迟缓爱德华氏菌对Hep-2细胞的侵袭特性

用细胞裂解计数法及超薄切片电镜观察法分析了迟缓爱德华氏菌侵袭Hep—2细胞的基本特性。在15株来源各异的迟缓爱德华氏菌中,有6株细菌具有对Hep—2细胞的侵袭能力。细菌侵入细胞后,主要位于空泡内。侵入细胞内的迟缓爱德华氏菌不仅可在细胞内增殖,而且可从细胞内释放出来。用细胞松弛素破坏微丝后可抑制其侵袭作用,而且表现出剂量依赖关系,而用秋水仙素破坏微管后不影响其侵袭力。这表明在迟缓爱德华氏菌对Hep—2细胞的侵袭过程中,细胞骨架中有微丝的参与,未发现微管的参与。     

吲哚——种间及跨界信号分子新成员

吲哚作为一种典型的氮杂环芳烃化合物,在自然界中广泛存在。近年来,越来越多的研究表明吲哚具有一定的生物活性,是一种新型种间及跨界的信号分子。研究发现,吲哚不仅可以调节微生物的毒性、耐药性、生物膜形成以及群感效应等生理生化行为,调控植物生长发育和防御系统的形成过程,还能够影响动物的肠道炎症、细胞氧化压力及荷尔蒙分泌等生理健康。因此吲哚在微生物代谢、动物健康和植物生长等多个方面扮演了重要角色,具有重要的生物学及生态学双重意义。文中综述了吲哚从生物代谢到信号传递的研究历史,及其在微生物种内或种间以及微生物-动植物之间跨界的信号传导与调控作用的研究进展,旨在为揭示复杂环境中吲哚生物代谢及信号调控的生物学意义与生态学机制提供重要的理论指导。     

多酚干扰细菌群体感应研究进展*

多酚化合物是人类日常饮食中一类典型的天然产物,具有干扰分子信号通路、影响肠道菌群组成和保护人体肠道健康的功能。针对不同微生物群体感应(quorum sensing,QS)系统,多酚能够干扰细菌生物膜的形成和微生物致病性。介绍多酚的类型、来源和含量,总结多酚对多种QS相关表型,如菌体运动性、黏附性、生物膜形成和毒力因子的释放等具有的干扰作用,以及一些常见多酚对典型病原体的干扰作用,提出基于多酚的QS干扰在未来疾病治疗中面临的主要挑战。     

迟缓爱德华氏菌对Hep-2细胞的侵袭特性

用细胞裂解计数法及超薄切片电镜观察法分析了迟缓爱德华氏菌侵袭ＨＥｐ－２细胞的基本特性。在１５株来源各异的迟缓爱德华氏菌中,有６株细菌具有对ＨＥｐ－２细胞的侵袭能力。细菌侵入细胞后,主要位于空泡内。侵入细胞内的迟缓爱德华氏菌不仅可在细胞内增殖,而且可从细胞内释放出来。用细胞松弛素破坏微丝后可抑制其侵袭作用,而且表现出剂量依赖关系,而在秋水仙素破坏微管后不影响其侵袭力。这表明在迟缓爱德华氏菌对ＨＥｐ－     

群体感应与病原菌致病性研究进展

群体感应是细菌根据细胞密度变化进行基因表达调控的一种生理行为。当细菌密度达到临界阈值时能释放一些特定的自诱导信号分子,从而调节本种群或同环境中其他种群的群体行为。细菌群体感应参与包括人类、动植物、病原菌在内的多种生物的生物学功能调节,如生物膜的形成、毒力因子的产生、病原菌的耐药性等。深入研究病原菌群体感应系统的调控机制,将提高对病原菌发病机制的认识,有利于以群体感应作为防治疾病策略的研究。系统阐述了群体感应系统的组成类型、群体感应与病原菌致病性的关系,及其在抑制病原菌致病方面的应用。     

吲哚的微生物代谢及其作为新型信号分子的研究进展

吲哚,又称2,3-苯并吡咯,广泛应用于化工、医药、染料等行业,是工业上重要的前体物质,但其释放到环境中也是一种典型的氮杂环污染物。同时,作为一种常见的微生物代谢产物,自然界中无时无刻不发生着吲哚的合成—转化—降解过程。吲哚对微生物生物膜的形成、运动能力、毒性、质粒稳定性及抗生素抗性等多种生物功能有显著影响。因此,吲哚也被认为是新型且具有多功能的种间及跨界信号分子,在微生物生理学和动物行为学等领域发挥了重要作用。研究微生物介导的吲哚代谢机制,阐明其生物学功能的基础,是揭示吲哚在自然环境中的行为归趋和生态学意义的关键。本文系统地总结吲哚代谢的微生物资源及途径,介绍其作为信号分子的重要功能,并对有关吲哚-微生物相互作用的研究进行总结,以期为揭示复杂环境中吲哚生物代谢机制提供重要的理论参考。     

乳酸菌群体感应与其肠道生物膜形成的研究进展

肠道内栖息着数量庞大且复杂的微生物菌群,是一个具有生物多样性的微环境,菌群在调节宿主肠道健康中发挥着重要作用。群体感应(quorumsensing,QS)是细菌间通过化学信号分子进行信息传递的重要方式。本文综述了QS系统组成、信号转导机制及AI-2/LuxS系统对肠道生物膜形成的调控,介绍了乳酸菌AI-2/LuxSQS系统及其在调控生物膜形成上的作用。通过肠道乳酸菌QS与生物膜形成综述分析,旨在为肠道屏障功能和健康调控提供新思路。     

骆驼瘤胃内降解含氮杂环化合物细菌的多样性

【目的】作为典型的荒漠动物,骆驼能够采食其他动物不能够食用的具有强烈气味的或有毒的植物,而不影响其正常生理代谢。研究发现骆驼采食的植物毒素与吡啶、喹啉、吲哚等杂环化合物具有相似的化学结构,所以研究骆驼体内是否存在潜在的杂环化合物降解菌具有重要意义。【方法】本研究采集3头骆驼瘤胃内容物,分别以吡啶、喹啉和吲哚3种含氮杂环化合物为唯一碳源和氮源进行5代富集培养。通过高通量测序技术对瘤胃内容物和5代富集培养细菌进行了测序分析。【结果】骆驼肠道中降解杂环化合物(吡啶、喹啉、吲哚)细菌群体样品中变形菌门、放线菌门、拟杆菌门、浮霉菌门和厚壁菌门等5个门类丰富度最高。骆驼瘤胃内降解吡啶的优势菌可能属于鞘氨醇杆菌属和不动杆菌属,降解吲哚的优势菌主要属于芽孢杆菌属,而降解喹啉的优势菌可能以赖氨酸芽孢杆菌属和鞘氨醇杆菌属为主。【结论】骆驼瘤胃原始样品经过吡啶、喹啉、吲哚富集5代后,与原始样品比较优势菌群发生了较大的改变,这说明骆驼瘤胃内蕴含降解吡啶、吲哚和喹啉的细菌,但对吡啶、吲哚和喹啉的降解过程中发挥降解作用的细菌群落存在差异。     

肠道菌群代谢产物在鼠伤寒沙门菌感染中的作用研究进展

人和动物肠道内生存着多种多样的微生物群体,它们与宿主共同进化,对宿主的健康至关重要。肠道菌群可以发酵宿主难以消化的复杂碳水化合物,为宿主肠道细胞提供能量,同时其代谢产物对肠道病原菌沙门菌的感染产生着重要影响。正常情况下,肠道菌群代谢产物如丁酸与丙酸可以抑制沙门菌在肠道中的定植或者毒力基因的表达,而在肠道菌群受到扰乱时,其代谢的琥珀酸盐和1,2-丙二醇等物质却能促进沙门菌增殖。近年来,越来越多的研究揭示了肠道菌群代谢产物对沙门菌感染的影响。本综述通过总结近年来关于鼠伤寒沙门菌入侵时肠道菌群代谢产物改变的研究,综合阐述了肠道菌群代谢产物影响沙门菌感染的机制。     

群体感应抑制剂对海洋生态功能菌生物膜形成的影响

[目的]研究天然群体感应抑制剂(Quorum sensing inhibitors,QSI)分子对海洋生态功能菌生物膜形成的影响.[方法]以对污损生物幼虫附着具有诱导作用的海洋细菌为目标菌,通过在其生物膜的形成过程中添加天然群体感应抑制剂,研究其对目标菌成膜细菌数和浮游细菌数、生物膜形态以及生物膜表面胞外多糖含量的影响.[结果]呋喃酮和吡啶在50 mg/L时,对8株目标菌的成膜有显著的抑制作用,抑制率在80％左右,吲哚、青霉烷酸和香豆素在较高浓度800 mg/L才有比较好的抑制活性.生长抑制实验结果显示,同等浓度下,QSI分子对目标菌成膜的抑制活性明显高于其对浮游细菌生长的抑制活性.结果表明,QSI分子主要通过干扰目标菌群体感应系统以抑制生物膜的形成.[结论]研究证实QSI分子在海洋菌生物膜形成过程中具有一定的调控作用.通过添加QSI可能能够间接抑制由生物膜诱导的污损生物附着,从而以新的角度研制新型抗污损物质.     

牙鲆迟钝爱德华氏菌感染症及其病原的研究

对 7起牙鲆迟钝爱德华氏菌感染病例进行了发病情况、临床特征、病理变化等方面的检验 ,经对细菌的分离与鉴定表明所检病例均为迟钝爱德华氏菌的单独感染 ,系统归纳了该感染症的主要特点。同时 ,对所分离后做纯培养的 130株迟钝爱德华氏菌进行了主要生物学性状、血清型的测定 ,表明除在生化试验的吲哚项目中表明有株间差异 (阴性的 2 0株、阳性的 110株 )外 ,130株对其他所测内容的结果一致 ,130株均为同种血清型。从每起病例分离并鉴定的各 1个代表菌株做对健康牙鲆的人工感染试验 ,表明了相应的原发病原学意义及较强的致病作用。药敏试验结果表明 ,对供试 37种抗菌药物中的头孢唑啉等 19种药物敏感、对青霉素G等 5种药物耐药、对氨苄青霉素等 13种药物表现了株间差异。经以荧光抗体技术对纯培养物、人工感染病死鱼肝脏中细菌的检验 ,初步表明了荧光抗体技术在对迟钝爱德华氏菌检验中作为辅助检验手段的可行性。     

Outer membrane vesicles as a candidate vaccine against edwardsiellosis

Infection with Edwardsiella tarda, a gram-negative bacterium, causes high morbidity and mortality in both marine and freshwater fish. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) released from gram-negative bacteria are known to play important roles in bacterial pathogenesis and host immune responses, but no such roles for E. tarda OMVs have yet been described. In the present study, we investigated the proteomic composition of OMVs and the immunostimulatory effect of OMVs in a natural host, as well as the efficacy of OMVs when used as a vaccine against E. tarda infection. A total of 74 proteins, from diverse subcellular fractions, were identified in OMVs. These included a variety of important virulence factors, such as hemolysin, OmpA, porin, GAPDH, EseB, EseC, EseD, EvpC, EvpP, lipoprotein, flagellin, and fimbrial protein. When OMVs were administrated to olive flounder, significant induction of mRNAs encoding IL-1β, IL-6, TNFα, and IFNγ was observed, compared with the levels seen in fish injected with formalin-killed E. tarda. In a vaccine trial, olive flounder given OMVs were more effectively protected (p<0.0001) than were control fish. Investigation of OMVs may be useful not only for understanding the pathogenesis of E. tarda but also in development of an effective vaccine against edwardsiellosis.     

Inhibitory activity of antibiotic-producing marine bacteria against fish pathogens

The activity of antibiotic-producing marine bacteria was assayed against bacterial fish pathogens belonging to the genera Vibrio, Aeromonas, Pasteurella, Edwardsiella, Yersinia and Pseudomonas with the aim of evaluating the possible use of these marine strains for controlling epizootics in aquaculture. Inhibition tests on solid medium showed that, in general, the majority of fish bacteria were strongly sensitive to the marine bacteria. Only two strains (Edwardsiella tarda and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), were resistant to all the antibiotic-producing strains. The results of antagonism assays in sea water, however, varied according to the fish pathogens examined. Experiments conducted using cell-free supernatant fluids of marine bacteria demonstrated the involvement of antibiotic substances in the inhibition of fish pathogens.     

Inhibitory activity of antibiotic-producing marine bacteria against fish pathogens

The activity of antibiotic-producing marine bacteria was assayed against bacterial fish pathogens belonging to the genera Vibrio, Aeromonas, Pasteurella, Edwardsiella, Yersinia and Pseudomonas with the aim of evaluating the possible use of these marine strains for controlling epizootics in aquaculture. Inhibition tests on solid medium showed that, in general, the majority of fish bacteria were strongly sensitive to the marine bacteria. Only two strains ( Edwardsiella tarda and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ), were resistant to all the antibiotic-producing strains. The results of antagonism assays in sea water, however, varied according to the fish pathogens examined. Experiments conducted using cell-free supernatant fluids of marine bacteria demonstrated the involvement of antibiotic substances in the inhibition of fish pathogens.     

美洲黑石斑迟缓爱德华氏菌分离、鉴定及致病性研究

养殖美洲黑石斑(Centropristis striata)发生以“内脏白点”为主要临床症状的暴发性死亡, 为明确美洲黑石斑患病原因, 对患病鱼进行了病原分离、鉴定及致病性研究, 以期为防治美洲黑石斑迟缓爱德华氏菌病提供参考依据。患病的美洲黑石斑的症状主要表现为鳃和内脏组织如脾脏及肾脏上布满白点。从患病鱼的病灶处分离纯化到一株优势致病菌株(ZS201807), 通过对该菌株形态特征、生理生化特性和16S rDNA基因测序等综合分析, 鉴定该菌为迟缓爱德华氏菌(Edwardsiella tarda)。人工感染实验证实此菌株可引起健康美洲黑石斑发病并表现出与自然发病相似的症状。利用组织切片和电镜超薄切片技术对患病美洲黑石斑鱼的肝脏、脾脏、鳃丝等6种组织进行组织病理学分析。组织病理结果显示, 脾和肾是感染较严重的主要靶器官, 脾脏组织内大量红细胞浸润, 出现严重瘀血; 鳃丝毛细血管扩张; 肾小管管腔狭窄, 肾小球肿大, 上皮细胞肿胀, 细胞空泡化。超微病理显示, 病鱼脾脏和头肾组织有大量杆状细菌积聚。药敏试验发现该菌对环丙沙星(5 μg/片)、四环素(30 μg/片)、恩诺沙星(5 μg/片)等14种药物敏感; 对青霉素(10 U/片)、阿奇霉素(15 μg/片)、丁胺卡那(30 μg/片)等13种药物耐受。证实此次养殖美洲黑石斑发病死亡的病原菌为迟缓爱德华氏菌。     

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Edwardsiella tarda has protective antigenicity against Vibrio anguillarum in Japanese flounder

Edwardsiella tarda glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) may be an effective vaccine candidate against infection by E. tarda in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. The GAPDH of E. tarda is highly homologous to that of Vibrio cholerae (91%), and therefore E. tarda GAPDH may have protective antigenicity against Vibrio species. In this study, we immunized Japanese flounder with GAPDH of E. tarda and infected the fish with V anguillarum. The result showed that GAPDH prepared from E. tarda protected Japanese flounder effectively in a challenge of V anguillarum. Therefore, E. tarda GAPDH should be considered as a multi-purpose vaccine candidate against several kinds of pathogenic bacteria.     

Edwardsiella comparative phylogenomics reveal the new intra/inter-species taxonomic relationships, virulence evolution and niche adaptation mechanisms

Edwardsiella bacteria are leading fish pathogens causing huge losses to aquaculture industries worldwide. E. tarda is a broad-host range pathogen that infects more than 20 species of fish and other animals including humans while E. ictaluri is host-adapted to channel catfish causing enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC). Thus, these two species consist of a useful comparative system for studying the intricacies of pathogen evolution. Here we present for the first time the phylogenomic comparisons of 8 genomes of E. tarda and E. ictaluri isolates. Genome-based phylogenetic analysis revealed that E. tarda could be separate into two kinds of genotypes (genotype I, EdwGI and genotype II, EdwGII) based on the sequence similarity. E. tarda strains of EdwGI were clustered together with the E. ictaluri lineage and showed low sequence conservation to E. tarda strains of EdwGII. Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of 48 distinct Edwardsiella strains also supports the new taxonomic relationship of the lineages. We identified the type III and VI secretion systems (T3SS and T6SS) as well as iron scavenging related genes that fulfilled the criteria of a key evolutionary factor likely facilitating the virulence evolution and adaptation to a broad range of hosts in EdwGI E. tarda. The surface structure-related genes may underlie the adaptive evolution of E. ictaluri in the host specification processes. Virulence and competition assays of the null mutants of the representative genes experimentally confirmed their contributive roles in the evolution/niche adaptive processes. We also reconstructed the hypothetical evolutionary pathway to highlight the virulence evolution and niche adaptation mechanisms of Edwardsiella. This study may facilitate the development of diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics for this under-studied pathogen.     

迟钝爱德华氏菌RNA提取及痕量基因组DNA去除方法探究

迟钝爱德华氏菌EIB202是一类细胞壁结构特殊的革兰氏阴性菌,高质量RNA提取相对较难。为了从转录组水平研究这类致病菌的致病机理,需要摸索有效的RNA提取及RNA样品中痕量基因组DNA去除方法。对常规RNA提取步骤进行改进,增加PBS清洗、反复冻融及较高浓度溶菌酶处理等步骤;另外,利用小体系基因组DNA去除系统,Mg2+与Mn2+协同激活DNase I去除RNA样品中基因组DNA污染。利用优化方法提取的RNA在质量及浓度(1 740 ng/μL)方面均有了显著改善,并建立了一套完全去除RNA样品中痕量基因组DNA污染的程序。