The serine protease autotransporter Tsh contributes to the virulence of Edwardsiella tarda

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	The serine protease autotransporter Tsh contributes to the virulence of Edwardsiella tarda
	Hu, Yong-hua 1,2; Zhou, Hai-zhen 1,3; Jin, Qian-wen 1,3; Zhang, Jian 1,2
刊名	VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	2016-06-30
卷号	189 页码:68-74
关键词	Autotransporter Tsh Fish pathogen Edwardsiella tarda Virulence
英文摘要	The temperature-sensitive hemagglutinin (Tsh), identified as serine protease autotransporters of the Enterobacteriaceae (SPATEs) proteins, is an important virulence factor for avian-pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) and uropathogenic E. coli. However, little is known about the role of Tsh as a virulence factor in Edwardsiella tarda, a severe fish pathogen. In this study, we characterized the Tsh of E. tarda (named TshEt) and examined its function and vaccine potential. TshEt is composed of 1224 residues and has three functional domains typical for autotransporters. Quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis showed that expression of tshEt was upregulated under conditions of high temperature, increased cell density, high pH, and iron starvation and during the infection of host cells. A markerless tsh in-frame mutant strain, TX01 Delta tsh, was constructed to determine whether TshEt participates in the pathogenicity of E. tarda, Compared to the wild type TX01, TX01 Delta tsh exhibited (i) retarded biofilm growth, (ii) decreased resistance against serum killing, (iii) impaired ability to block the host immune response, (iv) attenuated tissue and cellular infectivity. Introduction of a trans-expressed tsh gene restored the lost virulence of TX01 Delta tsh. The passenger domain of TshEt contains a putative serine protease (PepS) that exhibits apparent proteolytic activity when expressed in and purified from E. coli as a recombinant protein (rPepS). When used as a subunit vaccine to immunize Japanese flounder, rPepS was able to induce effective immune protection. This is the first study of Tsh in a fish pathogen, and the results suggest that TshEt exerts pleiotropic effects on the pathogenesis of E. tarda. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000378450900010
内容类型	期刊论文
版本	出版稿
源URL	[http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/130976]
专题	海洋研究所_实验海洋生物学重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Expt Marine Biol, 7 Nanhai Rd, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Lab Marine Biol & Biotechnol, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hu, Yong-hua,Zhou, Hai-zhen,Jin, Qian-wen,et al. The serine protease autotransporter Tsh contributes to the virulence of Edwardsiella tarda[J]. VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY,2016,189:68-74.
APA	Hu, Yong-hua,Zhou, Hai-zhen,Jin, Qian-wen,&Zhang, Jian.(2016).The serine protease autotransporter Tsh contributes to the virulence of Edwardsiella tarda.VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY,189,68-74.
MLA	Hu, Yong-hua,et al."The serine protease autotransporter Tsh contributes to the virulence of Edwardsiella tarda".VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY 189(2016):68-74.