EAsdiA基因的克隆和作为新靶标对梨火疫病菌的检测

基因sdiA属于与群体效应相关的LuxR家族,目前已证实存在于Escherichia coli和Salmonella typhimurium基因组中。本研究从梨火疫病菌(Erwinia amylovora)中克隆到了一个sdiA的同源基因,命名为EAsdiA(GenBank登录号:AY864839),该基因与E.coli和S.typhimurium的sdiA基因在氨基酸水平上分别有45.42%和43.33%的同源性,与其它细菌的luxR同源基因的同源性更低。根据梨火疫病菌EAsdiA和其它病原细菌的luxR基因的序列比对设计了1对特异引物F-EAluxR和R-EAluxR,能够特异地检测梨火疫病菌,检测灵敏度为10个菌体,在含有梨组织浸出液中可检测到102个菌体。本研究首次从梨火疫病菌中克隆sdiA基因并作为新靶标应用于该病菌分子检测。     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-acyl-homoserine lactone-mediated quorum sensing blockage,a novel strategy for attenuating pathogenicity of Gram-negative bacterial plant pathogens

Quorum sensing is a bacterial communication mechanism by which bacteria sense their own population size and couple specific gene expression to cell density. In Gram-negative bacteria, the most commonly used quorum sensing signals are N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs). It is now apparent that many pathogenic bacteria employ quorum sensing to control premature expression of virulence factors. This control is thought to decrease the likelihood that the plant host would detect the pathogens presence and activate its defense system. Novel strategies that target bacterial quorum sensing systems in order to control plant bacterial diseases are discussed.     

Comparative genomics reveals insights into characterization and distribution of quorum sensing-related genes in Shewanella algae from marine environment and clinical sources

Shewanella algae is not only the most commonly reported species in Shewanella human infections but also capable to inhabit a wide variety of habitats. Although there is evidence that quorum sensing is associated with bacterial adaptation to changing environmental conditions, little is known of the quorum sensing system in S. algae. In this study, we conducted the whole genome sequencing of S. algae strains and applied comparative genomics to reveal the core genome. Genes related to the quorum sensing system were identified by integrated bioinformatics analysis. S. algae harbor genes involved in all three main types of autoinducer systems. This study provides insights into the quorum sensing systems in S. algae, which might be valuable in the future study of cell behavior in S. algae.     

luxR基因调控嗜水气单胞菌耐药性的分子机制初探

LuxR家族蛋白是一类在革兰氏阴性细菌中发挥重要作用的调控蛋白,参与细菌多项重要生理活动。采用RNAi技术构建嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila) luxR05735稳定沉默菌株luxR05735-RNAi,并利用qRT-PCR检测基因沉默效果。结果显示,与野生株相比,沉默株中luxR05735的表达量降低了96.8%。药物敏感性实验表明,与野生株相比,luxR05735-RNAi对庆大霉素、诺氟沙星、卡那霉素、吡哌酸的耐药性显著降低。对野生株与沉默株luxR05735-RNAi的转录组数据进行分析发现,表达差异显著的基因共有1286个,其中,上调基因353个,下调基因933个;显著富集的通路4条,分别是核糖体通路、精氨酸生物合成通路、硫代谢通路、硒化合物代谢通路;在这4条通路中可能与嗜水气单胞菌耐药性相关的重要功能基因包括metE、glnA、rplB、rplX、rpsA、rpsJ等,这些功能基因编码的蛋白主要与细菌的生物成膜及核糖体蛋白合成相关。综合以上研究结果,可以推测嗜水气单胞菌的luxR05735通过调控细菌的生物膜形成相关基因及核糖体蛋白相关基因的表达,从而调控细菌对药物的耐受性。