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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 87, 期 21, 页码 -出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01468-21
关键词
Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. masoucida; antibacterial; aquaculture; phage therapy; turbot; Scophthalmus maximus
资金
- Innovation Group Project of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) [311020005]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32025038]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [22221062017019]
The study demonstrated that the newly isolated A. salmonicida subsp. masoucida phage vB_AsM_ZHF exhibited potent antibacterial effect against the pathogen both in vitro and in vivo, reducing bacterial burden and inflammatory response in infected turbot. This phage showed promising potential as an alternative therapeutic agent to antibiotics for controlling multidrug-resistant A. salmonicida subsp. masoucida infections in the aquaculture industry.
Aeromonas salmonicida is an aquatic pathogen that can infect a variety of fish. Phage therapy has been applied to treat bacterial infections. In this study, we obtained three A. salmonicida subsp. masoucida phage isolates from sewage, and one phage (vB_AsM_ZHF) exhibited the best antibacterial effect, based on in vitro kinetics experiments. Sequencing indicated that the vB_AsM_ZHF genome is 161,887 bp (41.24% C+G content) with 237 predicted open reading frames. No antibiotic resistance or virulence genes were detected in the complete genome, which is a requirement for phage therapy safety. Intraperitoneal injection of phage vB_AsM_ZHF into turbot at 8 x 10(4) PFU/fish rescued turbot from A. salmonicida subsp. masoucida injection and reduced the bacterial burden by 1 order of magnitude. Injection of vB_AsM_ZHF also decreased levels of inflammatory cell infiltration in muscle tissue, cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in serum and the expression of the inflammatory factors IL-1 beta, IL-6, IFN-gamma, transforming growth factor beta, TNF-alpha, and hepcidin in the liver, spleen, and head kidney of turbot. Phage vB_AsM_ZHF demonstrated antibacterial ability in vitro and in vivo and significantly reduced mortality in turbot challenged by A. salmonicida subsp. masoucida. This study revealed that phage vB_AsM_ZHF can effectively treat the infection caused by A. salmonicida subsp. masoucida in turbot. IMPORTANCE A. salmonicida is an aquatic pathogen that can infect different fish and causes economic loss to the global aquaculture industry. Clinical strains of A. salmonicida have developed multidrug resistance, and phage therapy is being evaluated for controlling bacterial infections. Phages are biological antibacterial agents and have the potential to be therapeutic agents against multidrug-resistant bacteria. In this study, three A. salmonicida subsp. masoucida phages were isolated from sewage, and their biological behaviors were characterized. The newly isolated phage vB_AsM_ZHF could inhibit A. saimonicida subsp. masoucida infection in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that it may be an alternative strategy to antibiotics for protecting fish against multidrug-resistant A. saimonicida subsp. masoucida in the aquaculture industry.
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