溶藻弧菌溶血素基因反向PCR克隆及其原核表达

溶藻弧菌的胞外产物(ECP)在其致病过程中发挥重要作用,已经观察到溶藻弧菌ECP所致的溶血现象,关于溶藻弧菌溶血素的种类和其对溶藻弧菌的致病性贡献的报道非常稀少。本文利用已经报道的多种弧菌溶血素基因序列设计通用引物,检测溶血素基因在溶藻弧菌中的分布,发现96个菌株中有74株扩增出溶血素基因(vah)片段。对致病株ZJ0451的 vah片段测序。根据已测得的片段序列设计引物,通过反向PCR扩增及后续克隆测序获得全长vah基因及部分侧翼序列。经比对证实溶藻弧菌vah与多种弧菌的TLH类溶血素高度相似,且其肽链N端有信号肽。利用pET32a载体构建了两种包含不同长度融合标签的vah表达载体,并均在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中获得可溶性表达。在26℃的诱导温度下,9h时vah表达量达到相对最大。在原核表达系统中,vah蛋白信号肽可以被切除。     

猪链球菌2型江苏分离株溶血素的纯化

将猪链球菌2型(Streptococcus suis type2)江苏分离株HA9801接种于THB培养基中培养，得到含溶血素的培养液，其溶血价为128，再经50％饱和硫酸铵沉淀，脱盐，得到溶血素粗提物，溶血价为2048。粗提物用阴离子交换柱层析及凝胶过滤层析，所得活性峰收集液溶血价分别为4096、1024。通过以上三步的纯化，溶血素的比活提高200倍。纯化蛋白在SDS-PAGE中呈现一条带，达电泳级纯度。     

Demonstration of Alternative and Classical Complement Pathway Activity in Colostrum from Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Buffalo colostrum caused lysis of unsensitized red blood cells (RBC) from sheep, goats, rabbits and chickens. RBC from cattle and buffalo were resistant to lysis. That lysis was due to the presence of natural antibodies to these RBC was ruled out since there was no reduction in haemolytic titres even after adsorption with the respective RBC. The addition of EGTA to the diluent had no effect on the haemolytic activity. These findings indicate the presence of alternative complement pathway (ACP) activity in buffalo colostrum. The haemolytic activity of buffalo complement for unsensitized rabbit RBC was reduced to very low levels by heating at 50°C for 45 min. Treatment with zymosan also inhibited the haemolytic activity, while inulin had no effect. The maximum activity of ACP occurred in the presence of 4 mmol/L Mg²⁺ in the diluent. The range of ACP activities in colostrum from buffaloes varied from 4.06 to 8.48 CH₅₀ units/ml. Using a standard system for titrating the classical complement pathway and rabbit red blood cells sensitized with goat haemolysin, the range of complement activity in buffalo colostrum was 4.81–6.77 CH₅₀/ml.     

GtxA from Gallibacterium anatis, a cytolytic RTX-toxin with a novel domain organisation

Gallibacterium anatis is a pathogen in chickens and other avian species where it is a significant cause of salpingitis and peritonitis. We found that bacterial cells and cell-free, filter-sterilised culture supernatant from the haemolytic G. anatis biovar haemolytica were highly cytotoxic towards avian-derived macrophage-like cells (HD11). We obtained the genome sequence of G. anatis 12656-12 and used a rational approach to identify a gene predicted to encode a 2026 amino acid RTX-toxin, which we named GtxA (Gallibacterium toxin). The construction of a gtxA knock-out mutant showed gtxA to be responsible for G. anatis’ haemolytic and leukotoxic activity. In addition, Escherichia coli expressing gtxA and an adjacent acyltransferase, gtxC, became cytolytic. GtxA was expressed during in vitro growth and was localised in the extracellular protein fraction in a growth phase dependent manner. GtxA had an unusual modular structure; the C-terminal 1000 amino acids of GtxA were homologous to the classical pore-forming RTX-toxins in other members of Pasteurellaceae. In contrast, the N-terminal approximately 950 amino acids had few significant matches in sequence databases. Expression of truncated GtxA proteins demonstrated that the C-terminal RTX-domain had a lower haemolytic activity than the full-length toxin, indicating that the N-terminal domain was required for maximal haemolytic activity. Cytotoxicity towards HD11 cells was not detected with the C-terminal alone, suggesting that the N-terminal domain plays a critical role for the leukotoxicity.     

Induction of apoptosis in sea bream fibroblasts by Vibrio harveyi haemolysin and evidence for an anti‐apoptotic role of heat shock protein 70

In this study, we exposed black sea bream, Mylio macrocephalus (Basilewsky), fibroblast (BSF) and silver sea bream, Sparus sarba Forsskål, fibroblast (SSF) cell lines to a recombinant Vibrio harveyi haemolysin (VHH) and investigated mechanisms involved in apoptosis. A decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential, followed by an increase in caspase 3 activity, occurred within 2–8 h of VHH exposure, in both cell lines; however, VHH did not alter cellular levels of reactive oxygen species. As heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) is known to prevent the onset of apoptosis in certain mammalian cells, we aimed to test whether such a protective effect is operative in VHH‐exposed fibroblasts. The amounts of HSP70 were elevated in SSF and BSF via an acute heat shock or an acute heat shock followed by a 6 h recovery. It was found that the VHH‐mediated reduction in mitochondrial membrane potential was suppressed in cells that had a 6 h post‐heat shock recovery, and the protective effect of heat shock‐induced HSP70 was attenuated following treatment of cells with the HSP70 inhibitor, quercetin. This study demonstrates how haemolysin causes cell death via induction of apoptosis and provides evidence as to the role of HSP70 as an anti‐apoptotic factor.     

奶牛乳房炎白色念珠菌的分离鉴定及生物学特性研究

试验旨在了解宁夏地区奶牛真菌性乳房炎的发生情况,为诊断和治疗真菌性奶牛乳房炎提供有效依据。采集宁夏周边地区各奶牛场使用抗生素治疗无效的乳房炎奶样,对奶样中的真菌进行分离鉴定,并对分离菌进行生物学特性研究。通过选择性培养基从乳房炎奶样中获得真菌,进一步应用生物化学和分子生物学手段鉴定出样品中的真菌为白色念珠菌。通过溶血性、磷脂酶活性及产膜等方面的研究,证实其具有不同毒力,分离菌株对试验动物有较强的致病性。同时,采用药敏纸片法对分离株进行药敏试验,结果显示,菌株对临床常用抗生素耐药,对临床常用抗真菌药物敏感。结果表明,宁夏地区真菌性乳房炎奶样中分离出的致病菌均为白色念珠菌,感染率为43%,分离株具有较强的毒力,对常用抗生素耐药,对抗真菌药物和中药敏感。     

双重PCR检测携带有t1和tdh基因的副溶血弧菌毒力菌株

在常规PCR技术的基础上优化条件 ,建立并完善双重PCR技术 ,并通过检测阳性对照和待检样品 ,进一步确定其检测的可行性。结果表明在常规PCR方法中为阳性的样品 ,包括阳性对照以及待检样品 ,在双重PCR方法中也呈现阳性 ,为阴性的样品在本方法中则也呈现阴性 ;能在血平板中出现溶血圈的在本法中也被印证含有tdh基因。由此证实本方法确实能对tl和tdh两种基因同时进行检测 ,成功地证明了同时检测tl和tdh两种基因的双重PCR方法的可行性。该法不但具有常规PCR的优点 ,而且还能节省耗材和时间 ,可用于检测水产食品以及临床样品中的副溶血弧菌的毒力菌株     

Occurrence of Listonella anguillarum in seed production environments of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck et Schlegel)

The present study was undertaken to investigate the distribution of Listonella anguillarum in the rearing water, fish and diets (rotifers) of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). A total of 793 isolates were obtained from the seed production environment of Japanese flounder and 175 out of them were identified as L. anguillarum by biochemical characterization, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection for VAH1 haemolysin gene and phylogenetic analysis of 16S ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acids (rDNA) sequences. These results strongly suggested that L. anguillarum is rapidly and accurately identified by the combination of incubation on thiosulphate–citrate–bile salt–sucrose agar at 35°C overnight and PCR detection for the VAH1 haemolysin gene. All flounder specimens and all rotifer samples harboured L. anguillarum at high densities of 6.9 × 10³–6.3 × 10⁵ colony forming units (CFU) g^?1 and 1.5 × 10⁴–2.3 × 10⁶ CFU g^?1, respectively, while as low as 5.0 × 10⁰–2.0 × 10¹ CFU mL^?1 of L. aguillarum were detected in only two of 11 seawater samples, even though no vibriosis occurred in larval and juvenile flounder of tanks. This fact strongly suggests that L. anguillarum is an inhabitant in the seed production environments of Japanese flounder.     

Characterization of Salmonella Dublin and Salmonella Typhimurium (Copenhagen) Isolates from Cattle

Brackelsberg, C.A., Nolan, L.K. and Brown, J., 1997. Characterization of Salmonella dublin and Salmonella typhimurium (Copenhagen) isolates from cattle. Veterinary Research Communications, 21 (6), 409-420Eight Salmonella typhimurium (Copenhagen) and eight Salmonella dublin isolates from cattle were compared by their antibiotic resistance patterns, by their production of colicin, aerobactin, haemolysin and capsule, by their possession of transmissible R plasmids and the spvC gene, and by their ability to invade and replicate within cultured epithelial cells. The two groups differed in their antibiotic resistance profiles, with more of the host-adapted S. dublin isolates resistant to tetracycline than were the non-host-adapted S. typhimurium (Copenhagen) group, but more of the S. typhimurium (Copenhagen) isolates resistant to the other antibiotics tested. None of the isolates produced colicin, but all produced aerobactin. One isolate in each group was encapsulated. All of the S. typhimurium (Copenhagen) and S. dublin isolates contained plasmids, and all of them contained the spvC-homologous sequences. Four of the S. typhimurium (Copenhagen) isolates were able to transfer an R plasmid to a recipient organism by conjugation. One of the five S. dublin isolates, which showed resistance to some of the antibiotics tested, was able to transfer an R plasmid by conjugation. Both groups of isolates invaded cultured epithelial cells to a similar degree after 1 h, but the S. dublin isolates reached significantly higher levels within the cells than did S. typhimurium (Copenhagen) after 9 h. This ability may, in part, explain the association of S. dublin with more severe forms of salmonellosis and prolonged carrier states. Further study of the intracellular growth of these isolates seems warranted.     

不同海洋弧菌中5类溶血素基因的分布及其与溶血活性和磷脂酶活性的相关性

用57株海洋弧菌,包括26株弧菌标准菌株、20株哈维氏弧菌、11株副溶血弧菌(从不同宿主和不同地理环境中分离得到),用PCR法合成5类相应的地高辛标记的溶血素基因探针,利用其进行Southern Blot,检测这5类溶血素基因在57株弧菌中的分布。结果显示,在57海洋株弧菌中,含有TDH、HlyA、TLH、δ-VPH和HLX溶血素基因的菌株分别为2株、2株、49株、3株和30株。另外,1株霍氏格里蒙菌(Grimontia hollisae)和1株副溶血弧菌(V.parahaemolyticus)中分别含有2个TDH溶血素基因。用鱼血平板和卵磷脂平板检测57株弧菌的溶血活性和磷脂酶活性,结果表明,弧菌溶血活性和磷脂酶活性与TLH溶血素基因具有显著相关性,与另外4类溶血素基因的关系不明显。