禽致病性大肠杆菌（CVCC1565）中耶尔森菌强毒力岛核心区的检测

采用PCR法,检测了大肠杆菌（CVCC1565）中耶尔森菌强毒力岛（high pathogenicity island,HPI）核心区的irp1、irp2、irp3、irp4、irp5及fyuA基因片段,并与小肠结肠炎耶尔森菌毒力岛的类似基因进行同源性比较。结果显示,E.coliCVCC1565菌株irp1、irp2、irp3、irp4、irp5及fyuA基因大小分别为799bp、414bp、798bp、504bp、758bp、948bp,与GenBank中公布的小肠结肠炎耶尔森菌（Yersinia enterocoliticaO：8 WA）HPI的irp1、irp2、irp3、irp4、irp5及fyuA基因同源性分别达到98%、98%、98%、95%、98%、98%。研究结果表明禽致病性大肠杆菌标准株（CVCC1565）携带耶尔森菌强毒力岛基因,这几个毒力岛基因在小肠结肠炎耶尔森菌和禽致病性大肠杆菌之间可能存在水平性转移。     

禽源大肠杆菌耶尔森氏菌强毒力岛核心基因的检测及其irp2和int基因同源性

【目的】为了提高禽源大肠杆菌中耶尔森氏菌强毒力岛(HPI)的检测效率, 了解高分子量铁调节蛋白2基因(irp2)和整合酶基因(int)在不同株禽源HPI+大肠杆菌间的同源性, 进一步揭示禽源大肠杆菌HPI的转移规律。【方法】利用L16(44)正交试验设计, 建立针对HPI核心基因irp2和fyuA的双重PCR, 运用双重PCR方法检测禽源大肠杆菌临床分离株, 并对检出的7株HPI阳性(HPI+)大肠杆菌进行irp2和int基因测序及同源性分析, 同时结合这7株大肠杆菌的ERIC-PCR分析结果, 对比分析int基因的分布特点。【结果】结果显示, 新建立的双重PCR能特异性扩增出HPI核心基因; ERIC-PCR分析显示, HPI+大肠杆菌间差异均大于5%; HPI+大肠杆菌irp2基因高度保守(同源性大于99%), 而int基因虽然都位于asn-tRNA位点, 但基因序列在部分菌株间存在较大差异。【结论】建立了一种可以用于HPI的流行病学调查和实验室诊断的双重PCR方法, 并推测区域外同源重组可能是HPI基因在大肠杆菌间水平转移的主要方式。     

猪源大肠杆菌F18菌毛的体外表达和抗原特性

摘要:【目的】揭示从仔猪腹泻和/或水肿病猪体内分离到的fedA + 大肠杆菌所携带的毒力因子、F18菌毛在体外表达及其抗原变异情况。【方法】利用凝集试验测定O 血清型,PCR方法检测毒力基因,单克隆抗体分析F18菌毛抗原特性。【结果】在75个fedA + 分离株中,有62株测定出其O血清型,覆盖8种血清型,以O107和O139为主(74.2%) ;estI、estII、elt、stx-2e、astA、orfA、irp2、fyuA、ler和eaeA基因在这75个菌株中的检出率分别为64.0%、46.7%、28.0%、62.7%、26.7%、9.3%、9.3%、9.3%、1.3%和1.3%,其中仅拥有stx-2e基因的菌株有19株,同时拥有estI/estII/stx-2e基因的菌株有20株。单抗鉴定结果显示,在33株体外表达F18菌毛的菌株中,21株(63.6%)被鉴定为F18ac变体,2株(6.1%) 被鉴定为F18ab变体,其余10株(30.3%)仅跟F18“a”因子单抗反应,而不跟F18“b”、“c”因子单抗反应。间接ELISA显示,11株单抗至 少识别F18菌毛的6个表位,其中“a”因子至少有3个表位,“b”因子至少有2个表位,“c”因子至少有1个表位。【结论】在猪源菌株中,F18ab菌毛在体外表达率较低;F18ac菌毛在体外表达率较高,主要与肠毒素和O107血清型相关,同时我国存在F18菌毛的抗原变异。     

猪源大肠杆菌F18菌毛的体外表达和抗原特性

【目的】揭示从仔猪腹泻和/或水肿病猪体内分离到的fedA+大肠杆菌所携带的毒力因子、F18菌毛在体外表达及其抗原变异情况。【方法】利用凝集试验测定O血清型,PCR方法检测毒力基因,单克隆抗体分析F18菌毛抗原特性。【结果】在75个fedA+分离株中,有62株测定出其O血清型,覆盖8种血清型,以O107和O139为主(74.2%);estI、estII、elt、stx-2e、astA、orfA、irp2、fyuA、ler和eaeA基因在这75个菌株中的检出率分别为64.0%、46.7%、28.0%、62.7%、26.7%、9.3%、9.3%、9.3%、1.3%和1.3%,其中仅拥有stx-2e基因的菌株有19株,同时拥有estI/estII/stx-2e基因的菌株有20株。单抗鉴定结果显示,在33株体外表达F18菌毛的菌株中,21株(63.6%)被鉴定为F18ac变体,2株(6.1%)被鉴定为F18ab变体,其余10株(30.3%)仅跟F18"a"因子单抗反应,而不跟F18"b"、"c"因子单抗反应。间接ELISA显示,11株单抗至少识别F18菌毛的6个表位,其中"a"因子至少有3个表位,"b"因子至少有2个表位,"c"因子至少有1个表位。【结论】在猪源菌株中,F18ab菌毛在体外表达率较低;F18ac菌毛在体外表达率较高,主要与肠毒素和O107血清型相关,同时我国存在F18菌毛的抗原变异。     

禽致病性大肠杆菌脂多糖核心型分布与毒力基因的相关性分析

【目的】大肠杆菌脂多糖(LPS)核心型根据其化学结构的不同分为5种,即R1、R2、R3、R4和K12。通过对禽致病性大肠杆菌(Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli,APEC)安徽、江苏、上海和河南等省市分离株的脂多糖核心型分布情况的研究,分析其与大肠杆菌主要毒力基因之间的潜在联系,以期为APEC的研究和防治提供参考。【方法】对分离到的76株APEC,利用PCR方法开展对LPS核心型分型鉴定和毒力基因检测;分析LPS核心型的分布和毒力基因、致病性之间的相关性。【结果】在76株APEC分离株中,68.4% (52株)为R1核心型,15.8% (12株)为R3型,11.8% (9株)为R4型,3.9% (3株)为R2型,未检测到K12核心型。毒力基因鉴定结果中yijp、mat、fimC、ibeB和ompA的检验阳性率均达到90%以上,可作为APEC的保守基因。其中LPS核心型R1与neuC、cva/cvi、irp2均具有显著正相关性(P<0.05),R3与iroN、irp2均具有显著负相关性(P<0.05),R4核心型与aatA显著正相关(P<0.05)。【结论】APEC的LPS核心型主要为R1。LPS核心型对部分毒力基因分布具有显著影响。     

大肠杆菌O157:H7的毒力岛与毒力因子的研究进展

大肠杆菌O157:H7是肠出血性大肠埃希菌的主要血清型,能引起人的出血性肠炎和溶血性尿路综合征。大肠杆菌O157:H7致病机制与其毒力岛编码的毒力因子有关,这些毒力岛包括染色体上的LEE岛、前噬菌体上的slt基因、大质粒上的hly、ka tP、espP、toxB、stcE基因。大肠杆菌O157:H7致病机理不是由单一毒力因子所决定,而是多种毒力因子共同作用的结果。     

禽致病性大肠埃希菌强毒力岛（HPI）全岛缺失株的构建

目的构建大肠埃希菌强毒力岛（HPI）全岛缺失突变株,为进一步评价大肠埃希菌HPI的功能打下基础。方法根据已知大肠埃希菌HPI基因序列设计PCR敲除引物,引物5′端有50 bp的拟敲除基因的同源臂,3′端为扩增引物,以pKD3为模板,扩增两侧含FRT位点的氯霉素抗性基因,利用pKD46的λ重组系统替换E.coli ZL基因组上的毒力岛全岛基因,再利用表达Flp重组酶的质粒pCP20,可将FRT位点之间的氯霉素抗性基因删除,用鉴定引物进行鉴定并测序。结果构建的全岛缺失株与预期一致。结论成功构建了禽致病性大肠埃希菌强毒力岛（HPI）全岛缺失突变株。     

禽致病性大肠杆菌IMT5155 疑似毒力基因在人源及动物源大肠杆菌中的分布

[目的]检测禽致病性大肠杆菌IMT5155自分泌黏附素基因等具有代表性的疑似毒力基因在不同来源大肠杆菌中的分布,为进一步研究其致病机理提供依据.[方法]采用PCR和Dot blot,检测疑似毒力基因在不同地区(101株大肠杆菌中国分离株和121株大肠杆菌德国分离株)、不同来源(人源、禽源及猪源)大肠杆菌中的分布,并分析其和大肠杆菌系统进化分群的关系.[结果]自分泌黏附素基因B11等11个疑似毒力基因在禽致病性大肠杆菌中分布率较高,阳性率分别为:A1 36.4%(32/88)、A8 53.4%(47/88)、A1063.6%(56/88)、B1137.5%(33/88)、F3 59.1%(52/88)等,且疑似毒力基因主要存在于大肠杆菌B2进化群中.值得注意的是,D1、E9和F11基因片段在新生儿脑膜炎大肠杆菌中有较高的分布率,分别为60%(6/10)、80%(8/10)和90%(9/10),而在新生儿脑膜炎大肠杆菌中未检测到B11基因.[结论]自分泌黏附素B11等疑似毒力基因与禽致病性大肠杆菌关系密切,但疑似毒力基因D1、E9和F11与新生儿脑膜炎大肠杆菌密切相关,提示禽致病性大肠杆菌可能是新生儿脑膜炎大肠杆菌的毒力基因储库.     

禽源大肠杆菌的分离及其毒力因子的检测

从临床疑似大肠杆菌感染的病禽组织中分离到69株细菌(其中鹅源29株,鸡源40株);通过常规形态学、培养特性和生化特征的研究,确定为大肠杆菌。PCR检测表明,其中46株(66.7%)为F1 大肠杆菌,10株(14.5%)为F1 HPI 大肠杆菌,2株(2.9%)为HPI 大肠杆菌;通过比较还发现,F1菌毛和HPI在鹅源和鸡源大肠杆菌中以及不同脏器来源的菌株中具有相似的分子流行病学。O抗原鉴定结果表明鹅源大肠杆菌的O抗原型主要有O26、O78、O18、O117,鸡源大肠杆菌的O抗原型主要有O109、O24、O18、O139、O78。药敏试验表明,其中绝大多数菌株对先锋霉素V、呋喃妥因、庆大霉素敏感,对环丙沙星因菌株差异而不同,林可霉素、四环素、多粘菌素多不敏感。     

实时荧光定量PCR技术鉴别非O157∶H7大肠杆菌产志贺毒素菌株(STEC)的研究

本文运用实时荧光定量PCR的技术对菌株进行stx1基因、stx2基因、eaeA毒力基因检测;并对stx阳性、eaeA阳性的菌株进行O抗原基因rfbE(O157)、wzx(O26)、wbdI(O111)、ihp1(O145)、wzx(O103)检测。探究了实验室保存的94株非O157:H7大肠杆菌是否存在产志贺毒素菌株(STEC)存在;结果表明94株大肠杆菌中检出3株含有stx基因、12株含有eaeA基因;对stx和eaeA阳性菌株O抗原基因试验,检出2株含有wzx(O26)基;这2株大肠杆菌血清凝集试验结果为阳性。研究结果显示,实时荧光定量PCR技术具有特异性强,灵敏度高等特点,可用于产志贺毒素菌株(STEC)前期筛查。     

The Yersinia HPI is present in Serratia liquefaciens isolated from meat

AIMS: The aim of the study was to screen the Enterobacteriaceae flora of meat for the presence of bacteria harbouring the Yersinia high-pathogenicity island (HPI). METHODS AND RESULTS: Bacteria from 29 meat and 29 liver samples were isolated on violet-red bile glucose agar. A total of 197 isolates were screened for the presence of the irp2 gene, encoded within the HPI, by PCR. One isolate that was positive for irp2 gene was also positive for the fyuA, irp1, ybtP/ybtQ, ybtX/ybtS and int/asn tRNA genes by PCR. The presence of fyuA, irp1 and irp2 genes was confirmed by Southern hybridization. CONCLUSIONS: The isolate was identified as Serratia liquefaciens by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and by ribotyping. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This is the first report of a Serratia harbouring the Yersinia HPI. Serratia is a frequently occurring Enterobacteriaceae genus in chill-stored meat.     

Siderophore-mediated strategies of iron acquisition by extraintestinal isolates of Enterobacter spp

A total of 89 examined Enterobacter isolates belonging to three species: E. cloaceae, E. aerogenes and E. sakazakii, produced iron chelators detected in universal CAS assay. In chemical assays the strains were shown to excrete mostly catecholate (88 strains) and hydroxamate (42 strains) type of siderophores. Forty-one strains produced both catecholate and hydroxamate siderophores whereas one isolate produced only hydroxamate. Besides, the isolates were screened for genes coding for another siderophore: yersiniabactin. The genes for biosynthesis and uptake of yersiniabactin are located on the high-pathogenicity island (HPI) of Yersinia spp. The presence of three marker genes irp1, irp2 and fyuA was estimated by polymerase chain reaction. Two strains: E. aerogenes and E. cloaceae possessed irp1, irp2 and fyuA genes. PCR products of irp1, irp2 and fyuA were of 240, 280 and 780 bp, respectively.     

Evidence for two evolutionary lineages of highly pathogenic Yersinia species.

Sensitivity to Yersinia pestis bacteriocin pesticin correlates with the existence of two groups of human pathogenic yersiniae, mouse lethal and mouse nonlethal. The presence of the outer membrane pesticin receptor (FyuA) in mouse-lethal yersiniae is a prerequisite for pesticin sensitivity. Genes that code for FyuA (fyuA) were identified and sequenced from pesticin-sensitive bacteria, including Y. enterocolitica biotype 1B (serotypes O8; O13, O20, and O21), Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O1, Y. pestis, two known pesticin-sensitive Escherichia coli isolates (E. coli Phi and E. coli CA42), and two newly discovered pesticin-sensitive isolates, E. coli K49 and K235. A 2,318-bp fyuA sequence was shown to be highly conserved in all pesticin-sensitive bacteria, including E. coli strains (DNA sequence homology was 98.5 to 99.9%). The same degree of DNA homology (97.8 to 100%) was established for the sequenced 276-bp fragment of the irp2 gene that encodes high-molecular-weight protein 2, which is also thought to be involved in the expression of virulence by Yersinia species. Highly conserved irp2 was also found in all pesticin-sensitive E. coli strains. On the basis of the fyuA and irp2 sequence homologies, two evolutionary groups of highly pathogenic Yersinia species can be established. One group includes Y. enterocolitica biotype 1B strains, while the second includes Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O1, and irp2-positive Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O3 strains. E. coli Phi, CA42, K49, and K235 belong to the second group. The possible proximity of these two iron-regulated genes (fyuA and irp2), as well as their high levels of sequence conservation and similar G+C contents (56.2 and 59.8 mol%), leads to the assumption that these two genes may represent part of an unstable pathogenicity island that has been acquired by pesticin-sensitive bacteria as a result of a horizontal transfer.     

Localization of the insertion site and pathotype determination of the locus of enterocyte effacement of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains

Of 220 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains collected in central France from healthy cattle, food samples, and asymptomatic children, 12 possessed the eae gene included in the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island. Based on gene typing, we observed 7 different eae espA espB tir pathotypes among the 12 STEC strains and described the new espAbetav variant. As previously observed, the O157 serogroup is associated with eaegamma, O26 is associated with eaebeta, and O103 is associated with eaeepsilon. However, the unexpected eaezeta allele was detected in 5 of the 12 isolates. PCR amplification and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis using the I-CeuI endonuclease followed by Southern hybridization indicated that the LEE was inserted in the vicinity of the selC (three isolates), pheU (two isolates), or pheV (six isolates) tRNA gene. Six isolates harbored two or three of these tRNA loci altered by the insertion of integrase genes (CP4-int and/or int-phe), suggesting the insertion of additional foreign DNA fragments at these sites. In spite of great genetic diversity of LEE pathotypes and LEE insertion sites, bovine strains harbor alleles of LEE genes that are frequently found in clinical STEC strains isolated from outbreaks and sporadic cases around the world, underscoring the potential risk of the bovine strains on human health.     

致病性大肠埃希菌和沙门菌毒力岛基因的双重PCR检测方法的建立

目的实现对致病性大肠埃希菌（E．coli）、沙门菌（Salmonella）的同时检测,建立快速灵敏的双重PCR检测方法。方法以致病性大肠埃希菌和沙门菌毒力岛基因为研究对象,根据GenBank发表的大肠埃希菌和沙门菌毒力岛基因序列,分别设计合成了大肠埃希菌毒力岛irpl、irl）2和fyuA,沙门菌毒力岛mgtC、sseL和sopB等6对引物,以禽致病性大肠埃希菌（CVCC1565）菌株和沙门菌（ATCC9150）菌株的核酸混合物为模板,经引物特异性试验,引物组合,成功建立了快速鉴别检测致病性大肠埃希菌和沙门菌的双重PCR方法。结果特异性试验结果显示,引物irpl、irp2和fyuA仅能扩增出大肠埃希菌（CVCC1565）的特异性片段,大小分别是799、414和948bp;引物mgtC、sseL和sopB仅能扩增出沙门菌（ATCC9150）的特异性片段,大小分别是500、269和1000bp。敏感性试验结果表明大肠埃希菌和沙门菌的最低检测限分别为2．2×101CFU／mL和2．0×101CFU／mL。结论本研究建立的双重PCR方法具有特异性强、敏感性高、快速简便等特点,可用于致病性大肠埃希菌和沙门菌的联合检测与鉴别诊断。     

The Yersinia high-pathogenicity island is present in different members of the family Enterobacteriaceae

A pathogenicity island termed high-pathogenicity island (HPI) is present in pathogenic Yersinia. This 35 to 45 kb island carries genes involved in synthesis, regulation and transport of the siderophore yersiniabactin. Recently, the HPI was also detected in various strains of Escherichia coli. In this study, the distribution of the HPI in the family Enterobacteriaceae was investigated. Among the 67 isolates pertaining to 18 genera and 52 species tested, nine (13.4%) harbored the island. These isolates were three E. coli, one Citrobacter diversus and five Klebsiella of various species (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis, Klebsiella ozaenae, Klebsiella planticola, and Klebsiella oxytoca). As in Yersinia sp., all nine isolates synthesized the HPI-encoded iron-repressible proteins HMWP1 and HMWP2. In the K. oxytoca strain, the right-end portion of the HPI was deleted, whereas the entire core region of the island was present in the eight other enterobacteria strains analyzed. In most of these isolates, the HPI was bordered by an asn tRNA locus, as in Yersinia sp. This report thus demonstrates the spread of the HPI among various members of the family Enterobacteriaceae.     

Prevalence and Isoforms of the Pathogenicity Island ETT2 Among <Emphasis Type="Italic">Escherichia coli</Emphasis> Isolates from Colibacillosis in Pigs and Mastitis in Cows

To study the prevalence and isoforms of the pathogenicity island ETT2 among pathogenic Escherichia coli, as well as to determine the relationship between the ETT2 locus and other virulence factors, PCR amplifications target to the 35 ETT2-associated genes were established and used to investigate the presence of the ETT2 locus in 168 E. coli isolates from weaned piglets with edema and/or diarrhea or dairy cows with mastitis. The results showed that the ETT2 locus could be identified in the pathogenic E. coli isolates from colibacillosis in pigs and in the ones from mastitis in cows, but the presence of ETT2 among the isolates of porcine origin were significantly higher (85.87%) than that (47.37%) of bovine origin. Furthermore, 11 ETT2 isoforms were found in this research, including an intact form and 10 deletion types. The intact ETT2 was the prevalent form among the pathogenic E. coli isolates of porcine origin, and highly associated with the presence of shigatoxin type 2e (Stx2e), while the great majority isolates of bovine origin just carried various deletion types, and no distinct association with other virulence factors, e.g., the presence/absence of LT1, ST2, Cnf2, Tra, HPI, Hly, and F17a fimbriae.