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MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS
Volume 124, Issue -, Pages 230-237Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.08.032
Keywords
Mycoplasma bovis; Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase; Plasminogen; Adhesin
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31360620]
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province, China [1308RJZA235]
- programmes of the National Beef Cattle and Yak Industrial Technology System [CARS -37]
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Mycoplasma bovis is an extremely small cell wall-deficient pathogenic bacterium in the genus Mycoplasma that causes serious economic losses to the cattle industry worldwide. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA), a key enzyme in the glycolytic pathway, is a multifunctional protein in several pathogenic bacterial species, but its role in M. bovis remains unknown. Herein, the FBA gene of the M. bovis was amplified by PCR, and subcloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pET28a ( + ) to generate the pET28a-FBA plasmid for recombinant expression in Escherichia coli Transetta. Expression of the 34 kDa recombinant rMbFBA protein was confirmed by electrophoresis, and enzymatic activity assays based on conversion of NADH to NAD + revealed Km and Vmax values of 48 mu M and 43.8 mu moL/L/min, respectively. Rabbit anti-rMbFBA and anti-M. bovis serum were generated by inoculation with rMbFBA and M. bovis, and antigenicity and immunofluorescence assay demonstrated that FBA is an immunogenic protein expressed on the cell membrane in M. bovis cells. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays revealed equal distribution of FBA in the cell membrane and cytoplasm. Complement-dependent mycoplasmacidal assays showed that rabbit anti-rMbFBA serum killed 44.1% of M. bovis cells in the presence of complement. Binding and ELISA assays demonstrated that rMbFBA binds native bovine plasminogen and in a dose-dependent manner. Fluorescent microscopy revealed that pre-treatment with antibodies against rMbFBA decreased the adhesion of M. bovis to embryonic bovine lung (EBL) cells. Furthermore, adherence inhibition assays revealed 34.4% inhibition of M. bovis infection of EBL cells following treatment with rabbit anti-rMbFBA serum, suggesting rMbFBA participates in bacterial adhesion to EBL cells.
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