烟曲霉致病相关因子的研究进展

毒力因子是在病原体适应生存环境的过程中产生.烟曲霉毒力是多因素相关的,包括微小的孢子结构使之能够吸入到达宿主的肺泡,耐热特征,疏水性,快速的繁殖速度以及抵抗氧化应激反应的能力.此外,烟曲霉适应环境及代谢相关的蛋白、通路信号分子、脂类代谢产物、毒素等均可看作毒力因子.     

Pathogenomics insights for understanding Pasteurella multocida adaptation

Pasteurella multocida is an important veterinary pathogen able to infect a wide range of animals in a broad spectrum of diseases. P. multocida is a complex microorganism in relation to its genomic flexibility, host adaptation and pathogenesis. Epidemiological analysis based on multilocus sequence typing, serotyping, genotyping, association with virulence genes and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), enables assessment of intraspecies diversity, phylogenetic and strain-specific relationships associated with host predilection or disease. A high number of sequenced genomes provides us a more accurate genomic and epidemiological interpretation to determine whether certain lineages can infect a host or produce disease. Comparative genomic analysis and pan-genomic approaches have revealed a flexible genome for hosting mobile genetic elements (MGEs) and therefore significant variation in gene content. Moreover, it was possible to find lineage-specific MGEs from the same niche, showing acquisition probably due to an evolutionary convergence event or to a genetic group with infective capacity. Furthermore, diversification selection analysis exhibits proteins exposed on the surface subject to selection pressures with an interstrain heterogeneity related to their ability to adapt. This article is the first review describing the genomic relationship to elucidate the diversity and evolution of P. multocida.     

The Staphylococcus aureus proteome

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive commensal bacterium that is regarded as a major threat for modern health care systems. This relates both to the ability of S. aureus to overcome antibiotic therapy by developing high-level resistance against multiple antibiotics and this bacterium's extensive arsenal of virulence factors. Understanding the mechanisms of resistance and functional studies on stress and starvation responses are the main goals of proteomics in staphylococcal research. This review high-lights recent advances in gel-based and gel-free proteomics analyses of S. aureus and pinpoints the importance of location-specific proteomics studies targeting the cytosol, the membrane, the cell surface and the extracellular milieu in combination with integrated global proteome studies. Emerging hot topics in staphylococcal proteomics are discussed with special focus on in vivo proteomics, membrane vesicles, biofilm formation and the acquisition of absolute proteome data for systems biological modeling approaches.     

携带不同耐药基因对耐碳青霉烯类肺炎克雷伯菌适应性及毒力的影响

目的 探讨携带不同耐药基因对耐碳青霉烯类肺炎克雷伯菌(CRKP)的生长适应性及毒力作用的影响。方法 通过PCR方法扩增碳青霉烯类耐药基因（blaKPC、blaNDM、blaVIM、blaOXA、blaIMP）及β-内酰胺类耐药基因（blaTEM、blaSHV、blaCTX、blaLAP）,测序确定基因型。扩增7个管家基因rpoB、gapA、mdh、pgi、phoE、infB和tonB,测序确定基因型并获得菌株ST类型。根据所携带的碳青霉烯类耐药基因不同,将菌株进行分组,在不同亚胺培南抗生素浓度（0、2、8 mg/mL）下培养细菌,绘制生长曲线,比较各组细菌的生长适应性变化;通过线虫侵染模型用CRKP感染线虫,绘制线虫生存曲线,比较各组细菌对线虫的毒力作用。结果 无抗生素压力下各组菌株生长适应性相似;在2 mg/mL亚胺培南培养基中,双抗性基因组中blaKPC+blaNDM组、blaIMP+blaOXA组生长适应性最强,单抗性基因组中blaIMP组生长适应性最低,差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。在8 mg/mL亚胺培南培养基中,双抗性基因组中blaKPC+blaNDM组和blaNDM+blaOXA组生长适应性最强,且分别强于单抗性基因组blaKPC组和blaOXA组;单抗性基因组中blaOXA组生长适应性最弱,blaKPC和blaNDM生长最快,差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。在无抗生素压力下,各组菌株对线虫毒力作用有所不同,blaKPC组、blaKPC+blaNDM组和blaIMP+blaOXA组生存曲线右移,线虫中位生存时间延长,菌株毒力减弱;blaIMP+blaNDM组生存曲线左移,线虫中位生存时间缩短,菌株毒力增强,差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。结论 携带不同的耐药基因以及携带单个或多个耐药基因均会对菌株的生长适应性和毒力产生不同的影响     

Inpatient Proton Pump Inhibitor Administration and Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection: Evidence and Possible Mechanism

The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection continues to increase globally. Particularly concerning are hospital-acquired cases that attribute significant morbidity, mortality, and expenditures to the health care system. Proton pump inhibitors, which are widely prescribed and generally considered to have minimal adverse effects, have recently come under scrutiny for positive associations with C. difficile infection development. This article will specifically review the current state of evidence demonstrating a positive association between nosocomial proton pump inhibitor administration and the incidence of hospital-acquired C. difficile infection. In addition, the article delivers state-of-the-art knowledge relative to mechanisms by which proton pump inhibitor exposure may propagate the manifestation of C. difficile infection.     

A Mg-dependent ecto-ATPase is increased in the infective stages of<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Trypanosoma cruzi</Emphasis>

In this work, we describe the ability of living epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi to hydrolyze extracellular ATP. In these intact parasites, there was a low level of ATP hydrolysis in the absence of any divalent metal (2.42±0.31 nmol Pi/h×10⁸ cells). ATP hydrolysis was stimulated by MgCl₂, and the Mg-dependent ecto-ATPase activity was 27.15±2.91 nmol Pi/h×10⁸ cells. The addition of MgCl₂ to the extracellular medium increased the ecto-ATPase activity in a dose-dependent manner. This stimulatory activity was also observed when MgCl₂ was replaced by MnCl₂, but not by CaCl₂ or SrCl₂. The apparent K_m for Mg-ATP^2– was 0.61 mM, and free Mg²⁺ did not increase the ecto-ATPase activity. This ecto-ATPase activity was insensitive to the inhibitors of other ATPase and phosphatase activities. To confirm that this Mg-dependent ATPase was an ecto-ATPase, we used an impermeant inhibitor, DIDS (4, 4.diisothiocyanostylbene 2-2-disulfonic acid) as well as suramin, an antagonist of P₂ purinoreceptors and inhibitor of some ecto-ATPases. These two reagents inhibited the Mg²⁺-dependent ATPase activity in a dose-dependent manner. A comparison among the Mg²⁺-ecto-ATPase activities of the three forms of T. cruzi showed that the noninfective epimastigotes were less efficient at hydrolyzing ATP than the infective trypomastigote and amastigote stages.     

Survival of two Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterial strains that infect mouse macrophages with varying degrees of virulence

Orientia tsutsugamushi, an intracellular parasitic bacterium, comprises numerous strains of differing virulence. When BALB/c mice were infected intraperitoneally with this pathogen, a virulent strain known as Karp was found to multiply in the intraperitoneal macrophages and kill the mouse. In contrast, an avirulent strain, Kuroki, was shown to invade macrophages but be eliminated from the cells, allowing mouse survival. O. tsutsugamushi invades its host cell cytoplasm through phagocytosis and disruption of phagosomal membranes but some bacteria are then killed by phago-lysosomes within 1h of infection. Microscopic observations could not differentiate the Karp and Kuroki strains during entry and subsequent cell killing by phago-lysosomes. However, the Kuroki cells failed to divide and were markedly deformed following cytoplasmic invasion at several days post-infection. These findings suggest that macrophages have a mechanism to eliminate O. tsutsugamushi in the cytoplasm, if the invading bacteria escape phagosomal clearance, and that it is this mechanism that Kuroki does not survive. Additionally, significant levels of nitric oxide (NO) are produced in macrophages by Kuroki, but not by Karp. An NO synthase inhibitor, however, does not increase the growth of Kuroki, suggesting that NO is induced in a strain-dependent manner but does not effect proliferation.     

Mutation of E1 glycoprotein of classical swine fever virus affects viral virulence in swine

Transposon linker insertion mutagenesis of a full-length infectious clone (IC) (pBIC) of the pathogenic classical swine fever virus (CSFV) strain Brescia was used to identify genetic determinants of CSFV virulence and host range. Here, we characterize a virus mutant, RB-C22v, possessing a 19-residue insertion at the carboxyl terminus of E1 glycoprotein. Although RB-C22v exhibited normal growth characteristics in primary porcine macrophage cell cultures, the major target cell of CSFV in vivo, it was markedly attenuated in swine. All RB-C22v-infected pigs survived infection remaining clinically normal in contrast to the 100% mortality observed for BICv-infected animals. Comparative pathogenesis studies demonstrated a delay in RB-C22v spread to, and decreased replication in the tonsils, a 10(2) to 10(7) log10 reduction in virus titers in lymphoid tissues and blood, and an overall delay in generalization of infection relative to BICv. Notably, RB-C22v-infected animals were protected from clinical disease when challenged with pathogenic BICv at 3, 5, 7, and 21 days post-RB-C22v inoculation. Viremia, viral replication in tissues, and oronasal shedding were reduced in animals challenged at 7 and 21 DPI. Notably BICv-specific RNA was not detected in tonsils of challenged animals. These results indicate that a carboxyl-terminal domain of E1 glycoprotein affects virulence of CSFV in swine, and they demonstrate that mutation of this domain provides the basis for a rationally designed and efficacious live-attenuated CSF vaccine.