2株创伤弧菌的16S-23S rDNA间区的克隆、测序及分析

根据细菌的16SrDNA3’端和23SrDNA5’端的高度保守区设计引物,PCR扩增了2株创伤弧菌（Vibrio vulnificus）的16S-23SrDNA间区（Intergenic spacer,IGS）,克隆到pGEM-T载体上,测序。用BLAST和DNA star软件对16S-23SrDNA间区序列及其内的tRNA基因进行比较分析。结果表明,2株创伤弧菌共测出9条16S-23SrDNA间区序列,其中ZSU006测出5条,间区类型分别为：IGS^GLAV、IGS^GLV、IGS^LA、IGS^A和IGS^G.其中IGS^GLAv最大,包含tRNA^Glu、tRNA^Lys、tRNA^Ala。和tRNA^Val基因;IGS^GLV包含tRNA^Glu、tRNA^Lys。和tRNA^Val基因;IGS^LA,则包含tRNA^Ile和tRNA^Ala基因;IGS^G包含tRNA^Glu基因;而IGS^A仅包含tRNA^Ala基因。菌株CG021测出的16S-23SrDNA IGS序列有4条,除缺少IGS^A外,其余的IGS类型均与ZSU006的相同。与GenBank内的创伤弧菌ATCC27562的IGS序列比较,发现创伤弧菌所有类型的IGS的tRNA基因两端的非编码区具有较高的种内同源性。16S-23SrDNA间区结构的差异为建立一种新的创伤弧菌检测方法奠定了基础。     

Effect of time and temperature on multiplication of Vibrio vulnificus in postharvest Gulf Coast shellstock oysters.

After harvest, shellstock oysters stored under controlled temperatures of 10, 13, and 18 degrees C and at ambient outside air temperature (23 to 34 degrees C) were sampled after 12 and 30 h for Vibrio vulnificus. At 13 degrees C and below, V. vulnificus failed to multiply in the oysters. In oysters held at 18 degrees C for 30 h and under ambient conditions for 12 and 30 h, V. vulnificus numbers were statistically greater (P < 0.05) than those in oysters at harvest. These data indicate that endogenous V. vulnificus can multiply in unchilled shellstock oysters.     

Identification of the cadBA operon from Vibrio vulnificus and its influence on survival to acid stress

By a transposon-tagging method, cadBA genes encoding a lysine/cadaverin antiporter and a lysine decarboxylase were identified and cloned from Vibrio vulnificus. The deduced amino acid sequences of cadBA were 64-97% similar to those reported from other Enterobacteriaceae. Functions of cadBA genes on acid tolerance were assessed by comparing acid tolerances of V. vulnificus and its isogenic mutants, whose cadBA genes were separately inactivated by allelic exchanges. The results demonstrated that gene products of cadBA contribute to acid tolerance of V. vulnificus, and that their contribution is dependent on prior exposure of cells to moderately acidic pH.     

水产品中创伤弧菌和副溶血弧菌双重PCR检测方法的建立

目的 建立一种同步检测创伤弧菌和副溶血弧菌的双重PCR方法。方法 选择副溶血弧菌tlh基因和创伤弧菌vvhA基因作为靶序列各设计一对引物。用合成的引物对副溶血弧菌和创伤弧菌进行双重PCR扩增,确定特异性和最低检出限。然后用此方法对53株副溶血弧菌和7株创伤弧菌进行检测。结果 确定了双重PCR检测创伤弧菌和副溶血弧菌的最优反应条件,其中退火温度为60 ℃,方法具有较好的特异性。对副溶血弧菌的最低限为1.0×102 CFU/mL,创伤弧菌最低限为4.2×104 CFU/mL。双重PCR对分离株检测符合率达100%。结论 建立的双重PCR方法简便、快速、特异性好,可同时检测副溶血弧菌和创伤弧菌,为水产品中病原菌的基层检测提供解决方案。     

Regulation systems of protease and hemolysin production in Vibrio vulnificus

Vibrio vulnificus, a gram‐negative halophilic estuarine bacterium, is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes rapidly progressive fatal septicemia and necrotizing wound infection. This species also causes hemorrhagic septicemia called vibriosis in cultured eels. It has been proposed that a range of virulence factors play roles in pathogenesis during human and/or eel infection. Among these factors, a metalloprotease (V. vulnificus protease [VVP]) and a cytolytic toxin (V. vulnificus hemolysin [VVH]) are of significant importance. VVP elicits the characteristic edematous and hemorrhagic skin damage, whereas VVH exhibits powerful hemolytic and cytolytic activities and contributes to bacterial invasion from the intestine to the blood stream. In addition, a few V. vulnificus strains isolated from diseased eels have recently been found to produce a serine protease designated as V. vulnificus serine protease (VvsA) instead of VVP. Similarly to VVP, VvsA may possess various toxic activities such as collagenolytic, cytotoxic and edema‐forming activity. In this review, regulation of V. vulnificus VVP, VVH and VvsA is clarified in terms of expression at the mRNA and protein levels. The explanation is given on the basis of the quorum sensing system, which is dependent on bacterial cell density. In addition, the roles of environmental factors and global regulators, such as histone‐like nucleoid structuring protein, cyclic adeno monophosphate receptor protein, RpoS, HlyU, Fur, ToxRS, AphB and LeuO, in this regulation are outlined. The cumulative impact of these regulatory systems on the pathogenicity of V. vulnificus is here delineated.     

养殖牡蛎体内检出坎氏弧菌的鉴定

2 0 0 3年 9月从福建近海养殖太平洋牡蛎 (Crassostreagigas)体内分离出 4株细菌 ,对它们形态、生理生化特征、盐度、温度和pH生长条件以及 16SrRNA基因序列进行了研究。结果表明 ,4株细菌均为革兰氏阴性杆菌 ,具极生单鞭毛 ,发酵葡萄糖产酸不产气 ,氧化酶阳性 ,生长需NaCl,无色素 ,不发光 ,在TCBS平板上形成中等大小圆形绿色菌落 ,对弧菌抑制剂O 12 9敏感 ,具有弧菌属的典型特征。结合 16SrRNA基因序列分析结果 ,该菌 (编号SXS1)与坎氏弧菌的亲缘关系最为接近 ,其同源性达 99 .0 % ,因此将该菌鉴定为坎氏弧菌。对该菌在环境中的分布与水产养殖动物疾病的关系进行了讨论。     

Uptake and clearance of Vibrio vulnificus from Gulf coast oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Oysters collected in late winter, when they were free of Vibrio vulnificus, were exposed in the organism in the laboratory. The oysters effectively concentrated the bacteria from seawater, but when the inoculum was removed, the bacteria were rapidly cleared from the oyster tissues. These results suggest that V. vulnificus may be found in oysters as a result of filtration of the bacteria from seawater rather than active multiplication of the bacteria in the oysters.     

海洋创伤弧菌反式翻译系统关键因子SmpB基因的克隆及原核表达

创伤弧菌(Vibrio vulnificus)是一种重要的"人鱼共患病"病原菌。通过克隆创伤弧菌反式翻译系统核心因子小蛋白B(Small molecular protein B,SmpB)基因,构建携带目的基因的原核表达质粒,为后续研究SmpB蛋白的互作网络、SmpB蛋白与创伤弧菌致病性之间的关系并以此开发新型的抑菌靶标奠定基础。使用LiCl沉淀法提取创伤弧菌基因组DNA,以它为模板,PCR扩增目的基因,并构建到pET-28a原核表达载体上测序鉴定后对SmpB序列进行生物信息学分析,将正确的重组质粒转化E.coli BL21(DE3),IPTG诱导表达,SDS-PAGE凝胶电泳鉴定。结果表明使用LiCl沉淀法成功提取到高质量创伤弧菌基因组DNA,以其为模板,扩增到smpB基因,并成功构建pET-28a原核表达重组质粒,测序鉴定正确;smpB基因全长为486 bp,编码161个氨基酸,分子量为18.41 kD,理论等电点为10.28,不稳定系数为35.02,总平均亲水性为-0.635,SmpB蛋白整体表现为稳定亲水性蛋白。生物信息学分析显示其高级结构核心部分为5个β折叠组成的桶状结构,外围由3个α螺旋组成,SmpB C-端亦为α螺旋。诱导表达的重组融合蛋白相对分子质量大小在25.0 kD附近,显示在E.coli中成功表达了SmpB蛋白。     

Population structures of two genotypes of Vibrio vulnificus in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and seawater

Vibrio vulnificus biotype 1 strains can be classified into two genotypes based on the PCR analysis of variations in the virulence-correlated gene (vcg). Genotype has been correlated with human infection for 90% of isolates from human cases having the vcgC sequence type and 87% of environmental strains having the vcgE variant. In this study we examined the dynamics of V. vulnificus populations and the distribution of the two genotypes recovered from oysters and surrounding estuarine wasters. Analysis of 880 isolates recovered from oysters showed a disparity in the ratio of the two genotypes, with those of the vcgE (E) genotype accounting for 84.4% of the population. In contrast, 292 isolates recovered from the waters surrounding the oyster sites revealed an almost equal distribution of the two genotypes. The levels of vcgC (C genotype) strains from both sources increased as a percentage of the population as water temperatures increased, while no culturable V. vulnificus cells were recovered from December through February. Our results suggest that there is a selective advantage for strains of the E genotype within oysters while survival of the C genotype strains may be favored by increased water column temperatures. These data suggest that the low incidence of infections may be due to the comparatively rare consumption of an oyster that contains a greater number of V. vulnificus vcgC genotype strains than of vcgE genotype strains. Levels of the two genotypes as well as seasonal dynamics within both oyster tissue and the surrounding waters may aid in identifying risk factors associated with human infection.     

Suppression and inactivation of Vibrio vulnificus hemolysin in cirrhotic ascites, a human ex vivo experimental system

To elucidate the mechanisms underlying the in vivo suppression and inactivation of Vibrio vulnificus hemolysin (VvhA), we used cirrhotic ascites fluid as a human ex vivo experimental system. VvhA expression was suppressed in proportion to the amount of cirrhotic ascites. The expression of vvhA in undiluted cirrhotic ascites could be suppressed further by the addition of glucose, a constituent of cirrhotic ascites. VvhA was readily inactivated in the presence of cirrhotic ascites by a cholesterol-mediated oligomerization and interaction with an undefined constituent(s) of cirrhotic ascites. These results indicate that the expression of vvhA can be suppressed and that any VvhA produced is inactivated by the constituents of cirrhotic ascites. Our results suggest that only a very small portion of the VvhA that is produced in human body fluids may actually contribute to the pathogenesis of V. vulnificus septicemia. It is suggested that cirrhotic ascites could be used as a human ex vivo experimental system for the studies on the in vivo expression and the significance of V. vulnificus virulence factors.     

Occurrence, seasonality and genetic diversity of Vibrio vulnificus in coastal seaweeds and water along the Kii Channel, Japan

Vibrio vulnificus is a ubiquitous toxigenic bacterium found in a coastal environment but little is known about its occurrence and seasonality among seaweeds, which are widely consumed as seafood in Japan. Therefore, we have observed the bacterium's abundance in seawater and seaweed samples from three areas of the Kii Channel, Japan, during June 2003 to May 2004. A total of 192 samples were collected: 24 from each source in summer, autumn, winter and spring. The samples were selectively cultivated following the most probable number (MPN) technique. Vibrio vulnificus population ranged from 0 to 10(3) MPN 100 mL(-1) seawater or 10 g seaweeds; higher counts were observed during summer. The optimum temperature, salinity and pH for the bacterium were 20-24 degrees C, 24-28 p.p.t. and 7.95-8.15, respectively. However, seaweeds always contained higher V. vulnificus than seawater. Among 280 V. vulnificus strains, detected by species-specific colony hybridization and PCR, 78, 74, 11 and 16 were from seaweeds and 46, 42, 2 and 11 were from seawater during summer, autumn, winter and spring, respectively. Ribotyping of 160 selected strains revealed a higher genotypic diversity (18 patterns) among strains from seaweeds than from seawater (10 patterns). Seaweeds can thus act as a potential habitat for V. vulnificus and are more unsafe for consumption during summer.     

溃烂症眼斑拟石首鱼分离的灿烂弧菌的鉴定

摘要：【目的】从患溃烂症的眼斑拟石首鱼分离到优势菌株M-1,并进一步对该菌的系统发育学进行了分析。【方法】采用形态学、生理生化鉴定,结合16S rRNA和HSP60基因序列分析。【结果】16S rRNA基因同源性分析,菌株M-1与灿烂弧菌(AJ874361、AY046955)聚为一群;HSP60基因(groES)序列分析表明M-1与弧菌(EU653883、AY837440)聚为一个分支。【结论】菌株M-1属于灿烂弧菌(Vibrio splendidus)。     

The nonrandom microheterogeneity of 16S rRNA genes in Vibrio splendidus may reflect adaptation to versatile lifestyles

16S rRNA molecules in a microbial strain can differ due to nucleotide variation between their genes. This is a typical trait of fast-growing bacteria to cope with different niches. We investigated characteristics of 16S rRNA genes in Vibrio splendidus strain PB1-10, from the normal flora of Atlantic halibut. Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene clones detected 35 variable positions in a total of 13 different gene copies. More than two-thirds of the substitutions occurred in regions corresponding to helix H6 and helix H17 of the 16S rRNA molecule. Possible recombination between these helixes in related bacteria ( Vibrio, Photobacterium, Colwellia ) from similar environments impacts 16S rRNA-based phylogeny of V. splendidus . We argue that these nonrandom modifications are maintained to provide a fine-tuning of the ribosome function to optimize translation machinery performance and ultimately bacterial niche fitness.