铜绿假单胞菌pcr2基因功能的研究

Ⅲ型分泌系统(type Ⅲ secretion system,TTSS)是铜绿假单胞菌的重要致病因子,pcr2基因位于TTSS基因簇中popN操纵子的第三位,有关该基因的具体功能研究还是空白。首先,本研究采用定点诱变方法构建pcr2-突变体,发现TTSS表达和分泌ExoS和ExoT蛋白的能力显著下降,在HeLa细胞感染实验中,ExoS和ExoT蛋白注入细胞的数量明显低于野生型菌株。其次,我们采用细菌双杂交系统研究了Pcr2蛋白与其它蛋白结合的可能性,发现Pcr2蛋白与PscB蛋白一起能够结合PopN蛋白,同时Western blot实验发现Pcr2蛋白能够调控PopN蛋白的分泌。最后,实验发现Pcr2蛋白本身也能够分泌到细胞外,可能与TTSS分泌器的早期形成过程有关。     

铜绿假单胞菌Ⅲ型分泌系统的分子调控机制

铜绿假单胞菌是临床上重要的革兰氏阴性条件致病菌.通过Ⅲ型分泌系统,铜绿假单胞菌将其毒力因子注入到真核宿主细胞内部,逃避宿主巨噬细胞的吞噬降解,引起宿主相应的病理变化,是铜绿假单胞菌感染致病的重要原因.本文在简单介绍铜绿假单胞菌Ⅲ型分泌系统组成和功能的基础上,主要对调控T3SS基因转录表达的分子机制的研究进展进行综述和讨论.     

铜绿假单胞菌Ⅵ型分泌系统的研究进展

铜绿假单胞菌是一种能引起多部位急、慢性感染且难以用抗生素控制的机会致病菌,近年来已成为院内感染的主要致病菌之一。大量研究表明,细菌将毒力因子精准输送至宿主细胞是其致病的关键,分泌系统在这一过程中扮演重要作用,其中近期发现的Ⅵ型分泌系统(type Ⅵ secretion system,T6SS)在铜绿假单胞菌与宿主间的相互作用和促进生物膜的形成等机制中发挥重要作用,已引起国内外学者高度关注。着重对铜绿假单胞菌T6SS的结构组成、效应功能和调节机制等相关研究进行简要综述,旨在为铜绿假单胞菌感染患者的治疗提供新策略。     

铜绿假单胞菌中Ⅲ型分泌系统受Rhl和PQS群体感应系统调节

达有明显的增强,Rhl系统对这四种基因的表达具有抑制作用,而Las系统存在与否对T3SS基本没有影响.[结论]铜绿假单胞菌中的Rhl系统和喹诺酮信号(Pseudomonas quinolone signal, PQS)系统对T3SS相关基因的表达具有重要的调节作用.     

铜绿假单胞菌生物膜分散的研究近况

细菌分泌胞外多糖附着在物体表面组成一个结构性群体即生物膜,导致对抗生素的强抵抗性和感染的迁延不愈。反过来,已形成的生物膜也可以分散为游离菌,许多环境物质能够促进该分散过程,并且这些物质与抗生素合用对生物膜有强大的对抗作用。从生物膜到浮游菌是个复杂的过程,目前关于铜绿假单胞菌生物膜分散的特征、机制、诱导分子等已经引起了学者的强烈兴趣,随着问题的深入研究必然会给人类治疗生物膜所致的难治性感染带来更大的意义。     

铜绿假单胞菌生物膜研究进展

生物膜（biofilm,BF）是细菌为了适应生存环境的需要而形成的与浮游细胞相对应的生存形式,是细菌生来具有的本领。不同的细菌形成生物膜的能力是不同的,铜绿假单胞菌极易形成生物膜,临床许多生物医学材料相关感染和某些慢性顽固性感染性疾病都与之密切相关,在生物膜中的细菌不仅耐抗生素还可耐抗体的杀菌作用,危害性严重。     

铜绿假单胞菌超微结构观察

铜绿假单胞菌超微结构观察佳木斯医学院附一院感染科１５４００２高庆伟郭丽曼齐淑芳邱守义佳木斯医学院微生态学教研室杨景云华西医科大学传染科黄安华曹钟梁雷秉钧ＰＡ做为呼吸道感染的重要条件致病菌,广泛分布于自然界,亦常存在于上呼吸道、肠道、皮肤等处。可以通过...     

铜绿假单胞菌cntRLMN操纵子介导锌离子摄取的功能鉴定

【目的】本研究以铜绿假单胞菌PAO1 (Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1,菌种编号ATCC15692)为对象,研究cntRLMN在锌离子摄取中的功能。【方法】在ΔznuBC的基础上,以同源重组的方法构建了cntRLMN的各种突变菌株,通过质粒接合转移的方法构建其互补菌株及lacZ转录融合报告菌株,运用β-半乳糖苷酶酶活检测研究了Zur蛋白对cntRLMN的转录调控,凝胶阻滞实验(EMSA)检验Zur蛋白与cnt启动子及cnt启动子的突变片段的体外结合,并进一步通过生长曲线分析对cntRLMN中cntR、cntL、cntN等基因的锌离子摄取功能进行了分析和鉴定。最终,通过构建大蜡螟幼虫的侵染模型来研究cntRLMN对铜绿假单胞菌毒力发挥的影响。【结果】lacZ转录融合的酶活分析显示cntRLMN受Zur蛋白的负调控,其表达以Zur蛋白依赖的方式受锌离子饥饿的诱导;EMSA实验的结果显示cntRLMN的启动子可以与His-Zur结合形成DNA-蛋白质复合体,结合位点为GCGTTATAGTATATCAT;生长曲线和大蜡螟幼虫侵染实验的分析结果显示ZnuBC和CntRLMN的功能存在互补性,仅znuBC和cntRLMN双缺失突变时菌株在限锌培养条件下的生长和对大蜡螟幼虫的毒性才受到显著抑制,说明CntRLMN代表另一种独立的锌离子摄取系统。【结论】cntRLMN是受Zur直接负调控的另一种独立的铜绿假单胞菌锌离子摄取系统,对铜绿假单胞菌毒力的发挥起重要作用。     

铜绿假单胞菌分型研究进展

铜绿假单胞菌（特别是多重耐药菌株）是引起医院内感染,甚至大规模暴发流行的重要条件致病菌,本文对铜绿假单胞菌流行病学研究常用的两种分型方法（表型分型法及基因分型法）的研究现况和进展进行了简要介绍。     

铜绿假单胞菌czcCBA基因与生物修复

铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aerugionsa)的外排泵系统RND是它产生耐重金属离子胁迫的一个重要原因。阐述了编码RND外排泵czcCBA基因的作用机制,以期为下一步工作奠定基础。     

Isolation and Characterization of Group II Introns from Pseudomonas alcaligenes and Pseudomonas putida

Group II introns isolated from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867, Pseudomonas putida NCIB 9869, and P. putida KT2440 were closely related with nucleotide sequence identities of between 87 and 96%. The genome of P. alcaligenes also harbored a truncated group II intron of 682 bp that lacks the gene for the intron-encoded protein (IEP). Unlike most bacterial group II introns, the Pseudomonas introns were found to lack the Zn domains in their IEPs, did not appear to interrupt any genes, and were located downstream of open reading frames which were adjacent to hairpin loop structures that resemble rho-independent terminators. These structures also contain the intron binding sites 1 and 2 (IBS1 and IBS2 sequences) that were required for intron target site recognition in transposition. One of the group II introns found in P. alcaligenes, Xln3, was shown to have transposed from the chromosome to the endogenous pRA2 plasmid at a site adjacent to IBS1- and IBS2-like sequences.     

PB1样铜绿假单胞菌噬菌体PHW2的生物学特性

【背景】铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aeruginosa)是一种引起医院感染、急性感染和慢性感染的常见条件致病菌。多重耐药铜绿假单胞菌仍然是引起严重医院感染的常见病菌,其临床治疗面临严峻挑战。噬菌体具有特异性杀菌的能力,在防治铜绿假单胞菌耐药菌方面具有应用前景。【目的】分离能裂解碳青霉烯类耐药的铜绿假单胞菌的噬菌体,分析其生物学特性和基因组特征,为噬菌体治疗储备资源。【方法】采集环境水样,用双层琼脂平板法分离噬菌体,对其形态、一步生长曲线、感染复数等生物学特性进行研究;使用IlluminaMiSeq平台测定噬菌体的全基因组序列,利用Newbler3.0、GeneMarkS、BLASTp、Mauve2.4.0等生物信息软件进行拼接、注释和比较基因组学分析。【结果】分离到一株噬菌体PHW2,该噬菌体属肌尾病毒科成员,可裂解7株碳青霉烯类耐药的铜绿假单胞菌;其最佳感染复数为0.1。一步生长曲线结果显示,其感染宿主菌PA001的潜伏期为100 min,裂解期为360 min,裂解量为25 PFU/cell;噬菌体PHW2在温度25-50℃和pH 6.0-8.0范围内稳定;紫外照射7 ...     

Characterization of ptxS , a Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene which interferes with the effect of the exotoxin A positive regulatory gene, ptxR

The complicated process of exotoxin A production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa is controlled by several genes. We have recently described a toxA positive regulatory gene, ptxR. We also proposed the presence of another gene which is adjacent to ptxR and interferes with ptxR function on exotoxin A production. In the presence of a fragment that carries the putative gene, the enhancement in exotoxin A production by ptxR was reduced threefold. In this study, we describe the characterization of this gene. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 2.1-kbp fragment at the 5′ end of ptxR revealed the presence of an open reading frame designated ptxS (the gene next to ptxR) which encodes a 37.4-kDa protein. The gene ptxS is transcribed in the opposite orientation to ptxR from the other DNA strand. The deduced amino acid sequence of ptxS exhibited a strong homology to several proteins of the GalR-LacI family of repressors. A putative helix-turn-helix DNA binding motif was identified at the amino-terminus region of PtxS. When PtxS was overexpressed in Escherichia coli using the T7 expression system, a single protein of 38-kDa molecular weight was detected. An isogenic mutant defective in ptxS was constructed in PAO1 using the gene replacement technique. The loss of ptxS resulted in a twofold increase in exotoxin A production compared to PAO1. The effect of ptxS on ptxR was examined using a ptxR-lacZ fusion. In the presence of ptxS, the level of β-galactosidase activity produced by the ptxR-lacZ fusion was significantly reduced. These results suggest that ptxS encodes a protein which negatively regulates ptxR expression in P. aeruginosa. Received: 29 September 1997 / Accepted: 22 December 1997     

Characterization of Plasmids Encoding the Phytotoxin Coronatine in Pseudomonas syringae

Coronatine (COR) is a nonhost-specific phytotoxin that substantially contributes to the virulence of several pathovars (pvs.) of Pseudomonas syringae. The COR gene cluster in P. syringae is generally plasmid-encoded in pvs. atropurpurea, glycinea, morsprunorum, and tomato but chromosomally encoded in pv. maculicola. In the present study, we investigated whether the COR plasmids in four pathovars shared other traits including self-transmissibility, conserved oriV/par loci, and insertion sequences (ISs) known to reside on other plasmids in P. syringae. Three COR plasmids were shown to be self-transmissible, and all COR plasmids shared a related oriV/par region. Two COR plasmids hybridized to IS801, an IS element widely distributed in P. syringae. Further analysis of p4180A, a 90-kb COR plasmid in P. syringae pv. glycinea, indicated that multiple copies of IS801 were present on this plasmid, and all copies mapped outside the COR gene cluster. Sequence analysis of the region adjacent to the COR gene cluster in p4180A indicated the presence of additional IS elements including IS870, IS51, and IS1240. The IS elements borne on p4180A may have contributed to horizontal transfer of the COR gene cluster and the evolution of the COR biosynthetic pathway.     

Association of the biocide 5-chloro-2-methyl-isothiazol-3-one with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens

The biocide 5-chloro-2-methyl-isothiazol-3-one (CMI) associated rapidly with cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens with association being nearly complete within 10–15 min. The cells serve as a sink for CMI, concentrating it up to 400-fold. Kinetics of association are very similar amongst the strains examined. Examination of the relation of CMI concentration to the rate of association indicates that there are two kinetically distinguishable processes, with the breakpoint occurring around the transition from inhibitory to suprainhibitory levels of CMI. This suggests the rapid onset of toxic effects at suprainhibitory CMI concentrations affects the associative process. Discharging the proton motive force by treatment with uncoupling agents or selectively depleting it by treatment with inhibitors reduces the amount of CMI which associates with the cells. Selective depletion of the ATP pool has no effect. These results suggest that either the proton motive force (pmf) is involved directly in CMI association in an active transport process, or that an intact pmf is required for some facet of the cells metabolism which maintains the cells as a sink for CMI. The nonchlorinated analogue 2-methyl-isothiazol-3-one is a poor competitor for CMI association.     

Presence of flagella in Pseudomonas putida is dependent on the ntrA (rpoN) gene

Summary An ntrA (rpoN) mutant of Pseudomonas putida, in which the gene was insertionally inactivated, was constructed. The mutant cells did not have flagella, thus accounting for their poor motility. The mutant phenotype was complemented by introduction of the intact ntrA gene.     

Cloning and sequencing of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 pilin structural gene

The pilin structural gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 was cloned in both cosmids and lambda. Expression of the cloned gene was detected in P. aeruginosa strains PAO2003, PA103, and 653A by an immunoblot reaction utilizing monoclonal antibodies. Western blot analysis showed that pilin expressed from the cloned gene was slightly larger than native 1244 pilin when produced in strains PAO2003 and 653A, but distinctly smaller in PA103. Bacteriophages specific for the 1244 pilus did not lyse strain PAO2003 containing the cloned 1244 pilin gene, indicating that functional 1244 pili were not assembled in this recombinant strain. Nucleotide sequencing revealed a coding region which when translated would produce a 15,615 dalton peptide. The amino-terminal region of this peptide is identical with published pilin sequences. While the rest of the peptides are generally dissimilar, common residues are seen within potentially antigenic regions.