摘要
Cpx双组分调控系统广泛存在于多种革兰氏阴性细菌,主要参与细菌膜压力变化的调控。作为信号感应器的组氨酸激酶CpxA感应外界环境信号,并传递给反应调节蛋白CpxR,后者作为转录调控因子调控靶基因表达,帮助细菌应对环境变化。
我们利用简并PCR和染色体步移技术,从鳗弧菌(Vibrio anguillarum)M3菌株的基因组克隆得到cpx基因簇,全长2768 bp。氨基酸序列分析表明,CpxR、CpxA与大肠杆菌和霍乱弧菌的相似性分别为60%和84%、45%和72%。
为了研究Cpx系统的功能,我们构建了cpxR和cpxA基因的非极性缺失突变株。表型特征分析显示,cpxR和cpxA的缺失对鳗弧菌的泳动、明胶酶活力、3.5%盐度下的生长能力没有明显影响(P >0.05),但是使鳗弧菌的菌膜形成能力减弱,对过氧化氢和SDS的敏感性增加,在pH9.0条件下的生长速度加快(P <0.05),对先锋霉素V和头孢呋肟的敏感性发生变化,表明鳗弧菌的Cpx系统参与了细菌对某些环境压力的感应和调控。我们以肌肉注射攻毒、浸泡攻毒和细菌体内存活分析等三个方面研究了突变株对蓝鳗龙致病能力的变化,结果显示,以注射途径进行攻毒,cpxR和cpxA缺失分别使细菌的半数致死量LD50提高了24.6倍和13.3倍,注射后突变株在鱼体内的存活能力都有所降低,而以浸泡途径进行攻毒,突变株和野生株的毒力没有明显变化,但是实验鱼的死亡时间延后,表明Cpx系统参与了鳗弧菌毒力的调控。
我们进一步用实时定量PCR(qRT-PCR)分析了cpxRA对10个毒力相关基因转录水平的影响,包括转录调控因子基因rpoS和rpoN,密度感应系统调控基因vanT,金属蛋白酶基因empA和prtV,胞外多糖合成和运输基因wza和wbfD,鞭毛蛋白基因flaA,六型分泌系统基因hcp和icmF。初步结果显示,上述基因的转录水平有一定变化,生物信息学分析初步表明,这些基因不是Cpx系统直接作用的靶基因,它们受到Cpx的影响尚待进一步研究证实。
Cpx two-component regulatory system exists in a variety of Gram-negative bacteria, mainly involved in the response to envelope stress. The sensor histidine kinase CpxA accepts signals from the environment, and passes them to the response regulator protein CpxR, which then functions as a transcription factor to regulate expression of target genes and helps bacteria respond to environmental changes. In this study,the cpx gene cluster was cloned from the genome DNA of Vibrio anguillarum M3 strain by degenerate PCR and genome walking. The obtained full length of cpx cluster was 2768 bp. The predicted CpxR and CpxA showed 60% and 84%, and 45% and 72% identities with Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae.
To investigate the function of cpxRA, the cpxR and cpxA in-frame deletion mutants were constructed from M3. The phenotypes of both mutants were comparatively analysed with the wild-type strain. Both cpxR and cpxA mutants showed no difference with the wild-type strain in the mobility, gelatinase activity, growth in TSB containing 3.5% NaCl (P >0.05), while both mutants showed reduced viability in 1% H2O2 and 0.05% SDS, reduced biofilm formation, increased growth ability at pH 9.0 (P <0.05), varied sensitivites to Cephazolin and Cefuroxime. These data indicated that V. anguillarum CpxRA participated in sensing environmental signals and regulating some specific stress responses.
Roles of cpxR and cpxA on bacterial virulence were determined. Bacteria were administrated to blue guorami fish Trichogaster trichopterus by intramuscular injection and immersing infection. In the injection route, the cpxR and cpxA mutant decreased 24.6-fold and 13.3-fold in virulence compared with the wild-type strain. In the immersion route, no differences in virulence were observed between both mutants and the wild-type, though, the death time of fish was delayed in the mutant strains. These data indicated that CpxRA was involved in the virulence of Vibrio anguillarum.
Then, transcription of ten virulence-related genes were analysed by real-time quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) in the mutants and the wild-type strains, including transcription regulator genes rpoS and rpoN, metalloproteinase genes empA and prtV, quorum sensing regulator vanT, exopolysaccharide biosythesis and transport genes wza, wbfD, flagellin A gene flaA, and type six secretion sytem genes hcp and icmF. A certain degree of changes in transcription of the ten genes were found between the mutants and the wild-type strains. Bioinformative analysis indicated that none of the ten genes were Cpx regulons. The mechanisms of V. anguillarum Cpx on these genes need further investigate.
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