树突细胞在沙门菌感染中的作用

树突细胞在沙门菌感染中有其特殊功能,可能还包括输送沙门菌通过肠道屏障。此外,在沙门菌感染中尚可发现细菌数量、定位、细胞因子和CD8α^ ,CD8α^—CD4^ 和CD8α^—CD4^—树突细胞亚群的变化。树突细胞还可直接呈递沙门菌抗原和作为旁立抗原呈递细胞而起作用。     

沙门菌的耐药性机制研究进展

自上世纪末期沙门菌耐药菌株的逐渐增多,特别是多重耐药菌株的出现,给沙门菌病治疗带来了极大困难,成为公共健康的一大威胁。目前关于沙门菌耐药性机制,国内外已有较多研究报道,主要集中于以下几个方面:①拓扑异构酶基因的突变;②抗菌药物摄取或累积量降低;③可转移遗传元件介导的耐药性机制;④质粒介导的喹诺酮类药物耐药性(Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance,PMQR)。本文着重综述上述几种沙门菌耐药性机制研究进展。     

沙门菌属耐药机制的研究进展

伤寒、副伤寒是中国主要发生的肠道传染病之一,由于抗生素的广泛和盲目使用,使伤寒、副伤寒沙门菌的耐药性变得越来越严重,耐药菌株不断出现,而且其耐药谱也不断发生变化。现对有关沙门菌属耐药状况、耐药机制及防治等研究进展作一综述。     

禽沙门菌诱导宿主免疫应答的特性

沙门菌病(Salmonellosis)是全世界最普遍的食源性疾病之一,不仅对养殖业造成经济损失,还对人类安全构成威胁。禽沙门菌感染肠道后,可诱导肠上皮细胞表达多种TLRs和炎症反应的发生,在分泌的趋化因子作用下免疫效应细胞迁移到感染部位。细菌通过肠上皮细胞屏障后被巨噬细胞或树突状细胞吞噬,其中巨噬细胞是沙门菌的主要定殖场所。天然免疫系统将抗原递呈给淋巴细胞后,机体能够在2–3周内通过以Th1为主的免疫应答清除在肠道和深层组织中的沙门菌。而宿主特异性血清型鸡白痢沙门菌从肠道侵入后,在肝脾和其他器官中定殖,进而引发全身感染。早期感染阶段不会引起肠道炎症反应,主要诱导以Th2为主的免疫应答,而Th1型应答相对较弱,有利于鸡白痢沙门菌在机体内的持续存在和感染。本文围绕禽沙门菌的致病机理和免疫应答特性进行阐述,尤其对鸡白痢沙门菌免疫逃逸和持续载菌的特性进行深入分析,为禽沙门菌病的防控提供新靶标和新见解。     

伤寒沙门菌动物模型研究进展

目前伤寒沙门菌引起的人类伤寒仍是一种严重危害人类健康的疾病,且近年来多重耐药伤寒沙门菌株频频出现,使伤寒的治疗更加棘手.由于该菌具有严格的宿主特异性,又缺乏理想的动物模型,其致病机制的研究、疫苗及药物的研发受制约.新近研究发现,免疫系统人源化小鼠模型和诱导型一氧化氮合酶基因敲除小鼠模型可用于伤寒沙门菌的体内实验.本文就其应用现状及缺憾作一综述.     

沙门菌外膜蛋白的分子免疫学研究进展

沙门菌外膜蛋白的研究目前是个热点,运用分子免疫学技术和基因检测等手段,时沙门菌外膜蛋白进行分析,有助于更深入地研究沙门菌外膜的生理结构与功能及其致病性,提高实验室诊断水平;同时有助于治疗和预防沙门菌引起的疾病,控制该菌的医院内感染。     

集球藻对盐胁迫的生理适应及细胞结构变化

盐胁迫是影响荒漠区土壤藻类生存的重要环境因子。集球藻是一种广泛分布于生物土壤结皮中的球状绿藻, 能够积累红色素(如虾青素)和油滴, 显示出其独特的生理特性和潜在的应用价值。目前对集球藻的生理、细胞结构以及色素积累的研究非常匮乏。以从荒漠生物结皮中分离的一种集球藻为材料, 在实验室条件下研究盐胁迫对集球藻生物量、光合活性、膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛含量、细胞可溶性蛋白质含量和可溶性糖含量以及细胞结构的影响。研究结果表明, 与对照处理相比, 盐胁迫导致集球藻生物量和光合活性的显著降低, 细胞可溶性蛋白和可溶性糖呈现一定的积累。同时盐处理导致集球藻膜脂丙二醛含量大量增加, SOD和CAT 活性升高。研究还表明, 对照处理下细胞结构完整, 细胞器形态清晰, 生长后期有大量脂肪体积累。在盐处理下藻体细胞形态结构出现阶段性破坏特征和脂肪体以及淀粉粒的积累, 此外细胞器结构模糊和消失, 细胞出现质壁分离和空泡化等。研究为更好地揭示集球藻在盐胁迫环境中的生理适应特性、微结构特征以及色素积累机制具有重要的科学意义, 并为该藻的基础和应用研究提供实验资料。       

沙门菌感染的临床变化研究

最近5年浙江省沙门菌感染呈现局部流行,特别是副伤寒甲沙门菌感染呈上升趋势,临床表现不典型,热程长,抗生素治疗后仍有长期发热,肥达反应的灵敏性和特异性不够理想,细菌培养阳性率低,给临床诊断与治疗带来较大困难。现将近5年来临安市於潜人民医院收治的沙门菌感染的临床变化报     

伤寒沙门菌和甲型副伤寒沙门菌分离株的外膜蛋白谱比较

目的:比较伤寒沙门菌和甲型副伤寒沙门菌流行菌株的外膜蛋白谱差异。方法:运用二维蛋白电泳方法,对我国伤寒沙门菌株XJ90和甲型副伤寒沙门菌株JX2005-92在实验室通用营养条件下培养提取的外膜蛋白进行分离,比对其差异,对差异蛋白点进行质谱鉴定,对鉴定蛋白点的基因序列也进行比较。结果:菌株XJ90中发现20个特异蛋白点,质谱鉴定出16个;菌株JX2005-92中发现29个特异蛋白点,鉴定出18个。在这些蛋白中,OmpA是数目最多的同种差异蛋白。这些差异蛋白点中的大部分编码基因在2种细菌中序列高度相似或相同。结论:伤寒沙门菌和甲型副伤寒沙门菌基因序列高度相似的外膜蛋白具有不同的修饰形式,提示其不同遗传背景在相同的环境条件下表现出精细的功能差异。     

沙门菌致病岛2 Ⅲ型分泌系统研究进展

沙门菌(Salmonella)是革兰氏阴性的兼性胞内菌,可引起其广泛宿主的一系列疾病,严重时可导致全身性感染,威胁生命安全。沙门菌致病岛2(SPI2)是与沙门菌全身性感染密切相关的重要毒力基因簇,其编码的Ⅲ型分泌系统2(T3SS2)在沙门菌侵入宿主细胞后开始组装合成,经该装置分泌的多种效应蛋白对沙门菌在宿主细胞内的生存和增殖起着重要作用。近些年来,与沙门菌T3SS2相关的研究一直都是病原微生物领域关注的焦点之一。本文简要综述了SPI2的基因特征、SPI2基因表达的调控、T3SS2的结构和组成、T3SS2的效应蛋白及与T3SS2相关的疫苗研究等方面的主要研究进展。     

The effect of bovine diet on Salmonella survival in synthetic abomasal fluid

Aims: To investigate the effect of diet on the survival of Salmonella in the bovine abomasum. Methods and Results: Five fistulated cows were randomly assigned to one of five diets denoted as: (i) 100% grass, (ii) grass + 5·3 kg DM concentrate, (iii) 100% grass silage, (iv) 100% hay and (v) maize/grass silage plus concentrates. Rumen fluid was harvested from each dietary treatment and inoculated with nonacid (NA) and acid‐adapted (AA) 5‐strain Salmonella cocktails. After 24‐h incubation period, Salmonella were acid challenged to synthetic abomasum fluid (SAF, pH 2·5) for 5 h to determine their resistance to low pH. The study found that the volatile fatty acids composition and the pH profile of bovine rumen fluid were significantly altered (P < 0·05) by some of the dietary treatments but not others. Regression analysis found that significantly higher numbers of acid‐adapted Salmonella survived in SAF after incubation in rumen fluid from diets 1, 2 and 4, but fewer significant differences were found between diets for nonacid–adapted Salmonella. The results suggest that the acid‐adapted cells were subjected to a higher level of cell injury than the nonadapted cells. Conclusions: Pre‐incubation in rumen fluid did influence the resistance of nonacid and acid‐adapted Salmonella to SAF but it was dependant on the dietary treatment fed to the cows. Significance and Impact of the Study: This study examined the use of diet, as a modulating factor to limit the bovine excretion of Salmonella with a view to providing a scientific basis for the design of dietary management controls in the future.     

Comparison of 40 Salmonella enterica serovars injured by thermal, high-pressure and irradiation stress

AIM: To investigate and compare the inherent resistance of 40 Salmonella serovars to heat, irradiation and high-pressure stress. METHODS AND RESULTS: D10 values for each of the three stresses were calculated for four serovars, chosen as representatives from a catalogue of 40. Based on these results, conditions for each stress were defined, which produced, on average, a three-log reduction in viability. Heat stress (57 degrees C for 13 min), high-pressure stress (350 MPa for 10 min at 20 degrees C) and irradiation stress (1.5 kGy at 20 degrees C) were applied to all 40 serovars in the collection. Injury and loss of viability for all serovars were determined. CONCLUSIONS: Cluster analysis identified five groupings of isolates in terms of resistance to the applied stresses. The independent response of each isolate to all three stresses suggests that there is no relationship between resistances. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Each serovar is inherently different. For modelling of real-life food preservation processing the most resistant isolates for that process should be chosen. The results also emphasize the importance of including multiple stress resistant strains when food preservation systems apply multiple stresses.     

Survival kinetics of Salmonella enterica serotype senftenberg (S. senftenberg) after heat and acid stress

The survival kinetics of two clinical isolates of Salmonella senftenberg were studied after heat and acid stress. The strains survived better at 53 and 55 °C after heat shock of 30 min at 50 °C or overnight heat adaptation at 45 °C. An increase in the decimal reduction time, D, of heat-shocked [10.2 min (53 °C) and 9.37 min (55 °C)] and heat-adapted [8.12 min (53 °C) and 7.8 min (55 °C)] cells was observed compared with the non-stressed cells [6.87 min (53 °C), 6.56 min 55 °C)]. A significant difference was also observed in the survival of acid-adapted to acid non-adapted S. senftenberg bacteria.     

Cell-cell interactions influence resistance and survival of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium to environmental stress

AIMS: The aim of this work was to study the effects of prolonged nutrient stress on survival, cell interactions and resistance to inimical processes in Salmonella serotype Typhimurium. METHODS AND RESULTS: Salmonella Typhimurium cells were subjected to prolonged incubation in the stationary phase of growth and the properties of starved cells (old) were investigated with reference to those of exponentially-growing cells (young). Competition experiments between old and young cells revealed cell-cell interactions that influenced stationary phase survival and response of the bacterium to heat stress. During prolonged incubation of cells, cycles of resistance and sensitivity to heat stress were identified. Competition experiments between old and young cells revealed that the resistance of young cells to heat increased to levels more like those of stationary phase cells than growing cells. The presence of old cells influenced the phenotype of young cells, possibly by means of cell-cell interactions. There was no evidence for the involvement of any extracellularly-produced factors in this phenomenon, but a requirement that the old competitor cells be viable could be demonstrated. CONCLUSIONS: It is proposed that the complex interactions within stationary phase cultures of Salm. Typhimurium may be due to cycles of mutation in concert with an as yet undefined interaction between old cells and growing ones. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study provides evidence for active and diverse responses to nutrient stress within populations of Salm. Typhimurium that promote survival and that may be important for the success of this bacterium as a pathogen.     

AtHsfA2 modulates expression of stress responsive genes and enhances tolerance to heat and oxidative stress in Arabidopsis

In nature, plants are subject to changes of tempera-ture. Thus, like other organisms, plants have evolved strategies for preventing damage caused by rapid changes in temperature and for repairing what damage is unavoidable. Heat stress responses have been well documented in a wide range of organisms. In all spe-cies studied, the heat shock (HS) response is charac-terized by a rapid production and a transient accumu-lation of specific families of proteins known as heat shock proteins (Hsps) th…     

The effect of heat stress on intestinal integrity and Salmonella invasion in broiler birds

The intestinal mucosa works as a barrier to protect the internal environment of the animal from bacteria and bacterial toxins found in the gut lumen. Heat stress may harm this function. Therefore, we designed the current experiment to investigate the effect of heat stress on intestinal integrity, physiological and immunological responses and Salmonella invasion in broiler chickens. At 26 days of age, 72 birds were randomly distributed into 3 treatments, with 8 replicates per treatment and 3 birds per replicate. The three treatments were control treatment; kept at thermoneutral environmental conditions (20 ± 2 °C), chronic heat stress treatment (exposed to 30 ± 2 °C; 24 h/day) and acute heat stress treatment (exposed to 35 ±2 °C from 09:00 to 13:00 and kept at 20 ± 1 °C from 13:00 to 09:00). The heat stress exposure was conducted for 10 successive days. Compared with the control treatment, birds subject to chronic and acute heat stress had reduced (P < 0.05) body weight and body gain and increased (P < 0.05) feed conversion ratio. However, feed intake and mortality rate were only increased (P < 0.05) in the acute heat stress treatment. Rectal temperature and Δ rectal temperature (°C/h) increased (P < 0.05) sharply during the first 2 days of exposure followed by gradual decreases until a plateau was achieved. Heat-stressed birds had increased (P < 0.05) serum concentrations of corticosterone, endotoxin lipopolysaccharide and the systemic inflammatory cytokine: TNF-α and IL-2, as well as a higher (P < 0.05) prevalence of Salmonella spp. in meat and livers, as compared with control treatment. It can be concluded that heat stress impaired intestinal integrity which resulted in increased intestinal permeability to endotoxin, translocation of intestinal pathogens (Salmonella spp.) and serum inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, avoiding thermal dysfunction of intestinal barrier is a significant factor in maintaining welfare, immune status and meat safety of broiler birds.