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Vanier G Sekizaki T Domínguez-Punaro MC Esgleas M Osaki M Takamatsu D Segura M Gottschalk M 《Veterinary microbiology》2008,127(3-4):417-424
Streptococcus suis, a major pathogen of swine, is an emerging zoonotic agent which causes meningitis and septic shock. In this study, we investigated the ability of S. suis mutant strain (SRTDeltaA) lacking the sortase A gene (srtA) to interact with host cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, as well as its virulence in a mouse infection model. We demonstrated that mutant SRTDeltaA had reduced capacity to adhere to and invade porcine brain microvascular endothelial cells compared to the wild-type strain. In addition, mutant SRTDeltaA also showed significantly less adherence to plasma fibronectin, cellular fibronectin and collagen type I. However, disruption of srtA had little effect on the virulence of S. suis in a mouse intraperitoneal model of infection. These results indicate that surface proteins anchored by sortase A are required for a normal level of bacterial binding. However, other factors may also be important for S. suis virulence and interaction with host tissues. 相似文献
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猪伪狂犬病病毒双基因缺失突变株(HB-98株)安全性、稳定性和免疫原性测定 总被引：1，自引：2，他引：1
对以伪狂犬病病毒鄂A株为亲本毒株构建的TK和gG双基因缺失突变株（PrV HB-98株）的增殖能力、安全性、毒力稳定性和免疫原性进行了测定。结果表明，PrV HB-98株在BHK-21细胞上的增殖滴度为10^7.0 TCID50／0．1mL以上，与亲本毒株相当，但高于Bartha株；与PrV鄂A株相比，病毒量为10^7.0TCID50的PrV HB-98株不引起BALB／c小鼠的死亡，毒力也低于Bartha株；将PrV HB-98株在PK-15细胞连续培养25代和在猪体内上连续继代5次，各代次突变株TK基因和LacZ基因能被稳定扩增，未出现毒力回复现象．表明该毒株具有良好的遗传稳定性；以10^5.0、10^6.0、10^7.0TCID50等3个不同剂量的PrV HB-98株接种于妊娠50～60d母猪和1日龄仔猪，母猪均能正常产仔．仔猪也未出现任何临床症状，证明该毒株有较好的安全性。另外，以10^5.0TCID50的PrV HB-98株接种于妊娠50～60d母猪和1日龄仔猪，分别于接种后28d和20d，用10^7.0TCID50 PrV鄂A强毒进行攻击．结果免疫猪都能抵抗强毒的攻击．获得保护，表明该毒株具有很强的免疫原性。综合上述结果表明，PrV HB-98株可以作为候选毒株．用于伪狂犬病基因工程疫苗的研制。 相似文献
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为优化猪种布氏杆菌WboA基因缺失株(B.suisΔWboA)对绵羊的免疫条件,本研究采用1岁左右的成年雌性绵羊对B.suisΔWboA的免疫剂量及免程序进行了比较研究。实验分5个组进行,其中A、B、C 3个试验组分别以2倍剂量重复接种、4倍剂量重复接种和单剂量1次接种B.suisΔWboA,D组单剂量1次接种猪种布氏杆菌S2疫苗株(B.suis S2),E组为空白对照组。各组羊首免后7 d、21 d和35 d分别采血,测定血清抗体水平;在首免后35 d,分别采用布氏杆菌强毒菌M28株(B.melitensis M28),经腹股沟皮下注射攻毒。攻毒后28 d,分别取试验羊的脾脏分离攻毒菌株。所有试验羊,在实施攻毒前,其精神、食欲均正常。血清抗体测定结果表明,在二免7 d、21 d后,A组和B组试验羊的抗体水平明显高于C组,而且均超过D组试验羊的抗体水平。攻毒后的细菌分离结果表明,攻毒后28 d,A组和B组试验羊的脾脏细菌分离数量明显低于C组试验羊,并且均低于D组试验羊的细菌分离水平。实验结果表明,B.suisΔWboA的免疫剂量由单倍改为2倍或4倍,免疫程序由单剂量1次改为2倍或4倍剂量2次,可以明显提高免疫效果,并达到与亲本疫苗菌株B.suis S2的免疫水平。 相似文献
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Production and characterization of two Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 mutants. 总被引：12，自引：0，他引：12
Two avirulent mutants of Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 (M2 and M42) were produced from a highly virulent strain. Mutant M2, obtained after serial subcultures of the parent strain in the presence of rabbit anti-capsular type 2 serum, no longer possessed the type-specific capsular antigen, as demonstrated by serotyping methods and immunoelectron microscopy. The Lancefield group D antigen could not be detected on the cell surface of this mutant using the immunogold labelling technique. SDS-PAGE of lysozyme treated cells demonstrated that a 44 kDa protein which was present in the parent strain, was absent in mutant M2. Immunoblotting using rabbit whole cell homologous anti-serum revealed that the protein was strongly immunogenic. Mutant M2 was totally avirulent in mice, and the homologous antiserum completely failed to protect mice against challenge with the parent strain. However, mutant M42, obtained after passages of the parent strain at 42 degrees C, remained capsulated but lacked the same 44 kDa protein as mutant M2. The quantity of sialic acid present in the capsule was similar to that of the parent strain. Despite the presence of antibodies against the capsule, antiserum prepared against M42 only partially protected mice against a challenge with the parent strain. The 44 kDa cell wall protein could act as a virulence factor as well as an important immunogen of S. suis capsular type 2. 相似文献
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Cárdenas M Fernández de Henestrosa AR Campoy S Perez de Rozas AM Barbé J Badiola I Llagostera M;Molecular Microbiology Group 《Veterinary microbiology》2001,80(1):53-61
In order to determine the role of the RecA protein in the virulence of Pasteurella multocida, a recA mutant was constructed and used in studies of virulence and competition in relation to wild-type strain. To achieve this, firstly, the recA gene was isolated and sequenced, showing an Escherichia coli-like SOS box and encoding a protein of 354 amino acids which has the closest identity with the Haemophilus influenzae RecA protein. Further, the recA mutant was constructed, by inactivating this gene by single recombination of a suicide plasmid containing an internal region of the P. multocida recA gene, and shown to be more sensitive to UV radiation than the parental strain. The P. multocida mutant was slightly attenuated in virulence, as indicated by the LD(50), the time of death of infected animals, and a failure to compete with the wild-type strain in mixed infections. Compared to the parent strain, the mutant had a similar growth rate but a longer lag phase. These data suggest that the diminished virulence of the recA mutant as well as its failure in competition were more a consequence of the long lag phase rather than a direct effect of the inactivation of the recA gene on genes involved in virulence. 相似文献
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Streptococcus suis is an important agent of swine and human meningitis. Sequence type (ST) 7 emerged in China and was responsible for the human epidemic caused by S. suis in 2005. The virulence of S. suis ST7 is greater than the wild type pathogenic S. suis, ST1; however, the mechanisms for this increased pathogenicity are unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the role of different toll-like receptors (TLRs) involved in regulating the host response to the S. suis infection and to speculate on differing mechanisms used by ST7 strains to induce disease. Here we compared two ST7 strains isolated in the 2005 Sichuan outbreak to two ST1 strains. Our data show TLR2, 6 and 9 are involved in the recognition of heat-killed S. suis independent of the ST type. We found the TLR-dependent cytokine production differed between the two types of strains using whole cell lysate proteins. TLR6 played a greater role in cytokine production induced by the whole cell lysate proteins from the ST7 strain than in that induced by the ST1 strain lysates. The data suggest that mechanisms of inflammation induced by S. suis strains differ where this will be useful in designing efficient strategies in combating streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome caused by the S. suis ST7 strains. 相似文献
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To analyze further the role in virulence of the prominent cholesterol oxidase (ChoE) of Rhodococcus equi, an allelic exchange choE mutant from strain 103+ was constructed and assessed for virulence in macrophages, in mice, and in foals. There was no difference between the mutant and parent strain in cytotoxic activity for macrophages or in intra-macrophage multiplication. No evidence of attenuation was obtained in macrophages and in mice, but there was slight attenuation apparent in four intra-bronchially infected foals compared to infection of four foals with the virulent parent strain, based on a delayed rise in temperature of the choE-mutant infected foals. However, bacterial colony counts in the lung 2 weeks after infection were not significantly different, although there was a slight but non-significant (P=0.12) difference in lung:body weight ratio of the choE mutant versus virulent parent infected foals (mean 2.67+/-0.25% compared to 4.58+/-0.96%). We conclude that the cholesterol oxidase is not important for the virulence of R. equi. 相似文献
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Büttner N Beineke A de Buhr N Lilienthal S Merkel J Waldmann KH Valentin-Weigand P Baums CG 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2012,146(3-4):191-200
Streptococcus suis diseases in pigs, most importantly meningitis, are worldwide responsible for major economic losses in the pig industry. About one fourth of invasive S. suis diseases are caused by S. suis serotype 9 strains in Europe. However, little is known about serotype 9 since most studies were performed with serotype 2. The objective of this study was to determine the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a serotype 9 bacterin in piglets. Challenge was conducted with a reference serotype 9 strain, belonging to the same clonal complex but to a different sequence type as the bacterin strain. The bacterin induced protection against mortality but not morbidity. Eleven days post infection, 3 of 7 vaccinated survivors were not fully convalescent and had not eliminated the challenge strain from inner organs completely. In accordance with the clinical findings, the majority of piglets showed fibrinous-suppurative lesions in at least one inner organ or tissue. In contrast to the placebo group such lesions were not detected in one third of bacterin-vaccinated piglets. Determination of specific serum IgG titers revealed that the bacterin elicited seroconversion against muramidase-released protein and basic membrane lipoprotein. Furthermore, vaccination was associated with induction of opsonizing antibodies against the serotype 9 challenge strain. However, titers of opsonizing antibodies were rather low in comparison to those found in our previous serotype 2 vaccination trial. Piglets developed substantially higher titers of opsonizing antibodies after challenge. Opsonizing antibodies were absorbable with the serotype 9 challenge strain but not with an unencapsulated isogenic mutant of a serotype 2 strain indicating their specificity. The results indicate that a serotype 9 bacterin is less protective than a serotype 2 bacterin, most likely due to inducing only low titers of opsonizing antibodies. This might contribute to emergence of serotype 9 strains, in particular strains of this clonal complex, in Europe. 相似文献
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Salmonella enterica serotype Gallinarum (S. Gallinarum) is the causative agent of fowl typhoid (FT) in chickens. FT is a severe systemic disease of chickens causing heavy economic losses to the poultry industry through mortality, reduced egg production and culling of precious breeding stocks. In this study, a metC (encoding cystathionine beta lyase) mutant was produced from a virulent strain of S. Gallinarum by Mini-Tn5 insertional inactivation. The mutant was significantly attenuated in virulence for 1-day-old White Leghorn chickens. Inactivation of metC resulted in 10(4)-fold increase in the LD50 when compared with the wild type parent. The metC mutant showed an in vivo competitiveness defect in the challenged chickens and significantly lower (P < 0.01) bacterial burden in the reticuloendothelial organs when compared with the wild-type parent. These results indicate that metC gene is important for virulence of S. Gallinarum in chickens. 相似文献
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从罹患肺炎型猪链球菌病的仔猪气管中分离出1株猪链球菌强毒株,命名为SS2011GZ,经PCR鉴定为血清1型。斑马鱼攻毒试验测得该菌株的半数致死量(LD50)为4.09×104 CFU/mL,有较强毒力;全基因组测序分析显示,毒力基因型为mrp+gdh+epf+sly+fbps-sao-,存在19个基因岛,24种耐药基因,共线性分析发现该菌株基因有大量重排、倒位、插入、缺失,基因发生树中处于独立的分支。结果表明本研究分离的猪链球菌1型为强毒力株,基因共线性较差,存在大量特殊基因和耐药基因,有重要的公共卫生学意义,需引起足够重视。 相似文献
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Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a major swine pathogen and emerging zoonotic agent. However, the current understanding of the S. suis pathogenesis of infection remains limited. In the present study, the contribution to the pathogenesis of S. suis was evaluated on IgA1 protease (or iga gene), which has been regarded as a virulence factor of gram-negative pathogenic bacteria and of certain gram-positive pathogenic bacteria. In contrast to the wild type (WT) strain of S. suis serotype 2, the isogenic iga mutant (Δiga) constructed by allelic replacement showed significantly decreased lethality to pigs. The present study suggests that IgA1 protease might contribute to S. suis pathogenesis. 相似文献
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Decrease of the adhesion of Streptococcus suis serotype 2 mutants to embryonic bovine tracheal cells and porcine tracheal rings. 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Streptococcus suis is an important swine pathogen that may be present in the tonsils of pigs that show no signs of illness. Because adhesion to host cells may be important in the carrier state, this study was undertaken to investigate adhesion to host cells by S. suis mutant strains defective in expression of a 39-kDa protein. Mutant strains of S. suis were generated by transposon Tn916 mutagenesis and were tested for adhesion to embryonic bovine tracheal cells and porcine tracheal rings. Compared with the parent strain, there was a significant reduction in adherence of 3 mutant strains to both bovine tracheal cells and porcine tracheal rings. 相似文献
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Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is a virulence factor of certain pathogenic bacteria by diminishing the effect of oxidative burst of phagocytic cells. Earlier reports indicated the presence of manganese-cofactored SOD in Streptococcus suis type 2 (SS2). However, the biological role of SOD and its coding sequence in SS2 has not yet been characterized. The SSU1356-ORF of a clinical SS2 strain ZJ081101 encodes a protein of 201 amino acids with 81-88% identity to SodA of other Streptococcus spp. A sod deletion mutant (Δsod) from the clinical strain was constructed. SOD activity was absent in the cell extract from the Δsod mutant, but present in that from the wild-type or the sod-complemented (CΔsod) strain. The Δsod mutant was more susceptible to oxidative stresses induced by hydrogen peroxide or paraquat. Survival of the sod deletion mutant in RAW264.7 macrophages was only half of that of the wild-type strain. Deletion of sod significantly attenuated virulence of SS2 to mice. Effects of such genetic deletion were complementable using the strain CΔsod. The co-inoculation experiment in mice revealed that the Δsod mutant was far more easily cleared from the body than the wild-type strain as shown by about 3-log reduction of its infection potential in blood and tissues. In summary, we reveal an important role of SOD in pathogenesis of S. suis type 2, most probably by scavenging reactive oxygen species from macrophages. 相似文献
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现有的布鲁菌减毒活疫苗存在一定毒力,且野强毒株和减毒活疫苗株间缺少可供鉴别的抗原,导致在血清学检测上自然感染与疫苗接种很难区分,限制了现有的减毒活疫苗的广泛应用.本文拟对布鲁菌的减毒活疫苗株S2进行遗传改造,克服上述缺陷.本研究利用同源重组的方法,得到了布鲁菌S2株omp10基因缺失株.分别用基因缺失株和疫苗株感染小鼠,比较基因缺失株小鼠体内的存活能力.结果成功构建了布鲁菌S2株omp10基因缺失株,动物试验结果表明,基因缺失株仍能在小鼠体内存活,具备作为减毒活疫苗的特性.与原始S2株比较,基因缺失株的感染力进一步减弱.表明omp10基因在布鲁菌的毒力及体内生存方面发挥了作用,为基因标记疫苗的研制奠定了基础. 相似文献
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Bonifait L Vaillancourt K Gottschalk M Frenette M Grenier D 《Veterinary microbiology》2011,148(2-4):333-340
Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen that is responsible for severe infections such as meningitis, endocarditis, and septicemia. S. suis is also recognized as a zoonotic agent and expresses several virulence factors. The recently identified subtilisin-like protease (SspA) of S. suis plays an important role in the pathogenicity of this bacterium in animal models. The objective of the present study was to clone, purify, and characterize the SspA of serotype 2 S. suis P1/7. The SSU0757 gene encoding SspA was amplified and a 4798-bp DNA fragment was obtained. It was cloned into the expression plasmid pBAD/HisB and then inserted into Escherichia coli to overproduce the protein. The recombinant protease was purified by chromatography procedures and showed a molecular weight of 170 kDa by SDS-PAGE. Its activity was optimal at pH 7 and at temperatures ranging from 25°C to 37°C. It had a high specificity for the chromogenic substrate succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-pNa while specific inhibitors of serine proteases inhibited its activity. In addition to degrading gelatin, the protease hydrolyzed the Aα chain of fibrinogen, which prevented fibrin formation by thrombin. The recombinant subtilisin-like protease also showed toxicity towards brain microvascular endothelial cells. Lastly, sera from pigs infected with S. suis reacted with the recombinant SspA, indicating that it is produced during infections. In conclusion, the SspA of S. suis shared similarities with subtilisin-like proteases produced by other pathogenic streptococci and may contribute to the pathogenic process of S. suis infections. 相似文献
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Putative mannose-specific phosphotransferase system component IID represses expression of suilysin in serotype 2 Streptococcus suis 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
In this study, we generated a genomic mutant library from a North American strain of serotype 2 Streptococcus suis using the pGh9:ISS1 transposition vector. Suilysin is the hemolysin made by S. suis. A hyper-hemolytic mutant was identified by screening for hemolytic phenotype using media with human blood. The hyper-hemolytic phenotype was characterised by a quantitative hemolysis microplate method. The use of green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a reporter also showed that suilysin gene expression was greater in the mutant. DNA sequence analysis of 3.8 kb surrounding the ISS1 insertion site revealed four open reading frames (ORFs) with three consecutive ORFs that belong to a putative mannose-specific phosphotransferase system (PTS). The S. suis gene homologous to mannose permease IID, manN, was interrupted by the transposon. A complementation test showed that manN repressed the expression of suilysin and the absence of manN was responsible for the hyper-hemolytic phenotype. However, both wild type and isogenic hyper-hemolytic mutant S. suis fermented mannose, glucose and lactose. Thus, despite its potential roles in carbohydrate transport, phosphorylation and metabolism, the manN homologue in the putative mannose-specific PTS regulates gene expression in S. suis. 相似文献
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为了探讨猪链球菌2型(Streptococcus suis serotype 2,SS2)的Ⅲ型溶血素是否具有溶血活性以及Ⅲ型溶血素在SS2致病过程中的作用,本研究利用同源重组基因敲除法成功构建了SS205ZY的Ⅲ型溶血素(slyrp)基因缺失突变菌株△slyrp及双基因缺失突变菌株△sly/△slyrp,并比较了野生菌株和基因缺失突变菌株的溶血能力以及对小鼠的致病力.结果表明,slyrp基因敲除后可导致SS2裂解红细胞的能力有所下降,而双基因缺失突变菌株△sly/△slyrp的溶血能力完全丧失;slyrp基因敲除后对小鼠的致病力没有影响.结果提示猪链球菌2型Ⅲ型溶血素具有一定的溶血能力,该Ⅲ型溶血素在SS2感染过程中,对溶血素(sly)起协同作用,不是SS2主要的毒力相关基因. 相似文献
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Wisselink HJ Smith HE Stockhofe-Zurwieden N Peperkamp K Vecht U 《Veterinary microbiology》2000,74(3):237-248
Streptococcus suis strains (n=411), isolated from diseased pigs in seven European countries were serotyped using specific antisera against serotype 1 to 28, and were phenotyped on the basis of their muramidase-released-protein (MRP) and extracellular-factor protein (EF) production. Overall, S. suis serotype 2 appeared to be most prevalent (32%), followed by serotype 9 (20%) and serotype 1 (12%). Serotype 2 was most frequently isolated in France, Italy and Spain, whereas serotype 9 was most frequently isolated in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. In the United Kingdom serotypes 1 and 14 were most frequently isolated. High percentages of S. suis serotype 1, 2, 1/2 and 14 strains, isolated from tissues associated with S. suis infections such as brain, serosa, joint, heart and organs expressed the EF-protein, indicating that in these serotypes expression of EF is likely to be associated with virulence. In contrast, strains belonging to serotype 7 and 9, isolated from tissues associated with S. suis infections did not produce EF. These results strongly suggest that in the serotypes 7 and 9 EF expression is not related to virulence. More than 80% of the S. suis serotype 9 strains produced an MRP* protein, a high molecular variant of the 136kDa MRP. Expression of MRP* in serotype 9 strains is possibly associated with virulence. 相似文献