期刊
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.652957
关键词
Vibrio parahaemolyticus; pathogenicity; de novo sequencing; virulence; mouse model
资金
- Medical and Health key Project [14J004]
- Innovation Project of General Hospital [CX19027]
- Innovation Incubation Fund of the Navy General Hospital [CXPY201822, CXPY201824]
- Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation [7204314]
The study found that the increased pathogenicity of environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus is associated with genomic changes, where differences in pathogenicity among different strains are mainly due to variances in the distribution of key genetic elements and secretory system compositions. The hypothesis of unique pathogenic effects based on genomic analysis was validated by the survival rate of mouse models infected with different strains, and antibiotic resistance results demonstrated the multi-directional evolutionary potential in environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a common pathogenic marine bacterium that causes gastrointestinal infections and other health complications, which could be life-threatening to immunocompromised patients. For the past two decades, the pathogenicity of environmental V. parahaemolyticus has increased greatly, and the genomic change behind this phenomenon still needs an in-depth exploration. To investigate the difference in pathogenicity at the genomic level, three strains with different hemolysin expression and biofilm formation capacity were screened out of 69 environmental V. parahaemolyticus strains. Subsequently, 16S rDNA analysis, de novo sequencing, pathogenicity test, and antibiotic resistance assays were performed. Comparative genome-scale interpretation showed that various functional region differences in pathogenicity of the selected V. parahaemolyticus strains were due to dissimilarities in the distribution of key genetic elements and in the secretory system compositions. Furthermore, the genomic analysis-based hypothesis of distinct pathogenic effects was verified by the survival rate of mouse models infected with different V. parahaemolyticus strains. Antibiotic resistance results also presented the multi-directional evolutionary potential in environmental V. parahaemolyticus, in agreement with the phylogenetic analysis results. Our study provides a theoretical basis for better understanding of the increasing pathogenicity of environmental V. parahaemolyticus at the genome level. Further, it has a key referential value for the exploration of pathogenicity and prevention of environmental V. parahaemolyticus in the future.
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