痢疾志贺氏I型菌毒素基因的克隆与表达

从痢疾志贺氏l型菌W 30 864株中提取染色体DNA,用EcoRI完全酶解,电泳回收3—7 kb的片段,与载体pUC1 9质粒连接重组,用大肠阡菌痢疾样毒素(SLT）基因探针进行筛选,得到了阳性重组子。实验表明志贺氏毒素基因是位于约4.5kb的EcoR1片段上,包含毒素的A亚单位基因和B亚单位基因。在对克隆株的毒性测定中,乘用Hela—S3细胞试验,证明所产生的痢疾毒素县有杀死细胞的能力。此毒素可引起肠积水和充血,可使小鼠肢体麻痹并致死,克隆重组株的痢疾毒素产量是亲本野生株W30 864的16涪。此外,实验中还对克隆株和产生SLT的菌株的毒素产量做了比较。     

志贺毒素A／B（ShT-A／B）亚单位基因的克隆与序列分析

应用PCR技术从Ⅰ型痢疾志贺茵(Shigella dysenteriae type Ⅰ)中,分别扩增出约895bp和225bp的成熟ShT-A,B基因片段,直接克隆至pGEM-T载体中,经蓝白斑筛选、PCR和双酶切鉴定正确后,命名为pGEM-ShTA_2和pGEM-ShTB_3。测序结果表明,插入的片段是ShT-A,ShT-B,且与GenBank中ShT-A,B核酸序列完全一致,从而为重组ShT-A,B的表达研究奠定了基础。     

志贺氏菌III型分泌系统及其致病机理

摘要:志贺氏菌的侵袭能力归功于其具有的特殊武器——III型分泌系统,这方面的研究一直以来都是病原微生物领域关注的焦点,本文将对近年来志贺氏菌III型分泌系统的研究进展进行简要综述。     

痢疾志贺氏菌亚群的比较基因组学研究与进化分析

利用大肠杆菌K12 MG1655株全基因组ORFs和痢疾志贺氏菌A1型Sd51197株特异性ORFs探针制备的芯片, 研究了痢疾志贺氏菌13个血清型代表株的基因组组成. 结果显示, 该血清群成员的基因组中包含有2654个保守的源于大肠杆菌ORFs; 共同缺失了219个涉及前噬菌体基因、分子伴侣、特异性O抗原合成等大肠杆菌原有的基因; 并通过水平转移获得了一些特异性基因, 如Ⅱ型分泌系统相关组分、铁转运相关因子等. 根据基因组组成所作的进化树, 发现A1, A2, A8和A10这四型菌与其他痢疾志贺氏菌亲源关系较远. 研究所得结果为进一步深入探索痢疾志贺氏菌的生理过程、致病性和进化奠定了基础.     

痢疾志贺氏菌亚群的比较基因组学研究与进化分析

利用大肠杆菌K12MG1655株全基因组ORFs和痢疾志贺氏菌A1型Sd51197株特异性ORFs探针制备的芯片,研究了痢疾志贺氏菌13个血清型代表株的基因组组成.结果显示,该血清群成员的基因组中包含有2654个保守的源于大肠杆菌ORFs;共同缺失了219个涉及前噬菌体基因、分子伴侣、特异性O抗原合成等大肠杆菌原有的基因;并通过水平转移获得了一些特异性基因,如Ⅱ型分泌系统相关组分、铁转运相关因子等.根据基因组组成所作的进化树,发现A1,A2,A8和A10这四型菌与其他痢疾志贺氏菌亲源关系较远.研究所得结果为进一步深入探索痢疾志贺氏菌的生理过程、致病性和进化奠定了基础.     

志贺毒素及其分子生物学研究进展

志贺毒素(ShT)是由Ⅰ型痢疾志贺菌产生的一种重要的致病毒力因子,具有细胞毒、肠毒和神经毒三种毒性作用。近年来,ShT已被列入生物武器核查清单剂中禁控毒素之一,成为潜在的生物毒素战剂和生物恐怖病原。本主要概述了ShT的生物学特性、分子结构与作用机制、检测与预防,以及分子生物学的研究进展。     

宋内氏痢疾菌侵袭相关基因的克隆与表达

用粘粒PJB8为载体,构建了宋内氏痢疾菌I相大质粒基因库。用菌落原位杂交,Western blot方法从文库中筛选到1株表达IpaA,B,C,D 4种蛋白的重组子。经重组质粒酶切和Southern blot等方法对宋内氏菌和福氏2a痢疾菌的侵袭相关基因片段作了初步比较分析。     

营养缺陷型福氏志贺氏菌口服活菌苗的研制

<正> 细菌性痢疾是一种波及世界的疾病。近几年据估计菌痢患者每年有数千万,且呈上升趋势。尽管人们已认识到了志贺氏菌在儿童中引起的临床症状是严重的,但其在儿童腹泻病因中的主要地位过去却被大大低估了。这一现象的解释有好几个方面,其中特别是这一疾病主要发生在6个月至5岁之间的儿童。而且与许多其它的肠道病原菌不一样,其主要并发症不是可用口服补液进行处理的脱水。估计每年因志贺氏菌腹泻而死亡的约60万人,大多数为5岁以下的儿童。     

Purification of a cell-associated hemagglutinin from Shigella dysenteriae type 1

Abstract A cell-associated hemagglutinin (HA) was isolated and purified from a clinical isolate of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 by affinity chromatography on a fetuin-agarose column. The purified hemagglutinin produced a single-stained protein band of around 66 kDa in sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). In an immunodiffusion test, HA-antisera produced a single precipitin band against the purified HA without exhibiting any reactivity towards lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of S. dysenteriae type 1 strain. Inhibition of the hemagglutination by the glycoproteins fetuin, asialofetuin and a sugar derivative N -acetyl-neuraminic acid but not by simple sugars, suggested the specific requirement of complex carbohydrate for binding. Electron micrographs of the purified HA revealed a morphology typical of globular protein.     

痢疾志贺菌侵袭素IpaC的原核表达及纯化复性

目的为进一步研究痢疾志贺菌侵袭素IpaC蛋白的侵袭活性,必须先获得IpaC重组融合蛋白。方法将IpaC基因亚克隆至表达载体pET-24α(+)中,转化至E.coli BL21(DE3)表达宿主菌中,采用IPTG优化诱导表达,然后纯化复性重组蛋白。结果重组蛋白最佳表达条件为0.50mmol/L IPTG、30℃诱导6h,获得分子量约为33kDa的IpaC重组蛋白。Western blotting证实了重组蛋白的特异性。IpaC重组蛋白主要以包涵体形式在宿主菌中表达,通过纯化后得到单一的目的蛋白。结论成功构建IpaC原核表达体系,并获得了蛋白的高效表达及优化。初步建立了IpaC重组蛋白的纯化方案。为进一步研究IpaC的侵袭性作用奠定了基础。     

Shigella dysenteriae type 1-specific bacteriophage from environmental waters in Bangladesh

Shigella dysenteriae type 1 is the causative agent of the most severe form of bacillary dysentery, which occurs as epidemics in many developing countries. We isolated a bacteriophage from surface water samples from Bangladesh that specifically lyses strains of S. dysenteriae type 1. This phage, designated SF-9, belongs to the Podoviridae family and has a 41-kb double-stranded DNA genome. Further screening of water samples for the prevalence of the phage revealed 9 of 71 (12.6%) water samples which were positive for the phage. These water samples were also positive in PCR assays for one or more S. dysenteriae type 1-specific genes, including ipaBCD and stx1, and live S. dysenteriae type 1 was isolated from three phage-positive samples. The results of this study suggest that phage SF-9 may have epidemiological applications in tracing the presence of S. dysenteriae type 1 in environmental waters.     

Cloning and analysis of the glucosyl transferase gene encoding type I antigen in Shigella flexneri

The O-antigen of most Shigella flexneri serotypes contains an identical tetrasaccharide repeating unit. Apart from serotype Y, the O-antigen is modified by addition of a glucosyl and/or O-acetyl residue to a specific position in the O-unit. In this study the glucosyl transferase gene from a serotype 1a has been cloned and identified. The bacteriophage SfV integrase (int) gene was used to probe a S. flexneri Y53 (serotype 1a) cosmid library and 18 unique clones were identified. Southern hybridisation of these clones indicated two unlinked regions of the chromosome contained the int homologue. When expressed in a live candidate vaccine strain of S. flexneri serotype Y (SFL124), clones with one region produced type I antigen, whereas clones containing the other region produced mainly type Y antigen. One of the cosmid clones positive for type I antigen by agglutination and Western blotting was selected for further study. Genes involved in O-antigen glucosyl modification were mapped on a 5.8 kb fragment and subclones were produced which fully or partially expressed the type I antigen, depending on the extent of the clone. Fully and partially expressing clones may be useful vaccine candidate strains for protection against disease caused by two serotypes of S. flexneri.     

A case of shigellosis caused by Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Shigella flexneri type 5B

Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Shigella flexneri type 5b strains were isolated as causative agents of bacterial dysentery in a patient having visited South-East Asia. Both strains are a rare finding for Bulgaria. S. dysenteriae 1 strains have not been isolated since 1962, and there were only single isolates of S. flexneri 5b. The strains were of the same antibiotic resistance patterns. Conjugation experiments showed that resistance is determined by transferrable R-plasmids having identical characteristics. It is assumed that in the patient's gut transfer of an R-plasmid occurs from E. coli of the normal flora to the pathogenic shigellae.