目的探讨弗氏枸橼酸杆菌群集运动的分子机制。方法用M in i-Tn5 Km转座子诱导获得弗氏枸橼酸杆菌群集运动突变株;通过反向PCR扩增突变基因并测序,从而确定发生突变的基因;观察突变株的运动和形态等特征。结果研究表明有7株突变株涉及3...目的探讨弗氏枸橼酸杆菌群集运动的分子机制。方法用M in i-Tn5 Km转座子诱导获得弗氏枸橼酸杆菌群集运动突变株;通过反向PCR扩增突变基因并测序,从而确定发生突变的基因;观察突变株的运动和形态等特征。结果研究表明有7株突变株涉及3个与脂多糖合成有关的基因突变,分别为wzxB、waaW、waaL,导致弗氏枸橼酸杆菌群集运动能力显著下降。同时,这些突变株的鞭毛合成也出现异常,即培养的细菌中仅有小部分呈现正常的鞭毛合成,而大多数菌体聚集在一起,且鞭毛合成呈抑制状态,电镜观察发现多数聚集的菌体没有鞭毛或只有很少的鞭毛。与之相对应的是,野生株没有这个现象。结论脂多糖结构的缺失影响弗氏枸橼酸杆菌鞭毛的生成,进而影响其群集运动能力。展开更多
To determine the pathogenic potential of the leptospiral flagella-associated proteins, the genes flhA and flhB2 encoding the biosynthesis of flagella of leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemor- rhagiae serovar l...To determine the pathogenic potential of the leptospiral flagella-associated proteins, the genes flhA and flhB2 encoding the biosynthesis of flagella of leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemor- rhagiae serovar lai stain 56601 were cloned and their prokaryotic expression systems were constructed. It was demonstrated that the cloned flhA and flhB2 genes had 2118 bp in length and showed 100% and 99.9% of homologies in their nucleotide sequences and 100% and 98.8% of homologies in their putative amino acid sequences respectively, in comparison with those of previously reported. The prokaryotic expression systems under the induction with IPTG could efficiently express the target proteins rFlhA and rFlhB2 with the outputs of approximate 10% of the total bacterial proteins. Based on the sequences of the cloned genes flhA and flhB2, the structural features in associated with pathogenesis and the functions of the target proteins were analyzed with bioinformatics softwares, in which the FlhA was found to have 7 major transmembrane helices, while the FlhB2 had 5 ones. The conserved domains in the FlhA showed high similarity to those of the FHIPEP of the other bacterial FlhA and EscV families, but the conserved domains in the FlhB2 were similar to those of bac-export-2 and EscU families, EscV and EscU families being the protein products of the type IR secretion system in association with pathogenesis. The FlhA and FlhB2 also contained protein kinase C （PKC） and protein tyrosine kinase （PTK） phosphorylation sites, indicating that PKC and PTK of host cells were involved in the internalization and intracellular proliferation in the pathogenesis of microorganisms. All these data leads to a conclusion that the flhA and flhB2 genes of L. interrogans are relatively conserved and their gene products have great potential in the pathogenesis of this organism.展开更多
文摘目的探讨弗氏枸橼酸杆菌群集运动的分子机制。方法用M in i-Tn5 Km转座子诱导获得弗氏枸橼酸杆菌群集运动突变株;通过反向PCR扩增突变基因并测序,从而确定发生突变的基因;观察突变株的运动和形态等特征。结果研究表明有7株突变株涉及3个与脂多糖合成有关的基因突变,分别为wzxB、waaW、waaL,导致弗氏枸橼酸杆菌群集运动能力显著下降。同时,这些突变株的鞭毛合成也出现异常,即培养的细菌中仅有小部分呈现正常的鞭毛合成,而大多数菌体聚集在一起,且鞭毛合成呈抑制状态,电镜观察发现多数聚集的菌体没有鞭毛或只有很少的鞭毛。与之相对应的是,野生株没有这个现象。结论脂多糖结构的缺失影响弗氏枸橼酸杆菌鞭毛的生成,进而影响其群集运动能力。
文摘To determine the pathogenic potential of the leptospiral flagella-associated proteins, the genes flhA and flhB2 encoding the biosynthesis of flagella of leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemor- rhagiae serovar lai stain 56601 were cloned and their prokaryotic expression systems were constructed. It was demonstrated that the cloned flhA and flhB2 genes had 2118 bp in length and showed 100% and 99.9% of homologies in their nucleotide sequences and 100% and 98.8% of homologies in their putative amino acid sequences respectively, in comparison with those of previously reported. The prokaryotic expression systems under the induction with IPTG could efficiently express the target proteins rFlhA and rFlhB2 with the outputs of approximate 10% of the total bacterial proteins. Based on the sequences of the cloned genes flhA and flhB2, the structural features in associated with pathogenesis and the functions of the target proteins were analyzed with bioinformatics softwares, in which the FlhA was found to have 7 major transmembrane helices, while the FlhB2 had 5 ones. The conserved domains in the FlhA showed high similarity to those of the FHIPEP of the other bacterial FlhA and EscV families, but the conserved domains in the FlhB2 were similar to those of bac-export-2 and EscU families, EscV and EscU families being the protein products of the type IR secretion system in association with pathogenesis. The FlhA and FlhB2 also contained protein kinase C （PKC） and protein tyrosine kinase （PTK） phosphorylation sites, indicating that PKC and PTK of host cells were involved in the internalization and intracellular proliferation in the pathogenesis of microorganisms. All these data leads to a conclusion that the flhA and flhB2 genes of L. interrogans are relatively conserved and their gene products have great potential in the pathogenesis of this organism.
