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Zheng L, Zhu LW, Jing J, Guan JY, Lu GJ, Xie LH, Ji X, Chu D, Sun Y, Chen P, Guo XJ. Pan-Genome Analysis of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio metschnikovii Strains Isolated From Migratory Birds at Dali Nouer Lake in Chifeng, China. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:638820. [PMID: 34136552 PMCID: PMC8202012 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.638820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Migratory birds are recently recognized as Vibrio disease vectors, but may be widespread transporters of Vibrio strains. We isolated Vibrio cholerae (V. cholerae) and Vibrio metschnikovii (V. metschnikovii) strains from migratory bird epidemic samples from 2017 to 2018 and isolated V. metschnikovii from migratory bird feces in 2019 from bird samples taken from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China. To investigate the evolution of these two Vibrio species, we sequenced the genomes of 40 V. cholerae strains and 34 V. metschnikovii strains isolated from the bird samples and compared these genomes with reference strain genomes. The pan-genome of all V. cholerae and V. metschnikovii genomes was large, with strains exhibiting considerable individual differences. A total of 2,130 and 1,352 core genes were identified in the V. cholerae and V. metschnikovii genomes, respectively, while dispensable genes accounted for 16,180 and 9,178 of all genes for the two strains, respectively. All V. cholerae strains isolated from the migratory birds that encoded T6SS and hlyA were non-O1/O139 serotypes without the ability to produce CTX. These strains also lacked the ability to produce the TCP fimbriae nor the extracellular matrix protein RbmA and could not metabolize trimetlylamine oxide (TMAO). Thus, these characteristics render them unlikely to be pandemic-inducing strains. However, a V. metschnikovii isolate encoding the complete T6SS system was isolated for the first time. These data provide new molecular insights into the diversity of V. cholerae and V. metschnikovii isolates recovered from migratory birds.
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- Lin Zheng
- School of Food and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China.,The Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun, China
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- Wild Animal Sources and Diseases Inspection Station, National Forestry and Grassl and Bureau, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun, China
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- Wild Animal Sources and Diseases Inspection Station, National Forestry and Grassl and Bureau, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun, China
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- School of Food and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Jilin Province for Zoonosis Prevention and Control, Changchun, China
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Awasthi SP, Chowdhury N, Hatanaka N, Hinenoya A, Ramamurthy T, Asakura M, Yamasaki S. Quantification of Vibrio cholerae cholix exotoxin by sandwich bead-ELISA. J Med Microbiol 2021; 70. [PMID: 33830907 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction. Cholix toxin (ChxA) is an ADP-ribosylating exotoxin produced by Vibrio cholerae. However, to date, there is no quantitative assay available for ChxA, which makes it difficult to detect and estimate the level of ChxA produced by V. cholerae.Hypothesis/Gap Statement. It is important to develop a reliable and specific quantitative assay to measure the production level of ChxA, which will help us to understand the role of ChxA in V. cholerae pathogenesis.Aim. The aim of this study was to develop a bead-based sandwich ELISA (bead-ELISA) for the quantification of ChxA and to evaluate the importance of ChxA in the pathogenesis of V. cholerae infection.Methodology. Anti-rChxA was raised in New Zealand white rabbits, and Fab-horse radish peroxidase conjugate was prepared by the maleimide method to use in the bead-ELISA. This anti-ChxA bead-ELISA was applied to quantify the ChxA produced by various V. cholerae strains. The production of ChxA was examined in different growth media such as alkaline peptone water (APW), Luria-Bertani broth and AKI. Finally, the assay was evaluated using a mouse lethality assay with representative V. cholerae strains categorized as low to high ChxA-producers based on anti-ChxA bead-ELISA.Results. A sensitive bead-ELISA assay, which can quantify from 0.6 to 60 ng ml-1 of ChxA, was developed. ChxA was mostly detected in the extracellular cell-free supernatant and its production level varied from 1.2 ng ml-1 to 1.6 µg ml-1. The highest ChxA production was observed when V. cholerae strains were cultured in LB broth, but not in APW or AKI medium. The ChxA-producer V. cholerae strains showed 20-80 % lethality and only the high ChxA II-producer was statistically more lethal than a non-ChxA-producer, in the mice model assay. ChxA I and II production levels were not well correlated with mice lethality, and this could be due to the heterogeneity of the strains tested.Conclusion. ChxA I to III was produced mostly extracellularly at various levels depending on strains and culture conditions. The bead-ELISA developed in this study is useful for the detection and quantification of ChxA in V. cholerae strains.
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- Sharda Prasad Awasthi
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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- Present address: Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., BSB 246, Charleston, SC, USA.,Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
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Bonny SQ, Hossain MAM, Uddin SMK, Pulingam T, Sagadevan S, Johan MR. Current trends in polymerase chain reaction based detection of three major human pathogenic vibrios. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2020; 62:1317-1335. [DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1841728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Sharmin Quazi Bonny
- Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Tangestani MG, Alinezhad J, Khajeian A, Gharibi S, Haghighi MA. Identification of cholix toxin gene in Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 isolated from diarrhea patients in Bushehr, Iran. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY 2020; 12:273-280. [PMID: 32994897 PMCID: PMC7502140 DOI: 10.18502/ijm.v12i4.3929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Background and Objectives: Cholixin (cholix toxin) is a novel exotoxin in Vibrio cholerae identified as an elongation factor II specific ADP-ribosyltransferase which inhibits protein synthesis in the eukaryotic cell. Previous researches have suggested that cholixin probably is an important virulence factor in non-O1/non-O139 V. cholerae (NAG) serotypes that could be related to extra-intestinal rather than intestinal infections. This study was aimed to investigate the frequency and genetic diversity of colixin gene (chxA) in clinical V. cholerae NAG isolates. Materials and Methods: The presence of chxA gene in 44 clinical V. cholerae NAG isolates were screened using PCR through specific primers designed for the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of chxA gene. The five PCR products of chxA gene were sequenced. Results: This study showed that chxA gene presented in 19 V. cholerae NAG isolates. The sequences analysis of 5 out of 19 the partial chxA genes amplicon showed that 4 of them belonged to chxA I and the other one belonged to chxA II subtypes. Two distinct clusters were revealed for these isolates by phylogenic analysis, too. Conclusion: The chxA gene contained high frequency among V. cholerae NAG isolates in Bushehr, Iran. The polymorphism study on RBD of cholixin gene is suggested as an appropriate method for phylogenic characterization of the various chxA gene subtypes.
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- Marziyeh Gholizadeh Tangestani
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.,The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.,The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, Kherad Institute of Higher Education, Bushehr, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.,The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
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Awasthi SP, Chowdhury N, Neogi SB, Hinenoya A, Hatanaka N, Chowdhury G, Ramamurthy T, Yamasaki S. Development of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of major virulence genes in Vibrio cholerae including non-O1 and non-O139 serogroups. J Microbiol Methods 2019; 157:54-58. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2018.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 12/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cecchini F, Fajs L, Cosnier S, Marks RS. Vibrio cholerae detection: Traditional assays, novel diagnostic techniques and biosensors. Trends Analyt Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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