4.7 Article Proceedings Paper

Global transcriptomic response of Listeria monocytogenes exposed to Fingered Citron (Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle) essential oil

Journal

FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Volume 143, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110274

Keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Transcriptome; Citrus medica L; var; sarcodactylis Swingle; Fingered Citron; Essential oil

Funding

  1. China's National Key Research and Development Project [2017YFD0400701]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [32073020]
  3. Key Projects of Hunan Education Department [20A238]

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Research showed that Fingered Citron essential oil (FCEO) has strong anti-listeria activity, causing cell morphology changes, and L. monocytogenes exhibited various cell responses in its presence. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis revealed that L. monocytogenes adapt by enhancing motility, promoting escape mechanisms, increasing energy intake, and altering metallic cation uptake in response to FCEO exposure.
Listeria monocytogenes, which could cause severe disease of listeriosis, is one of the most concerned foodborne pathogens worldwide. Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis Swingle (Fingered Citron) is one of the citrus species cultivated in south China. Here, we investigated the efficacy of Fingered Citron essential oil (FCEO) against L. monocytogenes and explored the response of L. monocytogenes in the presence of FCEO using genome-wide transcriptome analysis. FCEO exhibited strong anti-listeria activity and obvious alterations of cell morphology were observed by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Moreover, GO analysis demonstrated many potential cell responses, including metabolic process, cellular process, single-organism process, cell part, membrane, catalytic activity, binding, and transporter activity. KEGG analysis suggests that L. monocytogenes respond and adapt by (1) increasing motility through the enhancement of flagella rotation; (2) promoting cell tumbles and re-orientating to escape from FCEO; (3) enhancing the uptake of carbohydrates from environment to gain more energy; (4) changing the uptake of several metallic cations, including iron, zinc, cobalt, and nickel. Our research contributes to the understanding of the adaptive responses of L. monocytogenes exposed to FCEO and provides novel insights for finding new targets of anti-listeria therapy.

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