十字花科黑腐病菌的XC1193基因与致病相关

十字花科黑腐病菌(Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris,Xcc)是一种重要植物病原细菌,在全球范围内侵染十字花科植物引起黑腐病,其σ因子在基因表达中起到重要调节作用。XC1193基因在Xcc 8004菌株编码一个σ~70因子,为进一步研究该σ因子在Xcc中的调控作用,利用自杀质粒p K18mobsac B构建了XC1193基因的缺失突变体DM1193。与野生型菌株的比较发现,XC1193基因突变不影响菌体在丰富培养基和基本培养基上的生长;突变体的胞外蛋白酶、纤维素酶、淀粉酶等生化表型也与野生型一致;植株实验表明XC1193突变不影响过敏反应。采用剪叶接种法进行致病性检测,突变体致病力与野生型一致。而采用喷雾接种法,突变体致病力显著降低,互补菌株致病力恢复至野生型水平。结果表明,该σ因子在十字花科黑腐病菌致病过程中发挥作用,并与Xcc侵染寄主的早期事件有关。     

野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜致病变种中一个与EPS合成有关的新基因的鉴定

用转座子Tn5gusA5对野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜致病变种(Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris,简称Xcc)野生型菌株8004进行诱变,分离到一批胞外多糖(EPS)合成减少的突变体。采用TAIL-PCR(thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR)分析突变体的Tn5gusA5插入位点,发现其中一株编号为151D09的突变体的插入位点位于Xcc 8004菌株的基因组编号为XC3695的ORF内,该ORF功能尚未见报道。序列分析表明,该ORF演绎的编码产物与Serratia marcescens的kdtX基因和Klebsiella pneumoniae的waaE基因演绎的编码产物分别具有52%和50%的相似性,并具有第2家族糖基转移酶的功能域, 因此暂将该ORF命名为waxE基因。用同源双交换方法构建了waxE基因的缺失突变体,并采用PCR和Southern杂交的方法对突变体进行了验证。waxE基因缺失突变体在营养丰富培养基的生长繁殖不受影响,但其EPS产量与野生型菌株8004相比,降低35%左右,并且一段PCR合成的包含waxE基因的DNA片段能反式互补waxE基因缺失突变体,恢复缺失突变体的EPS产量,表明Xcc waxE基因与EPS的生物合成有关。     

野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜致病变种8004菌株wxcA基因与EPS的产量有关

在以前的工作中,采用转座子Tn5 gusA5对野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜致病变种(Xcc)8004菌株进行诱变,获得一批胞外多糖(EPS)合成减少的突变体,对这些突变体的Tn5 gusA5的插入位点进行分析后,发现有两株突变体是wxcA基因不同插入位点的突变体。以前认为wxcA基因与脂多糖(LPS)的O-抗原合成有关而与EPS的合成无关。为明确wxc4基因的功能,对8004菌株的wxcA基因进行缺失,获得的△wxcA突变体的EPS产量与野生型菌株相比,减少了50％,并且一段PCR合成的包含wxcA基因的DNA片段能反式互补△wxcA突变体,恢复突变体的EPS产量。这证实了8004菌株的wxcA基因与EPS的合成产量有关。     

假定蛋白基因XC2038与十字花科黑腐病菌致病相关

十字花科黑腐病菌(Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris,Xcc)是研究植物病原细菌和寄主互作的模式细菌,鉴定其致病相关基因对于控制作物病害有重要的意义。XC2038在Xcc 8004中注释为功能未知的假定蛋白基因。本研究利用实验室前期构建的XC2038基因的Tn5gus A5插入突变体164H09,并构建了该突变体的互补菌株C164H09,随后对各菌株的致病性及相关表型进行了检测。结果表明,164H09影响Xcc 8004胞外多糖、泳动性及生物被膜的形成,影响在寄主满身红萝卜上的致病性,而突变体的互补菌株能将以上表型恢复至野生型水平。综上可知,假定蛋白基因XC2038与十字花科黑腐病菌致病相关。     

金属离子对十字花科黑腐病菌不同致病系统表达的影响

十字花科黑腐病菌(Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris,Xcc)是引起十字花科植物黑腐病的病原细菌,其通过不同的分泌系统将效应物蛋白或细胞毒素转运进真核宿主细胞产生病害,对农业生产造成巨大的经济损失。本研究利用GUS融合报告系统,考察了常见的几种不同金属离子(Zn2+,Mn2+,Ca2+,Fe2+)对Xcc 8004不同致病系统装置基因表达的影响。结果表明,在1滋mol/L~1 mmol/L浓度区间,Zn2+和Mn2+同时对Xcc域型分泌系统(T2SS)和芋型分泌系统(T3SS)有抑制作用;在大于0.01 mmol/L浓度时,Ca2+特异性抑制T3SS;Fe2+同时抑制T2SS、T3SS和郁型分泌系统(T4SS)装置基因的表达。金属离子Zn2+、Mn2+、Ca2+和Fe2+在不同浓度下对Xcc的致病系统均有抑制作用。本研究为分析病原细菌不同分泌系统响应金属离子的模式奠定了基础。     

十字花科黑腐病菌hrpG基因原核表达

在十字花科黑腐病菌(Xcc)中,hrp基因对寄主的致病性和非寄主的超敏反应中起核心作用,而hrpG对整个hrp基因簇起调控作用.HrpG为OmpR家族的双组分系统感受调控蛋白,含有两个结构域,分别是N端Response_reg和C端Trans reg_C.本研究利用表达载体pQE-30 Xa,成功构建了HrpG的表达重组子,在E.coli M15 [pREP4]中进行诱导表达.通过调节诱导温度、IPTG浓度和诱导时间最终确定在温度为20℃,IPTG浓度为0.8 mmol/L,诱导表达4 h.hrpG基因在宿主细胞E.coli M15获得高效可溶性表达.目前尚未有可溶性HrpG蛋白获得成功表达的报导,本研究中获得HrpG蛋白在大肠杆菌获得大量可溶性的表达,将为in vitro研究HrpG的生理活性,特异的结合位点和调控功能研究打下良好基础.     

TAIL-PCR方法快速分离Xcc致病相关基因序列

以mini-Tn5 gfp-km转座子中nptⅡ片段作为探针,对已获得的五株野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜黑腐病致病型（Xcc)非致病突变体进行了Southern blot分析,结果表明,这五株突变体确由mini-Tn5 gfp-km转座子插入致病相关基因所致,且为单拷贝不同位点的插入。提取这五株突变体总DNA作为模板,采用改进的热不对称交错PCR（TAIL－PCR）方法从其中克隆到了各自转座子插入区侧翼序列,对这些侧翼序列进行了序列测定并将分析结果与GenBank database及Xcc全基因组序列做了比较,结果表明,五个侧翼序列所在的基因确与Xcc致病性有关。这种改进后的TAIL－PCR方法为突变体特别是转座子插入突变体中目的基因的克隆提供了一种简要高效的新方法。     

差异表达分析法在细菌致病相关基因研究中的应用

差异表达分析是比较相关细胞特殊表型基因背景的研究方法,应用于致病菌可以研究细菌的致病性、抗药性、遗传特性等。基因差异表达分析主要分四类,其代表性的方法分别为差异显示、消减杂交、基于数据库的基因表达连续分析和DNA微阵列。本文综述此四类方法及其衍生技术的基本策略、应用特点及近年来在细菌致病相关基因研究中的成功应用。     

野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜致病型胞外多糖合成有关的DNA序列的克隆

以从野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜致病型（Xanthomonascampestrispv.campestris）胞外多糖突变体T117中克隆到的含有突变序列的DNA片段作探针,从野生型菌株中鉴定和克隆了含有相应序列的9．4kbHindⅢ片段。该片段可反式互补突变体T117,完全恢复其胞外多糖的合成,说明该片段至少含有一个完整的与该菌胞外多糖合成有关的基因。     

野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜致病变种8004菌株wxcA基因与EPS的产量有关

在以前的工作中,采用转座子Tn5gusA5对野油菜黄单胞菌野油菜致病变种(Xcc) 8004菌株进行诱变,获得一批胞外多糖(EPS)合成减少的突变体,对这些突变体的Tn5gusA5的插入位点进行分析后,发现有两株突变体是wxcA基因不同插入位点的突变体。以前认为wxcA基因与脂多糖(LPS)的O抗原合成有关而与EPS的合成无关。为明确wxcA基因的功能,对8004菌株的wxcA基因进行缺失,获得的ΔwxcA突变体的EPS产量与野生型菌株相比,减少了50%,并且一段PCR合成的包含wxcA基因的DNA片段能反式互补ΔwxcA突变体,恢复突变体的EPS产量。这证实了8004菌株的wxcA基因与EPS的合成产量有关。     

MarR家族转录因子HpaR和XC0449协同调控野油菜黄单胞菌致病性

MarR家族转录因子广泛存在于细菌及古生菌中,并灵活、精细地调控多种毒力、抗胁迫及抗生素相关的生理生化途径。在野油菜黄单胞菌中,MarR家族转录因子HpaR (XC2827)的失活会显著降低细菌对于寄主甘蓝的致病力,同时会导致胞外蛋白酶的过量表达。本研究进一步发现,Xcc 8004基因组一共编码9个MarR家族转录因子。表达并纯化其中的HpaR (XC2827)和XC0449,体外微量热泳动(MST)实验及Pull-down实验证明二者可以在体外特异性结合。同时,表型检测发现XC0449突变会导致细菌致病力显著下降。通过体外凝胶迁移阻滞试验(EMSA)、体内qRT-PCR和GUS检测证明,XC0449和HpaR均作为转录激活子协同调控下游致病相关基因XC0705的表达,最终调控细菌毒力及胞外酶合成。     

Qualitative and comparative proteomic analysis of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris 17

The bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris (XCC) 17 is a local isolate that causes crucifer black rot disease in Taiwan. In this study, its proteome was separated using 2-DE and the well-resolved proteins were excised, trypsin digested, and analyzed by MS. Over 400 protein spots were analyzed and 281 proteins were identified by searching the MS or MS/MS spectra against the proteome database of the closely related XCC ATCC 33913. Functional categorization of the identified proteins matched 141 (50%) proteins to 81 metabolic pathways in the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database. In addition, we performed a comparative proteome analysis of the pathogenic strain 17 and an avirulent strain 11A to reveal the virulence-related proteins. We detected 22 up-regulated proteins in strain 17 including the degrading enzymes EngXCA, HtrA, and PepA, which had been shown to have a role in pathogenesis in other bacteria, and an anti-host defense protein, Ohr. Thus, further functional studies of these up-regulated proteins with respect to their roles in XCC pathogenicity are suggested.     

A novel 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase (FabG3) is involved in the xanthomonadin biosynthesis of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), the causal agent of black rot in crucifers, produces a membrane-bound yellow pigment called xanthomonadin to protect against photobiological and peroxidative damage, and uses a quorum-sensing mechanism mediated by the diffusible signal factor (DSF) family signals to regulate virulence factors production. The Xcc gene XCC4003, annotated as Xcc fabG3, is located in the pig cluster, which may be responsible for xanthomonadin synthesis. We report that fabG3 expression restored the growth of the Escherichia coli fabG temperature-sensitive mutant CL104 under non-permissive conditions. In vitro assays demonstrated that FabG3 catalyses the reduction of 3-oxoacyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) intermediates in fatty acid synthetic reactions, although FabG3 had a lower activity than FabG1. Moreover, the fabG3 deletion did not affect growth or fatty acid composition. These results indicate that Xcc fabG3 encodes a 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase, but is not essential for growth or fatty acid synthesis. However, the Xcc fabG3 knock-out mutant abolished xanthomonadin production, which could be only restored by wild-type fabG3, but not by other 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase-encoding genes, indicating that Xcc FabG3 is specifically involved in xanthomonadin biosynthesis. Additionally, our study also shows that the Xcc fabG3-disrupted mutant affects Xcc virulence in host plants.     

重组粘粒pIXUR3502对甘蓝黑腐黄单胞菌胞外多糖生物合成的负调控

通过三亲交配,XCCNAU-1基因文库中的重组粘粒可以从Ecoli转移到XCCNAU－R3中,绝大多数重组粘粒的转入对甘蓝黑腐菌胞外多糖（Eps）生物合成无明显影响,但导致菌株生长较慢。重组粘粒pIXUR3502（约50kb）对Eps生物合成有负调控,使产量降低35.1％,发酵液粘度降低40．6％,其中,载体pIJ3200本身使产量降低6．7％,发酵液粘度降低9．4％,约28kb的外源DNA片段使产量降低28．4％,发酵液粘度降低31．2％。     

Sensitive and specific detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv campestris by PCR using species-specific primers based on hrpF gene sequences

A sensitive and specific assay was developed to detect bacterial black rot of crucifers caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (X. c. pv. campestris), in cabbage seed and plant. Primers XCF and XCR from hrpF homologous to nolX, host recognition protein, were used to amplify a 525 bp DNA fragment. PCR technique was applied to detect the pathogen in naturally infected seed and plant of cabbage. The PCR product was only produced from X. c. pv. campestris among 40 isolates of Xanthomonas strains, Escherichia coli (O157:H7), Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum, and other reference bacteria.     

Genetic and Proteomic Analyses of a Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris purC Mutant Deficient in Purine Biosynthesis and Virulence

Bacterial proliferation in hosts requires activation of a number of housekeeping pathways, including purine de novo biosynthesis. Although inactivation of purine biosynthesis genes can attenuate virulence, it is unclear which biochemical or virulence factors are associated with the purine biosynthesis pathway in vivo. We report that inactivation of purC, a gene encoding phosphoribosylaminoimidazole-succinocarboxamide synthase, caused complete loss of virulence in Xanthomonas campestris pv. cam- pestris, the causal agent of black rot disease of cruciferous plants. The purC mutant was a purine auxotroph; it could not grow on minimal medium, whereas addition of purine derivatives, such as hypoxanthine or adenine plus guanine, restored growth of the mutant. The purC mutation also significantly enhanced the production of an unknown purine synthesis associated pigment and extracellular polysaccharides by the bacterium. In addition, comparative proteomic analyses of bacteria grown on rich and minimal media revealed that the purC mutation affected the expression levels of diverse proteins involved in purine and pyrimidine synthesis, carbon and energy metabolisms, iron uptake, proteolysis, protein secretion, and signal transduction. These results provided clues to understanding the contributions of purine synthesis to bacterial virulence and interactions with host immune systems.     

High-quality mutant libraries of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and X. campestris pv. campestris generated by an efficient transposon mutagenesis system

A novel transposon mutagenesis system for the phytopathogenic bacteria Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) and X. campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) was developed using a Tn5-based transposome. A highly efficient transformation up to 10(6) transformants per microg transposon DNA was obtained. Southern blot and thermal asymmetric interlaced polymerase chain reaction analyses of Tn5 insertion sites suggested a random mode of transposition. The transposition was stable in the transformants for 20 subcultures. Eighteen thousand and 17000 transformants for Xoo and Xcc, respectively, were generated, corresponding to 4X ORF coverage of the genomes. The libraries will facilitate the identification of pathogenicity-related genes as well as functional genomic analysis in Xoo and Xcc.     

Defence-related enzymatic response in cabbage to Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

Black rot of cabbage caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris is one of the most important diseases of crucifers worldwide. Expression of defence-related enzymes in cabbage in response to X. campestris pv. campestris was investigated in the current experiment. Among the defence-related enzymes (phynylalanine ammonia lyase, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, superoxide dismutase [SOD] and chitinase) and quantity of phenolic compounds studied in the present investigation, phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), the key enzyme in the phenylpropanoid pathway was the first enzyme suppressed at three days after inoculation in X. campestris pv. campestris-cabbage system. Correlation analysis indicated that PAL and phenolic compounds are the two most important compounds determining the susceptibility of cabbage to X. campestris pv. campestris. Induction of peroxidase isoform-1 (Rf value: 0.059) and SOD isoform-1 (Rf value: 0.179) three days after pathogen inoculation implicated the role of these isozymes in susceptible cabbage – X. campestris pv. campestris interaction. This study demonstrates the susceptibility of cabbage to X. campestris pv. campestris is a result of declination of PAL and phenolic contents at biochemical level as a manifestation of increase in bacterial population at the cellular level within the host tissues.