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Effects of the ferric enterobactin receptor regulator VPA0148 on virulence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Copy editor: LIN Qiang
Received date: 2020-12-14
Revised date: 2021-02-22
Online published: 2021-02-25
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872597)
Jiangsu Agriculture Science and Technology Innovation Fund(CX[19]2033)
Earmarked Fund for Jiangsu Agricultural Industry Technology System(JATS[2020]465)
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a halophilic Gram-negative bacterium originally inhabiting marine environment. It is one of the primary human pathogenic bacteria, which causes gastroenteritis, wound infections and septicemia. The host environment is low-iron conditions, thus capable of inducing the virulence of pathogens. V. parahaemolyticus utilizes vibriocin or heterogenous siderophore to obtain iron. The transcription of gene cluster VPA0148-VPA0149 (encoding a two-component regulatory system) is upregulated under iron-limiting conditions, which increases the active transcriptional form of ferric enterobactin receptor gene peuA. VPA0148 encodes a response regulator containing a phosphoacceptor receiver (REC) domain and a DNA-binding domain. In this study, the deletion of VPA0148 enhanced the lethality to zebrafish as well as biofilm formation in V. parahaemolyticus. Moreover, under iron-limiting conditions, the growth and swarming motility were improved in VPA0148 deletion mutant. The results indicate that VPA0148 contributes to regulating the pathogenesis of V. parahaemolyticus. This study provides an important insight for further understanding the mechanism of how iron regulates virulence of V. parahaemolyticus.
Key words: Vibrio parahaemolyticus; VPA0148; virulence; swarming; biofilm
ZHU Xinyuan , LIU Min , HUANG Ying , ZHAO Zhe . Effects of the ferric enterobactin receptor regulator VPA0148 on virulence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2021 , 40(6) : 93 -101 . DOI: 10.11978/2020146
表1 本研究中使用的菌株和质粒Tab. 1 Strains and plasmids |
| 名称 | 描述 | 来源或参考文献 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 菌株 | RIMD2210633 (WT) | 副溶血弧菌血清型O3:K6临床分离株; 野生型菌株 | (Makino et al, 2003) |
| ΔVPA0148 | 副溶血弧菌VPA0148基因缺失株 | 本研究 | |
| ΔVPA0148::pVPA0148 | 副溶血弧菌VPA0148基因回补株 | 本研究 | |
| WT::pVPA0148 | 含有VPA0148-pBBR1-MCS-1质粒的副溶血弧菌野生型菌株 | 本研究 | |
| S17-1λpir | Thi pro hsdR hsdM+ recA RP4-2-Tc::Mu-Km::Tn7λpir接合供体菌, 大肠杆菌 | (Milton et al, 1992) | |
| 质粒 | pDM4 | Cmr, 含依赖π蛋白oriP6K复制子和sacBR基因的自杀质粒, | (Milton et al, 1996) |
| pBBR1-MCS-1 | Cmr, 广宿主蛋白表达或克隆载体质粒, 高拷贝 | (Kovach et al, 1994) | |
| VPA0148-pBBR1-MCS-1 | Cmr, 插入VPA0148基因及其启动子片段的pBBR1-MCS-1质粒 | 本研究 | |
| ΔVPA0148-pDM4 | Cmr, 插入VPA0148基因缺失片段的pDM4质粒 | 本研究 |
表2 本研究中所使用的引物Tab. 2 Primers in this research |
| 名称 | 序列(5′—3′) | 用途 |
|---|---|---|
| d0148-1F | CCCTCGAGGTTGCCAGTTGGCACGATG | 用于扩增VPA0148侧翼区域进行基因敲除 |
| d0148-1R | CCACAGATTCTAAGCCAAATTACCACTTAAATAAAAATGG | |
| d0148-2F | TATTTAAGTGGTAATTTGGCTTAGAATCTGTGGGCGCGTG | |
| d0148-2R | CGAGCTCTCATCAATGCTGCGTTTGAATTG | |
| p0148-F | GTCGACGGTATCGATAAGCTTGTTGCCAGTTGGCACGATG | 扩增VPA0148启动子及基因片段进行回补质粒构建 |
| p0148-R | GGGCGAATTGGAGCTTCACTTGTCATCGTCATCCTTGTAATCCGCGCCCACAGATTCTA | |
| RT0148F | CATTTGTAATACCGCCCAGAG | 荧光定量 |
| RT0148R | GATCACCACGCCTTGATTCTT |
图2 相同NaCl浓度和限铁条件下VPA0148的转录分析3LB_LB: 含3% NaCl的LB培养基中培养的菌株转接到含3% NaCl的LB培养基中; 3LB_DP: 含3% NaCl的LB培养基中培养的菌株转接到含3% NaCl的添加了螯合剂的LB培养基中; 3LB_DMEM: 含3% NaCl的LB培养基中培养的菌株转接到DMEM培养基中; 3HI_HI: 含3% NaCl的心浸液培养基中培养的菌株转接到含3% NaCl的心浸液培养基中; 3HI_DP: 含3% NaCl的心浸液培养基中培养的菌株转接到含3% NaCl的添加了螯合剂的心浸液培养基中; 3HI_DMEM: 含3% NaCl的心浸液培养基中培养的菌株转接到DMEM培养基中; 1HI_HI: 含1% NaCl的普通心浸液培养基中培养的菌株转接到含1% NaCl的心浸液培养基中; 1HI_DP: 含1% NaCl的普通心浸液培养基中培养的菌株转接到含1% NaCl的添加了螯合剂的心浸液培养基; 1HI_DMEM: 含1% NaCl的普通心浸液培养基中培养的菌株转接到DMEM培养基中。qPCR检测VPA0148的转录水平。显著性: *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ****P<0.0001 Fig. 2 Relative VPA0148 mRNA transcriptional levels under different concentrations of NaCl and iron-limiting condition |
图3 VPA0148对副溶血弧菌在低铁条件下生长的影响本实验使用的心浸液培养基中含1% NaCl。将过夜培养的菌株分别转接到心浸液培养基(a)或含螯合剂的心浸液培养基(b)中; 将在含螯合剂的心浸液培养基中培养的菌株, 转接到含螯合剂的心浸液培养基(c)中, 测定生长曲线。WT: 野生型菌株; ΔVPA0148: VPA0148缺失株; ΔVPA0148::pVPA0148: VPA0148缺失株中回补带有VPA0148基因的pBBR1-MCS-1质粒; WT::pVPA0148: 野生型菌株中回补带有VPA0148基因的pBBR1-MCS-1质粒 Fig. 3 VPA0148 inhibiting the growth of V. parahaemolyticus under low-iron condition |
图4 VPA0148对副溶血弧菌群集运动活性的影响a. 不同NaCl浓度心浸液-琼脂平板上菌株的运动范围; b. 3% NaCl浓度心浸液-琼脂平板上不同菌株的运动范围。WT: 野生型菌株; ΔVPA0148: VPA0148缺失株; ΔVPA0148::pVPA0148: VPA0148缺失株中回补带有VPA0148基因的pBBR1-MCS-1质粒; WT::pVPA0148: 野生型菌株中回补带有VPA0148基因的pBBR1-MCS-1质粒。显著性: *P<0.05 Fig. 4 VPA0148 inhibiting the swarming activity of V. parahaemolyticus |
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