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Rebecca Munk Vejborg Carsten Friis Viktoria Hancock Mark A. Schembri Per Klemm 《Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG》2010,283(5):469-484
Escherichia coli is a highly versatile species encompassing a diverse spectrum of strains, i.e. from highly virulent isolates causing serious
infectious diseases to commensals and probiotic strains. Although much is known about bacterial pathogenicity in E. coli, the understanding of which genetic determinants differentiates a virulent from an avirulent strain still remains limited.
In this study we designed a new comparative genomic hybridization microarray based on 31 sequenced E. coli strains and used it to compare two E. coli strains used as prophylactic agents (i.e. Nissle 1917 and 83972) with the highly virulent uropathogen CFT073. Only relatively
minor genetic variations were found between the isolates, suggesting that the three strains may have originated from the same
virulent ancestral parent. Interestingly, Nissle 1917 (a gut commensal strain) was more similar to CFT073 with respect to
genotype and phenotype than 83972 (an asymptomatic bacteriuria strain). The study indicates that genetic variations (e.g.
mutations) and expression differences, rather than genomic content per se, contribute to the divergence in disease-causing
ability between these strains. This has implications for the use of virulence factors in epidemiological research, and emphasizes
the need for more comparative genomic studies of closely related strains to compare their virulence potential. 相似文献
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Rachel IM van Haaften Blanche Schroen Ben JA Janssen Arie van Erk Jacques JM Debets Hubert JM Smeets Jos FM Smits Arthur van den Wijngaard Yigal M Pinto Chris TA Evelo 《BMC bioinformatics》2006,7(1):200-15
Background
Gene expression microarray technology permits the analysis of global gene expression profiles. The amount of sample needed limits the use of small excision biopsies and/or needle biopsies from human or animal tissues. Linear amplification techniques have been developed to increase the amount of sample derived cDNA. These amplified samples can be hybridised on microarrays. However, little information is available whether microarrays based on amplified and unamplified material yield comparable results. 相似文献33.
Eliza Ye-Chen Soh Frances Smith Maxime Rmi Gimenez Liang Yang Rebecca Munk Vejborg Matthew Fletcher Nigel Halliday Sophie Bleves Stephan Heeb Miguel Cmara Michael Givskov Kim R. Hardie Tim Tolker-Nielsen Brengre Ize Paul Williams 《PLoS pathogens》2021,17(8)
Extracellular DNA (eDNA) is a major constituent of the extracellular matrix of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms and its release is regulated via pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS) dependent quorum sensing (QS). By screening a P. aeruginosa transposon library to identify factors required for DNA release, mutants with insertions in the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway were identified as exhibiting reduced eDNA release, and defective biofilm architecture with enhanced susceptibility to tobramycin. P. aeruginosa tat mutants showed substantial reductions in pyocyanin, rhamnolipid and membrane vesicle (MV) production consistent with perturbation of PQS-dependent QS as demonstrated by changes in pqsA expression and 2-alkyl-4-quinolone (AQ) production. Provision of exogenous PQS to the tat mutants did not return pqsA, rhlA or phzA1 expression or pyocyanin production to wild type levels. However, transformation of the tat mutants with the AQ-independent pqs effector pqsE restored phzA1 expression and pyocyanin production. Since mutation or inhibition of Tat prevented PQS-driven auto-induction, we sought to identify the Tat substrate(s) responsible. A pqsA::lux fusion was introduced into each of 34 validated P. aeruginosa Tat substrate deletion mutants. Analysis of each mutant for reduced bioluminescence revealed that the primary signalling defect was associated with the Rieske iron-sulfur subunit of the cytochrome bc1 complex. In common with the parent strain, a Rieske mutant exhibited defective PQS signalling, AQ production, rhlA expression and eDNA release that could be restored by genetic complementation. This defect was also phenocopied by deletion of cytB or cytC1. Thus, either lack of the Rieske sub-unit or mutation of cytochrome bc1 genes results in the perturbation of PQS-dependent autoinduction resulting in eDNA deficient biofilms, reduced antibiotic tolerance and compromised virulence factor production. 相似文献
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1. Aposematic coloration in prey promotes its survival by conspicuously advertising unpalatability to predators. Although classical examples of aposematic signals involve constant presentation of a signal at a distance, some animals suddenly display warning colours only when they are attacked. 2. Characteristics of body parts suddenly displayed, such as conspicuous coloration or eyespot pattern, may increase the survival of the prey by startling the predator, and/or by signalling unpalatability to the predators at the moment of attack. 3. The adaptive value of such colour patterns suddenly displayed by unpalatable prey has not been studied. We experimentally blackened the red patch in the conspicuous red–white–black hindwing pattern displayed by an unpalatable insect Lycorma delicatula White (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) in response to predator's attack. 4. There was no evidence that the presence of the red patch increased prey survival over several weeks. We hypothesise that predators generalised from the red–white–black patches on the hindwings of unpalatable L. delicatula to any similar wing display as a signal of unpalatability. Because a higher proportion of males than females stay put at their resting sites, displaying their wings in response to repeated attacks by predators, wing damage was more frequent in males than in females. 5. To our knowledge, this is the first experimental test of an adaptive role of aposematic signals presented by unpalatable prey during sudden displays triggered by direct predatory attack. 相似文献
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B B Fuks A I Shapoval I Grzhebin IM 《Biulleten' eksperimental'no? biologii i meditsiny》1991,112(7):78-80
We investigated the phenomenon of increased sensitivity of tumor-bearing mice to endotoxin shock. I/V administration of sera from tumor (EL-4, B16, R815, MOPC-315) bearers or tumoral culture media into intact mice caused the increased sensitivity to lethal action of LPS plus GMDP. Production of TNF in above mice was also significantly increased under the influence of LPS plus GMDP. Sensitivity induced factors in tumor bearing mice sera have mol. weight more than 50 kDa. This action was partially abolished by indomethacin. 相似文献