嗜水气单胞菌致病性研究进展

嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila,AH)是我国养殖鱼类的重要病原,对其侵袭机制和毒力因子的研究有重要的意义。本文对嗜水气单胞菌的生物学特性、致病机制、毒力因子及其防治措施进行了综述。     

嗜水气单胞菌若干毒力因子同时缺失的突变株的构建及特性分析

以携带质粒pAM12 0 (Tcr Tn916 )的大肠杆菌CG12 0株为供体菌 ,采用滤膜接合法与受体菌嗜水气单胞菌J_1株 (cfzr)进行接合转移 ,在含Tc和cfz选择平板上进行筛选。共获接合转移菌落 380 0个 ,其接合频率为 3× 10 - 5(按供体细胞计算 )。任取 38个接合子 ,提取基因组DNA ,以嗜水气单胞菌特异性 16SrDNA引物进行PCR扩增 ,所有接合子均阳性。为证明Tn916确实插入基因组 ,以四环素基因 (tet)引物进行PCR扩增 ,结果所有抗性接合子均扩增出一条特异条带。与亲本J_1株相比 ,所有接合子的主要毒力因子如蛋白酶、溶血素、DNA酶和淀粉酶等均不表达 ,对小鼠失去致病力 ,其LD50 大于 10 9CFU。接合子连传 10次后 ,四环素抗性消失 ,但毒力未恢复 ,说明通过转座子Tn916的插入可获得稳定的无毒嗜水气单胞菌突变株。Tn916引起嗜水气单胞菌毒力性状改变的机制有待研究 ,推测可能与该菌染色体上存在Tn916的热点或毒力岛有关。     

嗜水气单胞菌毒力基因的研究进展

嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)隶属于气单胞菌科(Aermonadaceae)气单胞菌属(Aeromonas),为人、畜及水生动物共患的条件致病菌。该菌广泛存在于水环境中,是多种水产动物的主要致病菌。国内外学者对其进行了许多研究,现普遍认为嗜水气单胞菌的致病性与其产生的毒素密切相关。随着分子生物技术的发展,已有许多学者从分子水平上对嗜水气单胞菌进行了研究,为阐明嗜水气单胞菌的致病机理提供了一些理论依据,并建立起针对几种主要毒力因子的检测手段。本文将嗜水气单胞菌目前的研究策略、部分主要毒力因子及其检测手段作一综述,以期为嗜水气单胞菌致病机理的研究及嗜水气单胞菌病的防治提供参考和借鉴。       

白藜芦醇抑制嗜水气单胞菌毒力作用研究

为探索白藜芦醇(Resveratrol, Res)在水产动物细菌病防控中的应用价值, 实验以淡水养殖中重要的细菌病原嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)为研究对象, 通过设置药物浓度梯度, 检测其对嗜水气单胞菌生长、生物膜形成和溶血活性的抑制作用, 和对毒力及群感调控系统相关基因表达的影响; 同时通过人工感染异育银鲫(Carassius auratus gibelio)试验检测其对鱼体保护作用和对鱼体炎症相关因子基因表达的影响。结果显示: 白藜芦醇对嗜水气单胞菌的最小抑菌浓度(MIC)>1024 μg/mL; 浓度低于64 μg/mL时, 对菌株生长影响不显著; 浓度≥32 μg/mL时, 对病原菌株生物膜形成和溶血活性具有显著抑制作用(P<0.05), 且随剂量增加而增强。荧光定量RT-PCR结果分析发现白藜芦醇能引起嗜水气单胞菌群感调控系统中luxR和luxS基因分别显著上调和下调表达; 外膜蛋白基因omp表达显著下降。人工感染试验发现攻毒前两小时腹腔注射25、50和100 mg/kg白藜芦醇处理组的异育银鲫死亡率显著下降, 鱼体炎症相关的肿瘤坏死因子(TNF-α)和Ⅱ型干扰素(IFN-γ)的mRNA表达量也显著下降。研究表明药用植物大黄、虎杖等所含白藜芦醇成分能有效抑制嗜水气单胞菌毒力, 降低鱼体炎症反应的功效; 腹腔注射25—100 mg/kg白藜芦醇对感染病原菌的异育银鲫有一定保护作用。     

一种检测大鲵致病性嗜水气单胞菌的四重PCR法

建立一种快速诊断致病性嗜水气单胞菌的PCR法。根据嗜水气单胞菌的16S rDNA、外膜蛋白、溶血素及丝氨酸蛋白酶基因设计4对引物,经PCR反应条件优化后进行检测。结果表明,仅嗜水气单胞菌呈阳性,其检测敏感性高,可检测100 fg的DNA模板。20株大鲵源嗜水气单胞菌经四重PCR法检测时,有18株呈阳性。其中,毒力基因种类较多的阳性菌株经人工感染试验和胞外产物活性检测时显示出较高的致病性。利用该PCR法进行的其他检测中,还发现33份人工感染样本全部呈阳性,34份疑似样本有21份呈阳性,说明四重PCR法可应用于临床检测。本研究建立的四重PCR法具有高度敏感性和特异性,可用于嗜水气单胞菌快速诊断。     

蟹组织中致病性嗜水气单胞菌的分离及其特性

1999年 6月从江苏省启东市某水产养殖场患病濒死的中华绒螯蟹肝胰腺中分离出 3株致病菌。经回感实验证实了菌株在 2 4h内对健康蟹的致死率分别为 10 0 %、75 %和 6 0 % ,回感温度升高可导致死亡时间缩短。经细菌形态、生理生化特性等鉴定为嗜水气单胞菌 ,分别定名为 ES- 1、ES- 2和 ES- 3菌株。3株菌的最适生长温度在 35℃ ,p H8,Na Cl浓度 0～ 1%。     

触组织中致病性嗜水气单胞菌的分离及其特性

1999年6月从江苏省启东市某水产养殖场患病濒死的中华绒螯肝胰腺中分离出3株致病菌,经回感实验证实了菌株在24h内对健康触的致死率分别为100%、75%和60%,回感温度升高可导致死亡时间缩短,经细菌形态,生理生化特性等鉴定为嗜水气单胞菌,分别定名为ES-1、ES-2和ES-3菌株。3株菌的最适生长温度在35℃,pH8,NaCl浓度0-1%。     

嗜水气单胞菌毒力基因在传代过程中的稳定性研究

为了解嗜水气单胞菌毒力基因在传代过程中的稳定性,对传代前后嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila,A.hydrophila)的毒力和毒力基因进行测定和检测.采用急性毒性试验方法测定10株嗜水气单胞菌原代、第10代及第20代的菌株对异育银鲫(Carassais auratus gibebio)的半数致死量,通过聚合酶链式反应(PCR)检测原代、第10代及第20代的菌株中5种毒力基因aerA、hlyA、ahpA、altA及ast的变化情况.试验结果表明,嗜水气单胞菌在传代过程中毒力基因分布相对较稳定.但是ahpA基因极易发生变异,在培养基上连续多次传代后,毒力逐渐减弱甚至消失.可推知,ahpA基因与毒力相关性最大,并易受传代影响.     

Correlation between the distribution pattern of virulence genes and virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila strains

Nine strains of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from diseased fish or soft-shelled tortoise were tested for the presence of three virulence genes including the genes encoding aerolysin,hemolysin,and extracellular serine protease (i.e.,aerA,hlyA,and ahpA,respectively).These genes were investigated using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)with specific primers for each gene.And the pathogenicities to Carrassius auratus ibebio of these strains were also assayed.PCR results demonstrated that the distribution patterns of aerA,hlyA,and ahpA were different in these strains.6/9 of A.hydrophila strains were aer A positive,8/9 of strains hly A positive,7/9 of strains ahp A positive,respectively.However,the assay for pathogenesis showed that two strains (A.hydrophila XS91-4-1 and C2)were strong virulent,two strains (A.hydrophila ST78-3-3 and 58-20-9)avirulent and the rest middle virulent was to the fish.In conclusion,there are significant correlation between the distribution pattern of the three virulence genes and the pathogenicity to Carrassius auratus ibebio.All strong virulent A.hydrophila strains were aerA+hlyA+ahpA+genotype,and all aerA+hlyA+ahpA+strains were virulent.Strains with the genotype of aerA-hlyA-ahpA+have middle pathogenicity.In the present study,we found for the first time that all A.hydrophila isolated from the ahpA positive were virulent to Carrassius auratus ibebio.Additionally,there was a positive correlation between the virulence of A.hydrophila and the presence of aerA and ahpA.     

2011年通州区腹泻源性嗜水气单胞菌的分子分型特征

目的了解北京市通州区2011年腹泻患者粪便中分离到的27株嗜水气单胞菌（Aeromonas hydrophila）的生物学和分子分型特征,为该菌引发疾病的防控提供参考依据。方法对27株腹泻源性嗜水气单胞菌进行Aer毒素检测和PFGE分型,并进行同源性比较。结果27株腹泻源性嗜水气单胞菌中7株菌的Aer毒素为阳性,占总数的25．93％;PFGE图谱分为27个带型。结论在通州区腹泻患者粪便中检出的菌株部分携带Aer毒力因子,目前无优势流行菌株。建议相关部门加强对该菌的监测,避免该菌引发的各类疾患的发生。     

The gene encoding a periplasmic deoxyribonuclease from Aeromonas hydrophila

A gene encoding a deoxyribonuclease, dnsH, was cloned from Aeromonas hydrophila JMP636. The predicted mature protein was very similar to the previously described extracellular Dns from this organism and an N-terminal region corresponding to a large putative signal sequence was predicted for the JMP636 protein. Inactivation of dnsII demonstrated that the DnsH protein was not present extracellularly in this strain. As DnsH degraded plasmid DNA and was believed to have a periplasmic location, a dnsH mutant was constructed to determine whether electroporation of A. hydrophila with plasmid DNA could be achieved. No transformants were detected. From SDS-PAGE studies, at least two additional DNases remain to be characterised from A. hydrophila JMP636.     

嗜水气单胞菌感染现状及耐药分析

目的调查湖州市中心医院嗜水气单胞菌感染现状和耐药情况。方法采用常规方法分离,用VITEK-32全自动微生物分析仪进行菌种鉴定为嗜水气单胞菌或豚鼠气单胞菌,依据葡萄糖产气反应鉴定为嗜水气单胞菌。并根据配套药敏卡进行药敏试验。结果共分离到34株嗜水气单胞菌,主要来自痰液、胆汁、腹腔引流液或腹水。嗜水气单胞菌对哌拉西林、替卡西林、阿莫西彬克拉维酸、妥布霉素、头孢呋辛、头孢噻肟、头孢他啶、环丙沙星、复方新诺明耐药率为52．9％～73．5％。结论目前嗜水气单胞菌也呈现多重耐药现象,临床上应予以重视。     

Co-migration of RAPD-PCR amplicons from Aeromonas hydrophila

Random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) uses arbitrary primers and low stringency annealing conditions to amplify anonymous DNA fragments which are then depicted in agarose gels. RAPD-PCR fingerprints have been used for typing and differentiation of bacteria and, increasingly, for the study of genetic relationships between strains and species of microorganisms, plants and animals. The analysis of such fingerprints is based upon the assumption that co-migration of amplicons does not occur and that any given band contains a single amplicon. This report shows that co-migration of fragments of nearly identical size, but different nucleotide sequences, occurs between different isolates and within single RAPD-PCR bands from Aeromonas hydrophila. The possibility of the same phenomenon occurring for other prokaryotic or eukaryotic genomes argues for caution in the interpretation of RAPD-PCR fingerprints.     

Functional significance of a periplasmic Mn-superoxide dismutase from Aeromonas hydrophila

AIMS: A better understanding of the role of superoxide dismutases (SODs) from Aeromonas hydrophila and particularly the Mn-SOD which shares a peculiar localization within the bacterial periplasm and is only detected during the stationary phase of growth. METHODS AND RESULTS: A. hydrophila ATCC 7966 can express two distinct SODs: an Fe-SOD and an Mn-SOD. Using insertional mutagenesis, an Mn-SOD-deficient mutant was isolated. After growth of this mutant under conditions leading to the expression of an Mn-SOD, only the Fe-SOD could be detected in nondenaturing PAGE. Study of its response to the oxidative stress showed that the Mn-SOD was not implicated in the protection against intracellular superoxide but defended the bacterial cells against environmental superoxide. CONCLUSIONS: By protecting the bacteria against external superoxide, the role of the Mn-SOD from A. hydrophila is equivalent to that of the Cu/Zn-SOD from the well-studied Escherichia coli. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The function of this Mn-SOD is in agreement with its periplasmic localization and may confer an advantage on the bacteria such as a virulence factor in cases of pathogenicity.     

Cloning and characterization of an extracellular temperature-labile serine protease gene from Aeromonas hydrophila

Aeromonas virulence is thought to depend on multigenic functions. The gene for an extracellular protease from Aeromonas hydrophila SO2/2 was cloned in Escherichia coli C600-1 by using pIJ860, bifunctional plasmid, as a vector. The gene encodes for a temperature-labile serine protease (P2) with a molecular mass of approx. 68 kDa which is highly inhibited by PMSF. The gene was expressed in Streptomyces lividans 1326 by transforming protoplasts with the original clone pPA2. We were also able to transfer and express the prt P2 gene in Pseudomonas putida by mating experiments. The protein P2 was secreted into the periplasms of both P. putida and E. coli C600-1 being identical in properties to one of the proteases secreted into the culture supernatant by A. hydrophila SO2/2.     

嗜水气单胞菌生物被膜对其耐药性的影响

建立了嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila, Ah)的生物被膜(Bacterial biofilm, BF) 体外形成模型, 并对11种抗菌药物对BF细菌和浮游（Freecell, FC）细菌的清除作用进行了研究。将Ah J1株在放有硅胶膜的TSB中培养7d,用银染法鉴定,发现可形成良好的BF。FC细菌对青霉素具有耐药性, 最低杀菌浓度(MBC)为256μg/mL;对蒽诺沙星和氟哌酸最敏感,MBC分别为003μg/mL和0.25μg/mL。氟苯尼考对BF细菌的清除能力最强,作用于BF细菌和FC细菌的MBC之比为2∶1;卡那霉素、青霉素、新霉素的MBC比值在32∶1以上。扫描电镜观察蒽诺沙星作用于FC及BF细菌前后的形态变化,并测定其杀菌曲线。发现4×MBC时可完全清除FC细菌,但不能完全清除BF细菌;在32×MBC时,4h内可完全清除FC细菌,而24h内完全清除BF细菌。结果表明形成BF的Ah对抗菌药物可形成强耐受性,其潜在影响应引起足够重视。