Attenuation and quantitation of virulence gene expression in quorum-quenched Dickeya chrysanthemi

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• 作者：Saeed Hosseinzadeh ; Masoud Shams-Bakhsh ; Majid Sadeghizadeh
• 关键词：Soft rot ; Quorum sensing ; q ; RT ; PCR ; Gene expression
• 刊名：Archives of Microbiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：199
• 期：1
• 页码：51-61
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• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Biochemistry, general; Cell Biology; Biotechnology; Ecology;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-072X
• 卷排序：199

文摘

N-Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs)-dependent quorum sensing (QS) system(s) is recruited by the soft rot bacterium Dickeya chrysanthemi for coordinating its social activities such as secretion of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes, while the main signal molecule and quantity dependence of virulence to QS in this bacterium have not been clarified. To do this end, the involvement of AHLs in African violet leaves and potato tuber maceration; swarming motility; pectate lyase and polygalacturonase enzymes production and in planta expression of virulence genes including pelE, pehX and pemA by electroporating two quorum-quenching vectors. The expression of two types of AHL-lactonase expressing vector caused dramatic decrease in swarming motility, production of pectinolytic enzymes and macerating of plant tissues. The maximum ability of quenching of QS in repression of D.chrysanthemi virulence was assessed quantitatively by q-RT-PCR, as expression of pelE, pehX and pemA genes were decreased 90.5–92.18 % in quenched cells. We also showed that virulence and pathogenicity of this bacterium was under the control of DHL-dependent QS system and that the existence of second DHL operating system is probable for this bacterium. Thus, this signal molecule would be the key point for future research to design DHL-specific lactonase enzymes using bioinformatics methods.