RT-PCR检测金黄色葡萄球菌

目的探讨检测金黄色葡萄球菌及其活菌的RT-PCR方法。方法用RT-PCR方法对金黄色葡萄球菌的spa基因进行检测,并做灵敏度和特异性测定,用RT-PCR检测细菌灭活前后的spa基因。结果用spa基因检测金黄色葡萄球菌灵敏度为1.5×104CFU/mL;Spa引物能特异性扩增出金黄色葡萄球菌的标准株和14株临床株的目的片段,对大肠埃希菌、铜绿假单胞菌、表皮葡萄球菌和化脓性链球菌则无特异性扩增条带,而对白色念珠菌有较弱条带扩出;细菌灭活前可以检测出目的基因,灭活后4℃放置24、48和72 h均无目的基因片段扩出。结论可以用spa基因对金黄色葡萄球菌进行活菌检测。     

快速检测金黄色葡萄球菌肠毒素A基因方法的建立与应用

目的建立一种快速准确定量检测金黄色葡萄球菌肠毒素A的方法。方法以femB、SEA基因分别作为金黄色葡萄球菌菌株、肠毒素A的靶序列,设计合成引物和TaqM an探针;收集腹泻患者大便标本分离的金黄色葡萄球菌68株,并定量检测其肠毒素A。结果TaqM an探针荧光聚合酶链反应检测金黄色葡萄球和肠毒素A的灵敏度均为1.0×102拷贝。68株金黄色葡萄球菌中检出产肠毒素A菌株11例(16.2%,11/68),CT值为13.5~20.6。结论TaqM an探针荧光聚合酶链反应能够准确快速检测金黄色葡萄球菌肠毒素A。     

以agr基因为靶点快速检测金黄色葡萄球菌方法的建立

旨在建立一种以agr基因为靶点,快速检测金黄色葡萄球菌的环介导等温扩增（LAMP)方法。针对金黄色葡萄球菌附属基因调控基因agr序列,设计了4条特异性引物;优化了LAMP体系中甜菜碱、dNTP浓度、长短引物比等因素;通过对14株不同金黄色葡萄球菌菌株和4株其他常见食品致病菌株进行检测,评估引物特异性。结果表明,在Mg²⁺浓度为2.4 mmol/L,dNTP浓度为0.8 mmol/L,甜菜碱浓度为0.1 mol/L,长短引物比为1:8,65 ℃反应50 min条件下扩增可达最佳效果。优化后的LAMP对14株金黄色葡萄球菌均表现为阳性,对4株非金黄色葡萄球菌菌株表现为阴性,证明引物具有特异性。本文首次利用agr基因作为靶基因片段,建立了一个简单、快速、特异性强的检测金黄色葡萄球菌的方法,在食品安全检测方面极具意义。     

PCR技术在检测鼠金黄色葡萄球菌中的应用研究

目的　建立实验大小鼠金黄色葡萄球菌的快速检测方法———PCR法。方法　根据已公布的金黄色葡萄球菌耐热核酸酶nuc基因的序列 ,设计并合成一对特异性的引物 ,利用PCR技术扩增nuc基因片段。对金黄色葡萄球菌和其他非金黄色葡萄球菌菌株抽提的DNA进行扩增。结果　金黄色葡萄球菌PCR产物出现 6 6 8bp的特异性DNA扩增片段 ,而其他非金黄色葡萄球菌未出现扩增片段 ,证实了合成的引物对金黄色葡萄球菌具有特异性。将抽提的金黄色葡萄球菌DNA进行系列稀释 ,测定此PCR体系的敏感性 ,结果显示 ,该PCR体系能检出 3pg金黄色葡萄球菌DNA ,且从抽提DNA到PCR扩增及电泳结束仅需 4h。结论　本研究所建立的扩增耐热核酸酶nuc基因检测鼠金黄色葡萄球菌的PCR方法 ,具有快速、可靠、敏感和特异的特点 ,可用于临床样品和金黄色葡萄球菌感染时的检测 ,适合应用于实验大小鼠的监测。     

产SEB金黄色葡萄球菌α-溶血毒素基因缺失菌株的构建

构建产肠毒素B(Staphylococcal enterotoxin B ,SEB)的金黄色葡萄球菌α-溶血毒素（α-hemolysin, α-HL)缺失菌株。首先构建用于α-HL基因敲除的同源重组质粒pMHL-α,经金黄色葡萄球菌RN4220修饰后再通过原生质体转入金黄色葡萄球菌SM-01。含重组质粒pMHL-α的金黄色葡萄球菌SM-01在42℃诱导条件下培养多代,最终筛选出α-溶血毒素基因缺失菌株。经序列分析和血平板溶血实验结果证明最终获得产SEB金黄色葡萄球菌α-HL缺失菌株。为野生型金黄色葡萄球菌的体内遗传操作及构建产超抗原药物金黄色葡萄球菌基因工程菌株提供了一定的理论基础和方法。     

金黄色葡萄球菌蛋白质相互作用网络及功能

【目的】金黄色葡萄球菌是一种革兰氏阳性菌,是目前最难以对付的病菌之一。它能引起多种感染,特别是在医院环境中。近年来,抗药性金黄色葡萄球菌传染更加严重,已成为公共卫生威胁。由于以前对于金黄色葡萄球菌的实验性研究大都是基于单个基因或者蛋白进行的,为了更好的研究这个物种,有必要从整体上把握金黄色葡萄球菌的蛋白作用机理。【方法】采用系统发生谱、操纵子法、基因融合法、基因邻近法、同源映射法等五种计算方法预测金黄色葡萄球菌蛋白质相互作用网络。【结果】从蛋白组的角度构建了金黄色葡萄球菌蛋白相互作用网络,并对网络进行功能分析。【结论】网络的分析表明金黄色葡萄球菌的蛋白质相互作用网络也服从scale-free属性,发现了SA0939、SA0868、rplD等重要的蛋白。通过对金黄色葡萄球菌的重要的细胞壁合成和信号转导调控蛋白局部网络分析,发现了一些对这两个系统十分重要的蛋白分子,这些信息将为更好的了解金黄色葡萄球菌的致病机理和开发新的药物靶点提供指导。     

FTA滤膜用于PCR检测肉中的金黄色葡萄球菌

利用FTA滤膜,采用PCR技术可直接检测肉及肉制品中的金黄色葡萄球菌,无需增菌,灵敏度高。在采用浮选与溶剂萃取相结合方法的基础上,使用FTA膜可高效地从鲜肉中提取金黄色葡萄球菌的DNA,消除PCR反应的抑制因子。以金黄色葡萄球菌耐热核酸酶基因（nuc）为靶基因,经过PCR扩增得到279bp的产物。经过DNA测序证实该产物为目的扩增产物。使用FTA滤膜处理样品,再通过PCR方法检测金黄色葡萄球菌,猪肉、牛肉、羊肉、鸡肉匀浆液的检出限均为10cfu/mL,可在6h内完成对肉中金黄色葡萄球菌的检测,比目前普遍采用的先增菌再进行PCR检测的方法缩短了12～24h 。实际检测了72份样品,同时与GB 4789.10-94方法及两种快速检测致病性金黄色葡萄球菌检测方法做比较,PCR方法的检出率为72.2％,检出时间为6h,GB 4789.10-94方法检出率为70.8%,检出时间为5d,Prfilm RSA方法的检出率为61.1％, 检出时间为18h,BairdParker R.P.F方法的检出率为69.4％,检出时间为18h,结果表明FTA滤膜用于PCR检测肉中金黄色葡萄球菌检出率高,耗时短。使用FTA滤膜法制备模板DNA,为食品中的致病菌快速检测构建了一个技术平台。     

生鲜猪肉中金黄色葡萄球菌的耐药特征、毒力基因及agr分型

为研究市售生鲜猪肉中金黄色葡萄球菌的污染状况,分两个季节从雅安市雨城区采集351份生鲜猪肉样本,采用K-B法检测分离株的耐药性,PCR技术对分离株的mecA基因、传统肠毒素基因、中毒休克综合征毒素基因、杀白细胞毒素基因、溶血素基因和脱皮毒素基因进行分析和agr分型。结果表明,夏、冬季总体检出率分别为15.28%和28.69%;分离株对青霉素、四环素、红霉素的耐受性最强;5种传统肠毒素的检出率为80%,sea、sed的检出率均为4.11%,seb、sec的检出率均为12.33%;中毒休克综合征毒素基因的检出率为15.07%,溶血毒素基因检出率最高,杀白细胞毒素基因和脱皮毒素基因检出率最低。分离株以agrⅠ型为主（50.68%）,未检测出agrⅣ 。综上表明,该地区生鲜猪肉中金黄色葡萄球菌的污染较为严重,分离株呈多重耐药谱,毒力基因分布多样,部分菌株致病性较强,具有的潜在危险应引起重视。     

多重PCR检测奶牛乳腺炎金黄色葡萄球菌粘附素基因clfa A、clfa B、fnbp A和fnbp B

利用多重PCR检测金黄色葡萄球菌粘附素基因clfa A、clfa B、fnbp A和fnbp B的方法,对奶牛乳腺炎金黄色葡萄球菌临床分离株进行聚集因子主效基因的分析。通过设计合成的特异性引物对金黄色葡萄球菌模板进行PCR扩增,将目的基因回收并连接到T载体,鉴定后进行测序验证,然后对本实验室所分离鉴定的金葡菌临床分离株进行多重PCR检测。PCR产物经过电泳成像显示,clfa A和clfa B分别在292bp和205bp处出现特异性条带;fn-bp A和fnbp B分别在524bp和642bp处出现特异性条带。通过对29株金葡菌临床分离株多重PCR检测发现:能扩增出clfa A、clfa B、fnbp A和fnbp B的分别有26株、12株、28株和3株。建立的多重PCR检测金黄色葡萄球菌粘附素基因的方法具有良好的特异性和可靠性,并且发现clfa A和fnbp A基因存在于绝大部分的金黄色葡萄球菌中。     

环介导等温扩增技术快速检测肉中金黄色葡萄球菌

应用环介导等温扩增（loop-mediated isothermal amplification,LAMP）技术建立了对肉中金黄色葡萄球菌检测的方法。实验中,使用了最新的Bst 20 WarmStart DNA聚合酶完成LAMP扩增反应,并针对金黄色葡萄球菌所特有的保守性耐热核酸酶基因（nuc）设计得到了一套LAMP扩增引物。对LAMP法和PCR法的检测灵敏度进行了比较,同时对人工污染肉中的金黄色葡萄球菌进行检测。结果表明：所建立的LAMP法能够特异性的检测金黄色葡萄球菌,并且检测金黄色葡萄球菌纯菌的灵敏度为201×100CFU/mL,是普通PCR检测灵敏度的100倍。在检测肉中金黄色葡萄球菌时,检测限为201×101CFU/mL。因此,本实验所建立的LAMP法检测肉中金黄色葡萄球菌的方法,具有灵敏、快速以及简便等的优点,是一种具有很好的发展前景的检测手段。     

Analysis of gene expressions associated with increased allelopathy in rice (Oryza sativa L.) induced by exogenous salicylic acid

The defense characteristics of allelopathic rice accession PI312777 and its counterpart Lemont induced by exogenous salicylic acid (SA) to suppress troublesome weed barnyardgrass (BYG) were investigated using the methods of suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR). The results showed that exogenous SA could induce the allelopathic effect of rice on BYG and this inducible defense was SA dose-respondent and treatment time-dependent. PI312777 exhibited higher inhibitory effect than Lemont on BYG after treated with different concentrations of SA. The activities of cell protective enzymes including SOD, POD and CAT in the BYG plants co-cultured with PI312777 treated by SA were highly depressed compared with the control (co-cultured with rice without SA-treatment). Similar but lower depression on these enzymes except for CAT was also observed in the BYG plants when co-cultured with Lemont treated by SA. It is therefore suggested that allelopathic rice should be more sensitive than non-allelopathic rice to exogenous SA. Seventeen genes induced by SA were obtained by SSH analysis from PI312777. These genes encode receptor-kinase proteins, ubiquitin carrier proteins, proteins related to phenylpropanoid metabolism, antioxidant related proteins and some growth-mediating proteins. The differential expressions of these genes were validated in part by qRT-PCR in the two rice accessions. Our work elucidated that allelopathic rice possesses an active chemical defense and auto-detoxifying enzyme system such as the up-regulated enzymes involved in de novo biosynthesis of phenolic allelochemicals and the glutathione-S-transferase (GST) associated with xenobiotic detoxification.     

Salicylic acid and the plant pathogen Erwinia carotovora induce defense genes via antagonistic pathways

Infection of tobacco plants with the plant pathogenic bacterium Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora or treatment of plants with Erwinia -derived elicitor preparations leads to the induction of a number of genes thought to play a role in plant defense response to pathogens. In order to determine the role of salicylic acid (SA) in the induction of the Erwinia responsive genes, the accumulation of mRNAs for these and other genes encoding pathogenesis-related proteins (PR genes) in response to both Erwinia elicitors and SA was determined. PR genes were identified which were preferentially induced by Erwinia elicitor preparations, one gene was induced by SA but not by Erwinia , and another gene was induced by both type of treatments. The differential expression of these genes and the timing of induction suggest that SA is not the signal molecule leading to the early response of plants to Erwinia . This was demonstrated by experiments using transgenic NahG plants that overproduce a salicylate hydroxylase inactivating SA. The elicitation of PR genes by Erwinia was similar in NahG and wild-type plants. Therefore, induction of plant defense genes by Erwinia and SA seems to be by two distinct pathways leading to expression of separate sets of genes. Furthermore, we could demonstrate that Erwinia elicitors antagonize the SA-mediated induction of PR genes. Similarly, SA appeared to inhibit the induction of PR genes elicited by Erwinia . The observed antagonism between the two signal transduction pathways indicates the presence of a common regulatory element in both pathways that acts downstream of SA in the SA-mediated response.     

Temperature-Dependent Induction of Salicylic Acid and Its Conjugates during the Resistance Response to Tobacco Mosaic Virus Infection

Increases in endogenous salicylic acid (SA) levels and induction of several families of pathogenesis-related genes (PR-1 through PR-5) occur during the resistance response of tobacco to tobacco mosaic virus infection. We found that at temperatures that prevent the induction of PR genes and resistance, the increases in SA levels were eliminated. The addition of exogenous SA to infected plants at these temperatures was sufficient to induce the PR genes but not the hypersensitive response. However, when the resistance response was restored by shifting infected plants to permissive temperatures, SA levels increased dramatically and preceded PR-1 gene expression and necrotic lesion formation associated with resistance. SA was also found in a conjugated form whose levels increased in parallel with the free SA levels. The majority of the conjugates appeared to be SA glucosides. The same glucoside was formed when plants were supplied with exogenous SA. These results provide further evidence that endogenous SA signals the induction of certain defense responses and suggests additional complexity in the modulation of this signal.     

Activation of a diverse set of genes during the tobacco resistance response to TMV is independent of salicylic acid; induction of a subset is also ethylene independent

Through differential screening of a cDNA library, we cloned six groups of genes that are expressed relatively early in the inoculated leaves of tobacco resisting infection by tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Induction of all these genes was subsequently detected in the uninoculated leaves; thus, their expression is associated with the development of both local and systemic acquired resistance. Exogenously applied salicylic acid (SA) was observed to induce these genes transiently. However, analyses with transgenic NahG plants, which are unable to accumulate SA, demonstrated that expression of these genes in TMV-inoculated leaves is mediated via an SA-independent pathway. Because the expression kinetics of these genes differ from those associated with the well-characterized pathogenesis-related protein (PR-1) and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) genes, we propose that they belong to a group which we designate SIS, for SA-independent, systemically induced genes. Interestingly, the expression of several SIS genes in the uninoculated leaves of TMV-infected NahG plants was delayed and/or reduced, raising the possibility that SA is involved in activating some of these genes in systemic tissue. Most of the SIS genes were induced by exogenous ethylene. However, analyses of infected NahG plants treated with ethylene action and/or synthesis inhibitors indicated that the TMV-induced expression of several SIS genes is independent of ethylene as well as SA.     

Salicylic acid has a dual role in the activation of defence-related genes in parsley

Systemic acquired resistance is an inducible plant defence state, the activation of which depends mostly on the accumulation of salicylic acid (SA). During the past several years, it has been demonstrated that pretreatment of cultured parsley cells with SA potentiates the elicitation of several defence responses that are local in whole plants, including the accumulation of phenylpropanoid products. Here it is reported that while anionic peroxidase and mannitol dehydrogenase encoding genes are directly responsive to SA, pretreating parsley cells with SA not only enhances elicitation of the phenylpropanoid genes phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and 4-coumarate:CoA ligase but also of genes for PR-10 and a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein. Enhanced induction of these genes was seen at low levels of endogenous free SA. Enhancement of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene activation was proportional to the length of SA pretreatment. Furthermore, the ability of SA analogues to both potentiate elicited and directly induce defence gene activation correlated with their biological activity to promote plant disease resistance. In summary, these results emphasize that SA has at least a dual role in plant defence gene activation.