Effects of temperature, growth phase and luxO-disruption on regulation systems of toxin production in Vibrio vulnificus strain L-180, a human clinical isolate

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• 作者：Abdelaziz Elgaml (1)
  Kazutaka Higaki (1)
  Shin-ichi Miyoshi (1)
  
• 关键词：Vibrio vulnificus ; Metalloprotease ; Hemolysin ; Quorum sensing ; Autoinducer
• 刊名：World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：February 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：30
• 期：2
• 页码：681-691
• 全文大小：547 KB
• 作者单位：Abdelaziz Elgaml (1)
  Kazutaka Higaki (1)
  Shin-ichi Miyoshi (1)
  
  1. Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1, Tsushima-Naka, Kita-Ku, Okayama, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
  
• ISSN：1573-0972

文摘

Vibrio vulnificus is a halophilic estuarine bacterium while it causes fatal septicemia or necrotizing wound infections in humans. This pathogen secretes the metalloprotease (V. vulnificus protease: VVP) and the cytolysin (V. vulnificus hemolysin: VVH) as protein toxins; however, their production was coordinated in response to the bacterial cell density. This regulation is termed quorum sensing (QS) and is mediated by the small diffusible molecule called autoinducer 2 (AI-2). In the present study, we investigated effects of disruption of luxO encoding a central response regulator of the QS circuit, as well as effects of temperature and growth phase, on the toxin production by V. vulnificus. Disruption of luxO was found to increase VVP production and expression of its gene vvpE. The expression of smcR, crp and rpoS, of which products positively regulate vvpE expression, and luxS encoding the AI-2 synthetase were also significantly increased. On the other hand, the luxO disruption resulted in reduction of VVH production and expression of its gene vvhA. Expression of other two genes affecting the QS circuit, luxT and rpoN, were also significantly decreased. The regulation systems of VVP production were found to exert their action during the stationary phase of the bacterial growth and to be operated strongly at 26?°C. By contrast, those of VVH production apparently started at the log phase and were operated more effectively at 37?°C.