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MICROORGANISMS
卷 7, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7090313
关键词
Vibrio ordalii; fish pathogens; iron uptake; siderophores; piscibactin; vanchrobactin
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- FONDECYT [CONICYT/FONDAP/15110027]
- Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT, Chile) [1190283]
- State Agency for Research (AEI) of Spain [AGL2015-63740-C2-1-R, AGL2015-63740-C2-2-R]
- Xunta de Galicia (Spain) [GRC2018/18]
- University of A Coruna [grant GRC2018/39, ED431E2018/03]
- European Union
Vibrio ordalii is the causative agent of vibriosis, mainly in salmonid fishes, and its virulence mechanisms are still not completely understood. In previous works we demonstrated that V. ordalii possess several iron uptake mechanisms based on heme utilization and siderophore production. The aim of the present work was to confirm the production and utilization of piscibactin as a siderophore by V ordalii. Using genetic analysis, identification by peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) of iron-regulated membrane proteins and chemical identification by LC-HRMS, we were able to clearly demonstrate that V. ordalii produces piscibactin under iron limitation. The synthesis and transport of this siderophore is encoded by a chromosomal gene cluster homologous to another one described in V. anguillarum, which also encodes the synthesis of piscibactin. Using beta-galactosidase assays we were able to show that two potential promoters regulated by iron control the transcription of this gene cluster in V. ordalii. Moreover, biosynthetic and transport proteins corresponding to piscibactin synthesis and uptake could be identified in membrane fractions of V. ordalii cells grown under iron limitation. The synthesis of piscibactin was previously reported in other fish pathogens like Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida and V. anguillarum, which highlights the importance of this siderophore as a key virulence factor in Vibrionaceae bacteria infecting poikilothermic animals.
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