不同质粒电转三种乳酸菌的比较研究

为比较研究不同质粒针对不同乳酸茵的电转效率的差异,分别以乳酸乳球菌NZ9000、干酪乳杆菌LC2W和植物乳杆菌WCFS1三种乳酸菌为受体,以七种不同质粒为载体,进行电转实验.结果表明在乳酸乳球菌NZ9000中,转化效率最高的是pIB 184质粒,达到了1.53×107 cfg/μgDNA,在干酪乳杆菌LC2W中,pSIP403质粒的电转化效率最高,达到了6.42×105 cfg/μgDNA,在植物乳杆菌WCFS1的电转化中,是pNZ44质粒达到8.68×105 cfg/μgDNA的最高转化效率.其中质粒pIB184和pNZ44在三种菌株中均有较高的电转化效率,超过了103 cfg/μgDNA,另一方面T-pAMS100、pSIP403、pSIP409三个质粒在干酪乳杆菌与植物乳杆菌中的电转化效率明显高于乳酸乳球菌.不同质粒针对不同乳酸茵的转化效率为乳酸茵的高效电转和表达栽体的选择与构建提供了可行依据.     

嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌质粒DNA的高压电穿孔转化研究

采用高压电穿孔法将穿梭质粒导入了嗜热脂肪芽胞杆菌(Bacillusstearothermophilus)K1041和T521菌株.以对数生长后期的菌体制备K1041转化细胞,以LB平板上于50℃培养的过夜菌制备T521转化细胞,细胞密度为5～7×109细胞/mL.电击条件如下电容25μF,电场强度10.0KV/cm,脉冲控制器设定200Ω.K1041和T521最高转化效率分别达2.01×104和1.19×102转化子/μgDNA.此外,研究发现T521和K1041中存在着DNA的限制/修饰系统.     

乳酸菌受体菌株的筛选、鉴定及特性研究

从乳酸菌保健品中分离筛选到一株能作为受体菌的乳酸菌菌株COCC101,经鉴定为粪肠球菌(Enterococcusfaecali)。抗药性实验显示这株粪肠球菌对多数药物敏感或中度敏感;粪肠球菌中没有质粒存在,转化效率和电场强度有对应的正相关,最高达到2×104转化子/μgDNA,并且能广泛接受不同来源的质粒;在Nisin诱导下可表达外源的绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)。这些结果显示COCC101菌株在乳酸菌基因工程研究中有望成为受体菌。     

链霉菌质粒pSET152电转化稀有放线菌小单孢菌的研究

利用链霉菌(Streptomyces)噬菌体ΦC31所构建的整合型载体pSET152作为供体质粒,分别以小单孢菌(Micromonospora)40027菌株的萌发孢子和新鲜菌丝体作为受体菌,在不同的电场强度下进行电转化实验,结果表明:以小单孢菌40027菌株萌发孢子为受体菌,未获得电转化子;以小单孢菌40027菌株新鲜菌丝体为受体菌,获得了电转化子。电场强度为13kV/cm时可获得最高转化效率。Southern杂交结果表明:质粒pSET152可通过菌丝体电转化法导入小单孢菌40027菌株,并整合到小单孢菌40027菌株的染色体上,暗示链霉菌噬菌体ΦC31的整合酶基因和整合位点在异源宿主小单孢菌40027菌株中仍具有相同的功能。质粒稳定性检测实验表明:质粒pSET152可稳定地存在于小单孢菌40027菌株中。     

德氏乳杆菌保加利亚亚种电转化平台的构建和优化

德氏乳杆菌保加利亚亚种(Lactobacillus delbrueckiisub sp.bulgaricus)是最具经济价值的乳酸菌之一,在世界上广泛应用于酸奶和其它发酵乳生产。当前对该菌的代谢机制研究甚少。外源基因的转化效率是制约其分子代谢机制研究的重要因素。本研究以pMG36c为材料,对L.delbrueckiisub sp.bulgaricus CH3进行电转化条件研究。结果表明,在电转化过程中,电场强度、质粒的浓度、细胞生长状态均对转化效率有明显影响,得到了该菌株的最适电转化条件为:对数初期的细胞,质粒浓度为100 ng/50μl菌液,在10 kV/cm电场强度下电转化,转化后细胞在复壮培养液中培养3 h后涂布选择性培养基,转化率可达2.6×103CFU/μg DNA。以甘氨酸、醋酸锂、二硫苏糖醇处理细胞壁,发现醋酸锂和二硫苏糖醇共同处理对转化效率有明显改善,可提高转化效率。     

黑曲霉菌pyrG缺陷株的建立

运用紫外线照射致突变方法建立了黑曲霉菌ATCC 12049,13496和N402等3种菌株的乳清酸核苷-5′-磷酸脱羧酶基因(pyrG)缺陷株.其中ATCC 13496是一种蛋白酶缺陷株.含黑曲霉菌pyrG基因的重组质粒pY 1.2可使它们发生转化,成为Pyr+,转化效率约为8～40转化子/μgDNA.这些pyrG缺陷株将可被用作基因工程的受体菌.     

电脉冲穿孔法将苏云金杆菌δ-内毒素基因导入野生型芽孢杆菌

利用电脉冲穿孔法将带有苏云金杆菌毒蛋白基因的穿梭质粒导入几株野生型芽孢杆菌中。它们是野生型的蜡状芽孢杆菌、短芽孢杆菌和枯草芽孢杆菌。通过观察在新霉素和氨苄青霉素平板上长出的抗性菌落数,计算出转化效率为10~1—10~4转化子/μgDNA。从转化子中分离到的质粒DNA大小及其用HindⅢ酶切的片段与原始质粒DNA相同,毒性测试表明重组转化子对烟青虫六天的致死率达90—100％。     

铜绿假单胞菌最佳电转化条件的研究

以临床分离的一株铜绿假单胞菌 (Pseudomonasaeruginosa)PA68作受体菌 ,将具有卡那霉素抗性标记的质粒pSMC2 8通过电转化导入到受体菌中 ,研究细胞生长状态、电击电压、细胞浓度、感受态细胞的贮备方式对转化效率的影响。结果表明 ,在细胞生长至OD5 40 =0 7～ 0 8时收集菌体 ,在低温 (2℃ )条件下 ,制备浓度为 10 11个细胞 mL的感受态细胞 ,在较高的电压 (2 6kV)电击下 ,能获得较高的转化效率。最高可达 1 68× 10 8个转化子 μgDNA(CFU μgDNA)。用此优化的转化条件 ,在国际上首次成功地将Mu转座复合物导入到P .aeruginosa中 ,并获得 2 4× 10 4 CFU μgDNA的高转化效率。由于Mu转座重组技术具有随机单点插入的优点 ,克服了传统转座子能在染色体上迁移的缺点 ,保证了表型的改变与转座子插入位点所在的基因突变的一一对应关系 ,为进一步研究P .aerugi nosa的基因组功能奠定基础     

用电脉冲法将外源质粒DNA导入花生根瘤菌的研究

利用基因电转移仪(Gene Pulser^TM|),对快、慢生型花生根瘤菌85-7和1 47-3的电转化条件进行了系统的研究。结果表明:在对数中期(ABC~600|为0.6-0.7)收获的细胞在最高场强(12.5kV/cm)和短脉冲时间(2.5-5.0m sec)时达到最高转化效率(10 E5转化子/μgDNA)。转化子数随DNA终浓度在一定范围(26.24pg-1.5μg/ml)内呈线性增加, 随即表现出“饱和效应”。增加受体菌细胞浓度,能提高电转化效率;而质粒分子量的增加(11.9 -166kb)却使电转化效率降低。来自受体菌自身的同源质粒,因克服了宿主的限制-修饰性,可以极显著地提高电转化效率。电脉冲处理对受体菌自发突变没有影响。 Abstract:A systematic study of transformation conditions of peanut rhizobia 85-7 and 147-3 was conducted by using Bio-Rad Gene Pulser equipment.It was revealed that the highest transformation efficiency(105 transformants/μgDNA) was obtained from cells harvested at mid-log phase of ABC600 on 0.6-0.7 under the highest field strength(12.5kV/cm)and a short pulse length(2.5-5.0 msec).A linear increase of transformants was observed when DNA concentration was increased in the range of 26.24pg-1.5μg/ml and it became saturation afterwards.Transformation efficiency was also increased with the raise of recipient cell concentrations,but decreased with the increase of plasmid sizes from 11.9 to 166kb.A significant increase of transformation efficiency was revealed with the homologous plasmid isolated from fecipient itself since the effects of host restriction and modification were avoided.No significant effect of electroporation on spontaneous mutation was observed.     

用电脉冲法将外源质粒DNA导入花生根瘤菌的研究

利用基因电转移仪(Gene Pulser^TM|),对快、慢生型花生根瘤菌85-7和1 47-3的电转化条件进行了系统的研究。结果表明:在对数中期(ABC~600|为0.6-0.7)收获的细胞在最高场强(12.5kV/cm)和短脉冲时间(2.5-5.0m sec)时达到最高转化效率(10 E5转化子/μgDNA)。转化子数随DNA终浓度在一定范围(26.24pg-1.5μg/ml)内呈线性增加, 随即表现出“饱和效应”。增加受体菌细胞浓度,能提高电转化效率;而质粒分子量的增加(11.9 -166kb)却使电转化效率降低。来自受体菌自身的同源质粒,因克服了宿主的限制-修饰性,可以极显著地提高电转化效率。电脉冲处理对受体菌自发突变没有影响。 Abstract:A systematic study of transformation conditions of peanut rhizobia 85-7 and 147-3 was conducted by using Bio-Rad Gene Pulser equipment.It was revealed that the highest transformation efficiency(105 transformants/μgDNA) was obtained from cells harvested at mid-log phase of ABC600 on 0.6-0.7 under the highest field strength(12.5kV/cm)and a short pulse length(2.5-5.0 msec).A linear increase of transformants was observed when DNA concentration was increased in the range of 26.24pg-1.5μg/ml and it became saturation afterwards.Transformation efficiency was also increased with the raise of recipient cell concentrations,but decreased with the increase of plasmid sizes from 11.9 to 166kb.A significant increase of transformation efficiency was revealed with the homologous plasmid isolated from fecipient itself since the effects of host restriction and modification were avoided.No significant effect of electroporation on spontaneous mutation was observed.     

Lipopolysaccharide O1 antigen contributes to the virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae causing pyogenic liver abscess

Klebsiella pneumoniae is the common cause of a global emerging infectious disease, community-acquired pyogenic liver abscess (PLA). Capsular polysaccharide (CPS) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are critical for this microorganism's ability to spread through the blood and to cause sepsis. While CPS type K1 is an important virulence factor in K. pneumoniae causing PLA, the role of LPS in PLA is not clear. Here, we characterize the role of LPS O antigen in the pathogenesis of K. pneumoniae causing PLA. NTUH-K2044 is a LPS O1 clinical strain; the presence of the O antigen was shown via the presence of 1,3-galactan in the LPS, and of sequences that align with the wb gene cluster, known to produce O-antigen. Serologic analysis of K. pneumoniae clinical isolates demonstrated that the O1 serotype was more prevalent in PLA strains than that in non-tissue-invasive strains (38/42 vs. 9/32, P<0.0001). O1 serotype isolates had a higher frequency of serum resistance, and mutation of the O1 antigen changed serum resistance in K. pneumoniae. A PLA-causing strain of CPS capsular type K2 and LPS serotype O1 (i.e., O1:K2 PLA strain) deleted for the O1 synthesizing genes was profoundly attenuated in virulence, as demonstrated in separate mouse models of septicemia and liver abscess. Immunization of mice with the K2044 magA-mutant (K(1) (-) O(1)) against LPS O1 provided protection against infection with an O1:K2 PLA strain, but not against infection with an O1:K1 PLA strain. Our findings indicate that the O1 antigen of PLA-associated K. pneumoniae contributes to virulence by conveying resistance to serum killing, promoting bacterial dissemination to and colonization of internal organs after the onset of bacteremia, and could be a useful vaccine candidate against infection by an O1:K2 PLA strain.     

Amino Acid Substitutions of MagA in Klebsiella pneumoniae Affect the Biosynthesis of the Capsular Polysaccharide

Mucoviscosity-associated gene A (magA) of Klebsiella pneumoniae contributes to K1 capsular polysaccharide (CPS) biosynthesis. Based on sequence homology and gene alignment, the magA gene has been predicted to encode a Wzy-type CPS polymerase. Sequence alignment with the Wzy_C and RfaL protein families (which catalyze CPS or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis) and topological analysis has suggested that eight highly conserved residues, including G308, G310, G334, G337, R290, P305, H323, and N324, were located in a hypothetical loop region. Therefore, we used site-directed mutagenesis to study the role of these residues in CPS production, and to observe the consequent phenotypes such as mucoviscosity, serum and phagocytosis resistance, and virulence (as assessed in mice) in pyogenic liver abscess strain NTUH-K2044. Alanine substitutions at R290 or H323 abolished all of these properties. The G308A mutant was severely impaired for these functions. The G334A mutant remained mucoid with decreased CPS production, but its virulence was significantly reduced in vivo. No phenotypic change was observed for strains harboring magA G310A, G337A, P305A, or N324A mutations. Therefore, R290, G308, H323, and G334 are functionally important residues of the MagA (Wzy) protein of K. pneumoniae NTUH-K2044, capsular type K1. These amino acids are also likely to be important for the function of Wzy in other capsular types in K. pneumoniae and other species bearing Wzy_C family proteins.     

Correlation of Klebsiella pneumoniae Comparative Genetic Analyses with Virulence Profiles in a Murine Respiratory Disease Model

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen of worldwide importance and a significant contributor to multiple disease presentations associated with both nosocomial and community acquired disease. ATCC 43816 is a well-studied K. pneumoniae strain which is capable of causing an acute respiratory disease in surrogate animal models. In this study, we performed sequencing of the ATCC 43816 genome to support future efforts characterizing genetic elements required for disease. Furthermore, we performed comparative genetic analyses to the previously sequenced genomes from NTUH-K2044 and MGH 78578 to gain an understanding of the conservation of known virulence determinants amongst the three strains. We found that ATCC 43816 and NTUH-K2044 both possess the known virulence determinant for yersiniabactin, as well as a Type 4 secretion system (T4SS), CRISPR system, and an acetonin catabolism locus, all absent from MGH 78578. While both NTUH-K2044 and MGH 78578 are clinical isolates, little is known about the disease potential of these strains in cell culture and animal models. Thus, we also performed functional analyses in the murine macrophage cell lines RAW264.7 and J774A.1 and found that MGH 78578 (K52 serotype) was internalized at higher levels than ATCC 43816 (K2) and NTUH-K2044 (K1), consistent with previous characterization of the antiphagocytic properties of K1 and K2 serotype capsules. We also examined the three K. pneumoniae strains in a novel BALB/c respiratory disease model and found that ATCC 43816 and NTUH-K2044 are highly virulent (LD₅₀<100 CFU) while MGH 78578 is relatively avirulent.     

A simple and rapid method for intra- and interspecific transformation of Bacillus subtilis on solid media by DNA in protoplast lysates

A simple method for intra- and interspecific transformation of Bacillus subtilis on solid media has been devised with DNA in protoplast lysates, 0.8% agar, glutamate, and yeast extract. The transformation frequency is 2.3 x 10(3) transformants per microg DNA, 10-20 times higher than that for conventional transformation on solid media. The method can be applicable to transformation in microtiter plates.     

The natural transformation of the soil bacteria Pseudomonas stutzeri and Acinetobacter sp. by transgenic plant DNA strictly depends on homologous sequences in the recipient cells

The nptII(+) gene present in the genome of transgenic potato plants transforms naturally competent cells of the soil bacteria Pseudomonas stutzeri and Acinetobacter BD413 (both harboring a plasmid with an nptII gene containing a small deletion) with the same high efficiency as nptII(+) genes on plasmid DNA (3x10(-5)-1x10(-4) transformants per nptII(+)) despite the presence of a more than 10(6)-fold excess of plant DNA. However, in the absence of homologous sequences in the recipient cells the transformation by nptII(+) dropped by at least about 10(8)-fold in P. stutzeri and 10(9)-fold in Acinetobacter resulting in the latter strain in < or =1x10(-13) transformants per nptII(+). This indicated a very low probability of non-homologous DNA fragments to be integrated by illegitimate recombination events during transformation.     

Factors involved in the electroporation-induced transformation of Clostridium perfringens

The following factors were found to improve the efficiency of transformation of Clostridium perfringens 3624A Rifr Strr: (1) a reduction in cuvette sample volume (DNA and cell suspension) to 0.8 ml, (2) use of a 1 microgram/ml concentration of transforming DNA, (3) use of late-logarithmic phase cells, (4) 3-fold concentration of cell density (3.0 x 10(8) CFU/ml), and (5) a reduction in the pH of the expression and selective plating medium to 6.4. Application of the improved conditions resulted in transformation efficiencies for C. perfringens 3624A Rifr Strr ranging from 7.1 transformants/microgram DNA for plasmic pIP401 to 9.2 x 10(4) transformants per microgram DNA for plasmid pAK201. The greatest transformation efficiency obtained using pAK201 was 9.8 x 10(6) transformants/micrograms DNA for C. perfringens strain 13. Using the improved protocol, pAM beta 1 was transformed at a 42-fold greater level when compared with the values reported earlier [1]. In addition to C. perfringens 3624A Rifr Strr, strains 13, 10543A, 3628C, NTG-4, and 3624A were successfully transformed. Nuclease does not appear to be a factor in the C. perfringens strain-specific electro-transformation protocol.     

Transferable 5-nitroimidazole resistance in the Bacteroides fragilis group

We report the characterization of a strain of Bacteroides vulgatus, BV17, that exhibits a moderate resistance to 5-nitroimidazoles and carries plasmids of 4.5, 5, 7.7, and 56 kb. A genetic determinant involved in this resistance is carried by the 7.7 +/- 0.2-kb plasmid (pIP417). This plasmid can be introduced and replicated in a sensitive strain of B. fragilis 638R by transformation or by conjugation. In the latter case, the transfer may involve mobilization by the 56-kb conjugative plasmid (pIP418) regularly found in transconjugants but not in transformants.     

Metabolic differences between attached and free-living marine bacteria: inadequacy of liquid cultures for describing in situ bacterial activity

Marinobacter sp. strain CAB was cultivated with or without porous glass beads as solid support. Two substrates were used: the hydrophilic sodium lactate and a hydrophobic C(18)-isoprenoid ketone (6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-one (TMP)). The substrate adsorption onto the beads was measured. Bacterial adhesion was determined by a direct count technique and amounted to 70% of total cells. In the immobilised cell cultures (ICC), generation times were 1.5 and 1.8 times shorter than in the planktonic cultures (FCC) with sodium lactate and with TMP, respectively. In ICC, the growth yields were lower (15.3(FCC) x 10(9) and 0.8(ICC) x 10(9) bacteria mg(-1) of sodium lactate; 50(FCC) x 10(9) and 35(ICC) x 10(9) bacteria mg(-1) of TMP). The mineralisation of substrates was estimated after mass spectrometric determination of the CO2 production rates of both free and immobilised cell cultures. The results indicated a higher specific CO2 production rate in the ICC with sodium lactate (3.1(FCC)+/-0.2 and 3.5(ICC)+/-0.3 nmol CO2 mg(-1) protein min(-1)) but not in the ICC with TMP (1.9(FCC)+/-0.7 and 0.5(ICC)+/-0.3 nmol CO2 mg(-1) protein min(-1)). The affinities for the two substrates were lower in the presence of the solid support (K(m,ICC)=18.2+/-0.2 microM and 37.1+/-2.0 microM, for sodium lactate and TMP, respectively) than without support (K(m,FCC)=8.5+/-1.5 microM and 8.4+/-1.2 microM, for sodium lactate and TMP, respectively). Moreover, the presence of a solid support showed a lower inhibition by the TMP (K(i,FCC)=3.8+/-1.0 microM and K(i,ICC)=12.2+/-2.5 microM) which may explain why the immobilised cell cultures degraded hydrophobic TMP more efficiently than the planktonic cultures.     

Highly efficient protoplast transformation system for Streptococcus faecalis and a new Escherichia coli-S. faecalis shuttle vector.

A highly efficient protoplast transformation system for Streptococcus faecalis has been developed by systematically optimizing different parameters. Up to 10(6) transformants per micrograms of DNA were consistently obtained within 3 days, and cell wall regeneration of protoplasts was virtually 100%. A systematic search for useful vectors showed that the broad-host-range plasmid pIP501 could transform S. faecalis at a high frequency (6.3 X 10(4) transformants per microgram). By combining a high-copy-number derivative of pIP501, designated pGB354, with the Escherichia coli vector pACYC184, we constructed a new E. coli-S. faecalis shuttle vector (pAM401) having nine unique restriction sites. In a shotgun cloning experiment, we ligated a tetracycline resistance determinant from Streptococcus sanguis chromosomal DNA into pAM401 by direct transformation of S. faecalis, establishing the utility of the protoplast transformation system and of the new shuttle vector.     

Genetic transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae by heterologous plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid.

A number of heterologous plasmid deoxyribonucleic acids (DNAs) coding for erythromycin, tylosin, lincomycin, tetracycline, or chloramphenicol resistance have been introduced into Streptococcus pneumoniae via genetic transformation with frequencies that varied between 10(-5) to as high as 5 x 10(-1) per colony-forming unit. Transformation with plasmid DNA required pneumococcal competence, was competed by chromosomal DNA, and showed a saturation at about 0.5 micrograms/ml (with a recipient population of 3 x 10(7) colony-forming units of competent cells per ml). Plasmid transformation did not occur with a recipient strain, 410, defective in endonuclease I activity and in chromosomal genetic transformation. All erythromycin-resistant transformants examined contained covalently closed circular DNA with the same electrophoretic mobility on agarose gels as the donor DNAs, and when examined in detail the plasmid reisolated from the transformants had the same restriction patterns and the same specific transforming activity as the donor DNA. In the cases of two plasmids examined in detail--pAM77 and pSA5700 Lc9--most of the transforming activity was associated with DNA monomers; DNA multimers present in pSA5700 Lc9 also had biological activity. An unexpected finding was the demonstration of transformation (2 x 10(-5) per colony-forming unit) with plasmid DNAs linearized by treatment with S1 nuclease or with restriction endonucleases.