and adherence structures called pili. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect K88 pili in feces of swine. Results were compared with standard isolation and identification techniques. Isolates were tested for labile toxin production by the Y-1 mouse adrenal gland test and presence of pili by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test. The ability to detect K88 pili in feces correlated with the isolation of labile toxin-positive, K88-positive E coli.     

Pathogenicity of porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli that do not express K88, K99, F41, or 987P adhesins.

Three-week-old weaned and colostrum-deprived neonatal (less than 1 day old) pigs were inoculated to determine the pathogenicity of 2 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates that do not express K88, K99, F41, or 987P adhesins (strains 2134 and 2171). Strains 2134 and 2171 were isolated from pigs that had diarrhea after weaning attributable to enterotoxigenic E coli infection. We found that both strains of E coli adhered in the ileum and caused diarrhea in pigs of both age groups. In control experiments, adherent bacteria were not seen in the ileum of pigs less than 1 day old or 3 weeks old that were noninoculated or inoculated with a nonpathogenic strain of E coli. These control pigs did not develop diarrhea. Antisera raised against strains 2134 and 2171 and absorbed with the autologous strain, grown at 18 C, were used for bacterial-agglutination and colony-immunoblot assays. Both absorbed antisera reacted with strains 2134 and 2171, but not with strains that express K99, F41, or 987P adhesins. A cross-reaction was observed with 2 wild-type K88 strains, but not with a K12 strain that expresses K88 pili. Indirect immunofluorescence with these absorbed antisera revealed adherent bacteria in frozen sections of ileum from pigs infected with either strain. We concluded that these strains are pathogenic and express a common surface antigen that may be a novel adhesin in E coli strains that cause diarrhea in weaned pigs.     

Phenotypic expression of K88 adhesin alone or simultaneously with K99 and/or F41 adhesins in the bovine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain B41

F41-positive and F41-negative derivatives of bovine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain B41 carrying K88 or K88 and K99 plasmids were investigated for stability and expression of genes for their fimbrial antigens. Either K88 plasmid alone or both K88 and K99 plasmids could be maintained in these strains though stability could depend on culture medium. K99 antigen could be detected in each strain bearing K99 plasmid. Clones that produced K88 antigen or clones that did not produce this antigen could be isolated from each strain, except from the strain that possessed K99 plasmid in the strain that did not possess the ability to produce F41 antigen. Strains possessing K88 plasmid in the strain able to produce F41 antigen produced clones expressing either both K88 and F41 antigens, (also F41 appeared strongly expressed in some clones) or clones that produced only F41 antigen or no antigen at all. Clones that produced only K88 antigen or others that did not produce this antigen could be produced from a strain bearing only K88 plasmid and that did not possess the ability to produce F41 antigen. None of these strains bearing K88 plasmid alone or additionally K99 plasmid produced mannose-resistant hemagglutination of horse or sheep erythrocytes at 20°C as found for K99 and F41 ETEC natural strains, respectively. These results suggested that the structures of pili when several genetic determinants were present simultaneously may not be identical to those of original strains. In this study, clones expressing either one, two or three adhesin bearing antigens could be obtained from the strain B41.