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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Volume 132, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109063
Keywords
Listeriosis; Virulence; LIPI-3; Listeriolysin S; Food safety
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- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES, Brasilia, DF, Brazil) [001]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq, Brasilia, DF, Brazil)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
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Listeria monocytogenes harbor different virulence factors, with a highly heterogeneous distribution between distinct lineages and serotypes. The Listeria Pathogenicity Island 3 (LIPI-3), mainly described in lineage I, encodes for Listeriolysin S (LLS), a virulence factor expressed by L. monocytogenes in the gastrointestinal tract during in vivo infections. The aim of this study was to carry out a comparative genotypic analysis of LIPI-3 identified in L. monocytogenes isolates obtained in Brazil and subjected to whole genomic sequencing (WGS). In addition, transcription of llsX expression under different acid stress conditions was evaluated by RT-PCR. Homologues of the eight LIPI-3 genes (llsAGHXBYDP) were identified in 15 isolates (all from lineage I) representative of different sequence types: ST1 (n = 3), ST3 (n = 6), ST218 (n = 5) and ST288 (n = 1). Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis revealed that genetic variation resulted in modification of the final peptide LLS for ST218 (serogroup IVb-v1) and ST288 (serogroup IIb). Selected strains from ST3 and ST288 were subjected to acid stress conditions and the expression of llsX, a LIPI-3 gene, was observed: only F2365 (4b/ST1) presented llsX expression after six hours of acid stress, indicating relevant differences when compared to isolates IIb (ST3 and 288). The results highlight the presence of genomic variations on LIPI-3 and llsX expression under acid stress conditions, demanding further studies to evaluate if these mutations have an impact on L. monocytogenes virulence in vivo.
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