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Juárez-Cortés MZ, Vázquez LEC, Díaz SFM, Cardona Félix CS. Streptococcus iniae in aquaculture: a review of pathogenesis, virulence, and antibiotic resistance. Int J Vet Sci Med 2024; 12:25-38. [PMID: 38751408 PMCID: PMC11095286 DOI: 10.1080/23144599.2024.2348408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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One of the main challenges in aquaculture is pathogenic bacterial control. Streptococcus iniae stands out for its ability to cause high mortality rates in populations of commercially important fish populations and its recent recognition as an emerging zoonotic pathogen. The rise in identifying over 80 strains some displaying antibiotic resistance coupled with the emerging occurrence of infections in marine mammal species and wild fish underscores the urgent need of understanding pathogenesis, virulence and drug resistance mechanisms of this bacterium. This understanding is crucial to ensure effective control strategies. In this context, the present review conducts a bibliometric analysis to examine research trends related to S. iniae, extending into the mechanisms of infection, virulence, drug resistance and control strategies, whose relevance is highlighted on vaccines and probiotics to strengthen the host immune system. Despite the advances in this field, the need for developing more efficient identification methods is evident, since they constitute the basis for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
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- CONAHCYT- Universidad de Guanajuato. Food Department, Life Science Division, University of Guanajuato Campus Irapuato-Salamanca. Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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Boonsilp S, Nealiga MJ, Wangchuk K, Homkaew A, Wongsuk T, Thuncharoon H, Suksomchit P, Wasipraphai D, Chaturongakul S, Dubbs P. Differential Interaction between Invasive Thai Group B Streptococcus Sequence Type 283 and Caco-2 Cells. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10101917. [PMID: 36296194 PMCID: PMC9611625 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10101917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The emergence in Southeast Asia of invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) infections in adults by sequence type (ST) 283 is suggested to be associated with fish consumption. Genotyping of 55 GBS clinical isolates revealed that 33/44 invasive isolates belonged to ST283/capsular polysaccharide type (CPS) III. This included 15/16 isolates recovered from younger adults aged 16–36 years. Seven ST283/CPSIII isolates from the blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or joint fluid were selected by the patient’s age at random to perform interaction studies with intestinal epithelial Caco-2 monolayers. The invasion efficiency profiles from this study classified these isolates into two groups; a higher invasion efficiency group 1 recovered from patients aged between 23 and 36 years, and a lower invasion efficiency group 2 recovered from the elderly and neonate. Intracellular survival tests revealed that only group 1 members could survive inside Caco-2 cells up to 32 h without replication. Additionally, all isolates tested were able to traverse across polarized Caco-2 monolayers. However, the timing of translocation varied among the isolates. These results indicated the potential of GBS invasion via the gastrointestinal tract and showed phenotypic variations in invasiveness, intracellular survival, and translocation efficiency between genetically closely related ST283 isolates infecting young adults and those infecting the elderly.
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- Siriphan Boonsilp
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Microbiological Unit, Central Laboratory and Blood Bank, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Molecular Medical Biosciences Cluster, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Center for Emerging Bacterial Infections, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Host–Pathogen Interactions of Marine Gram-Positive Bacteria. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11091316. [PMID: 36138795 PMCID: PMC9495620 DOI: 10.3390/biology11091316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simple Summary Complex interactions between marine Gram-positive pathogens and fish hosts in the marine environment can result in diseases of economically important finfish, which cause economic losses in the aquaculture industry. Understanding how these pathogens interact with the fish host and generate disease will contribute to efficient prophylactic measures and treatments. To our knowledge, there are no systematic reviews on marine Gram-positive pathogens. Therefore, here we reviewed the host–pathogen interactions of marine Gram-positive pathogens from the pathogen-centric and host-centric points of view. Abstract Marine Gram-positive bacterial pathogens, including Renibacterium salmoninarum, Mycobacterium marinum, Nocardia seriolae, Lactococcus garvieae, and Streptococcus spp. cause economic losses in marine fish aquaculture worldwide. Comprehensive information on these pathogens and their dynamic interactions with their respective fish–host systems are critical to developing effective prophylactic measures and treatments. While much is known about bacterial virulence and fish immune response, it is necessary to synthesize the knowledge in terms of host–pathogen interactions as a centerpiece to establish a crucial connection between the intricate details of marine Gram-positive pathogens and their fish hosts. Therefore, this review provides a holistic view and discusses the different stages of the host–pathogen interactions of marine Gram-positive pathogens. Gram-positive pathogens can invade fish tissues, evade the fish defenses, proliferate in the host system, and modulate the fish immune response. Marine Gram-positive pathogens have a unique set of virulence factors that facilitate adhesion (e.g., adhesins, hemagglutination activity, sortase, and capsules), invasion (e.g., toxins, hemolysins/cytolysins, the type VII secretion system, and immune-suppressive proteins), evasion (e.g., free radical quenching, actin-based motility, and the inhibition of phagolysosomal fusion), and proliferation and survival (e.g., heme utilization and siderophore-mediated iron acquisition systems) in the fish host. After infection, the fish host initiates specific innate and adaptive immune responses according to the extracellular or intracellular mechanism of infection. Although efforts have continued to be made in understanding the complex interplay at the host–pathogen interface, integrated omics-based investigations targeting host–pathogen–marine environment interactions hold promise for future research.
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Rashidian G, Mahboub HH, Fahim A, Hefny AA, Prokić MD, Rainis S, Boldaji JT, Faggio C. Mooseer (Allium hirtifolium) boosts growth, general health status, and resistance of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) against Streptococcus iniae infection. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 120:360-368. [PMID: 34910977 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In large-scale aquaculture, the fast growth rate of fish is positively influenced by feed additives such as medicinal plants. This is however; infectious disease may reduce fish growth and cause devastating economic loss. The present study investigated in vitro antibacterial efficacy of Mooseer (Allium hirtifolium) extract against Streptococcus iniae and its in vivo effects on growth, biochemical parameters, innate immunity of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Therefore, six experimental diets were designed to include different levels of Mooseer from zero (as control), 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 g per kg diet respectively referred to as M1 to M5. Results from the antibacterial evaluation showed that Mooseer extract inhibits S. iniae growth with MIC and MBC values of 128 and 256 μg ml-1. Appreciable results were obtained in the groups supplemented with Mooseer. Mooseer enhanced growth performance, and modulated serum biochemical and immunological parameters (total protein, albumin, triglyceride, glucose, cortisol, cholesterol, lysozyme, Ig, ACH50, ALP, and protease activity), and liver enzymes (ALT, AST and ALP). The greatest effects were found for higher doses of Mooseer supplementation (M4 and M5). Meanwhile, results from the survival rate of fish challenged with S. iniae showed higher survival in M2 and M4 treatments. The present findings suggest the beneficial use of Mooseer in rainbow trout diet, with 20 g kg-1 inclusion as the recommended dose.
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- Ghasem Rashidian
- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, 4641776489, Iran.
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- Department of Fish Diseases and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, 4641776489, Iran
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- Colleague of Microbiology, Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11060, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolare (DISB), Facoltà di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Via Aurelio Saffi 2, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166, Messina, ME, Italy.
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Kumar P, Kedaria D, Mahapatra C, Mohandas M, Chatterjee K. A designer cell culture insert with a nanofibrous membrane toward engineering an epithelial tissue model validated by cellular nanomechanics. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:4714-4725. [PMID: 36134314 PMCID: PMC9419865 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00280e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Engineered platforms for culturing cells of the skin and other epithelial tissues are useful for the regeneration and development of in vitro tissue models used in drug screening. Recapitulating the biomechanical behavior of the cells is one of the important hallmarks of successful tissue generation on these platforms. The biomechanical behavior of cells profoundly affects the physiological functions of the generated tissue. In this work, a designer nanofibrous cell culture insert (NCCI) device was developed, consisting of a free-hanging polymeric nanofibrous membrane. The free-hanging nanofibrous membrane has a well-tailored architecture, stiffness, and topography to better mimic the extracellular matrix of any soft tissue than conventional, flat tissue culture polystyrene (TCPS) surfaces. Human keratinocytes (HaCaT cells) cultured on the designer NCCIs exhibited a 3D tissue-like phenotype compared to the cells cultured on TCPS. Furthermore, the biomechanical characterization by bio-atomic force microscopy (Bio-AFM) revealed a markedly altered cellular morphology and stiffness of the cellular cytoplasm, nucleus, and cell-cell junctions. The nuclear and cytoplasmic moduli were reduced, while the stiffness of the cellular junctions was enhanced on the NCCI compared to cells on TCPS, which are indicative of the fluidic state and migratory phenotype on the NCCI. These observations were corroborated by immunostaining, which revealed enhanced cell-cell contact along with a higher expression of junction proteins and enhanced migration in a wound-healing assay. Taken together, these results underscore the role of the novel designer NCCI device as an in vitro platform for epithelial cells with several potential applications, including drug testing, disease modeling, and tissue regeneration.
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- Prasoon Kumar
- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science C.V. Raman Avenue Bangalore 560012 India +91-80-22933408
- Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela 769008 India
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science C.V. Raman Avenue Bangalore 560012 India +91-80-22933408
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science C.V. Raman Avenue Bangalore 560012 India +91-80-22933408
- School of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU (BICS), Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 16419 Republic of Korea
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- Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science C.V. Raman Avenue Bangalore 560012 India
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science C.V. Raman Avenue Bangalore 560012 India +91-80-22933408
- Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science C.V. Raman Avenue Bangalore 560012 India
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Chia JSM, Wall ES, Wee CL, Rowland TAJ, Cheng RK, Cheow K, Guillemin K, Jesuthasan S. Bacteria evoke alarm behaviour in zebrafish. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3831. [PMID: 31444339 PMCID: PMC6707203 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11608-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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When injured, fish release an alarm substance (Schreckstoff) that elicits fear in members of their shoal. Although Schreckstoff has been proposed to be produced by club cells in the skin, several observations indicate that these giant cells function primarily in immunity. Previous data indicate that the alarm substance can be isolated from mucus. Here we show that mucus, as well as bacteria, are transported from the external surface into club cells, by cytoplasmic transfer or invasion of cells, including neutrophils. The presence of bacteria inside club cells raises the possibility that the alarm substance may contain a bacterial component. Indeed, lysate from a zebrafish Staphylococcus isolate is sufficient to elicit alarm behaviour, acting in concert with a substance from fish. These results suggest that Schreckstoff, which allows one individual to unwittingly change the emotional state of the surrounding population, derives from two kingdoms and is associated with processes that protect the host from bacteria.
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- Joanne Shu Ming Chia
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
- Humans and the Microbiome Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON, M5G 1Z8, Canada
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore, Singapore.
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El Aamri F, Remuzgo-Martínez S, Acosta F, Real F, Ramos-Vivas J, Icardo JM, Padilla D. Interactions of Streptococcus iniae with phagocytic cell line. Microbes Infect 2015; 17:258-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Woo SH, Park SI. Effects of phosphoglucomutase gene (PGM) in Streptococcus parauberis on innate immune response and pathogenicity of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 41:317-325. [PMID: 25240979 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2014] [Revised: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In recent years, Streptococcus parauberis infection has been an emerging problem in aquaculture in South Korea because of its more frequent isolation than other streptococcal bacteria including Streptococcus iniae. To develop effective treatment and prophylaxis methods against this emerging disease by S. parauberis, it is necessary to understand the underlying pathogenic mechanisms. To uncover the pathogenicity, the mutant strain of S. parauberis with a deleted phosphoglucomutase (PGM) gene which has been known to be an important virulence factor in bacterial pathogens was generated to investigate the relationship between virulence and gene function using an allelic exchange mutagenesis method. Allelic exchange mutagenesis of the phosphoglucomutase gene resulted in phenotype changes including decreased extracellular capsules, reduced buoyancy, increased hydrophobicity and reduced growth. Moreover, the S. parauberis mutant was more sensitive to innate immune clearance mechanisms including serum, mucus and phagocyte killing and could not induce mortality in olive flounder. These phenotype changes and the attenuated virulence of the pathogen to fish could be due to the reduction in capsule production by mutation of the PGM gene. The results provide evidences that phosphoglucomutase expression contributes to S. parauberis virulence in fish by affecting bacterial survival against the host's humoral and cellular defense mechanisms.
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- Sung Ho Woo
- Institute of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University, 474, Ilgwang-Ro, Ilgwang-myeon, Gijang-gun, Busan 619-911, South Korea; Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Namgu, Busan 608-737, South Korea.
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- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Namgu, Busan 608-737, South Korea.
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Experimental Lactococcus garvieae infection in zebrafish and first evidence of its ability to invade non-phagocytic cells. Vet Microbiol 2014; 171:248-54. [PMID: 24768002 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zebrafish has been used for studying infections and host-pathogen interactions in different bacterial fish pathogens. In the present study we evaluated the ability of Lactococcus garvieae to infect zebrafish when inoculated intraperitoneally with 2 × 10(7)UFC of this pathogen. L. garvieae can colonize and invade zebrafish at multiple anatomical sites causing a lethal acute septicemic infection with clinical signs and lesions consistent with those observed in lactococcosis outbreaks. Immunohistochemical studies showed the presence of L. garvieae into macrophages as well as into non-phagocytic zebrafish cells of liver (hepatocytes). The internalization capacity showed by L. garvieae in zebrafish cells was confirmed in the rainbow trout cell line RTG-2. Our results provide the first evidence that L. garvieae is able to invade non-phagocytic host cells.
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Aamri FE, Caballero MJ, Real F, Acosta F, Déniz S, Román L, Padilla D. Streptococcus iniae in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata, L.) and red porgy (Pagrus pagrus, L.): ultrastructural analysis. Vet Pathol 2014; 52:209-12. [PMID: 24496225 DOI: 10.1177/0300985814520638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Streptococcosis caused by Streptococcus iniae has become one of the most serious marine and freshwater aquatic diseases in the past decade, causing large losses in farmed and wild fish worldwide. In this study, we performed an ultrastructural study of major lesions in gilthead seabream Sparus aurata and red porgy Pagrus pagrus experimentally infected with the S. iniae IUSA-1 strain, isolated in a natural outbreak in Spain in the mentioned species. The transmission electron micrographs revealed the resistance of this pathogen inside the phagosome, indicating that the macrophage may provide a significant bacterial reservoir for continuing infection, disease dissemination, and tissue injury by crossing the blood-brain barrier.
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- F El Aamri
- Institute of Animal Health (IUSA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Institute of Animal Health (IUSA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Institute of Animal Health (IUSA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Institute of Animal Health (IUSA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Institute of Animal Health (IUSA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Institute of Animal Health (IUSA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Institute of Animal Health (IUSA), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain
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Woo SH, Park SI. Streptococcous parauberis infection in starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus: characterization of innate immune responses following experimental infection. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 35:413-420. [PMID: 23707742 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Revised: 04/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Streptococcus parauberis causing systemic infections has been recognized as a major bacterial disease in olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus in South Korea. Although an emerging outbreak of S. parauberis has affected heavily farmed fish species starry flounder Platichthys stellatus, no study of the innate immune responses and pathogenic mechanisms in starry flounder is available. In the present study, starry flounder were intraperitoneally challenged with four S. parauberis strains to investigate changes in innate immune responses. Significant increases in serum lysozyme activities, superoxide production of kidney leucocytes, and serum superoxide dismutase activities were observed following experimental injection of S. parauberis. All these data suggested that the innate immune parameters were highly modulated during the S. parauberis infection process to render protection to the starry flounder. However, S. parauberis also exhibited the mechanisms to complete disease establishment by avoiding host immune responses. S. parauberis could survive and proliferate in the mucus, serum and kidney leucocytes of starry flounder. In particular, the strain isolated from the starry flounder showed the higher survival ability than other originated strains in the tested host fish.
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- Sung Ho Woo
- Institute of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University, 474 Ilgwang-Ro, Ilgwang-myeon, Gijang-gun, Busan 619-911, South Korea.
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El Aamri F, Real F, Acosta F, Acosta B, Valdivia J, Ramos-Vivas J, Padilla D. In vitro study of adherence, invasion, and persistence of Streptococcus iniae in fibroblastic-like fish cell line SAF-1. JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH 2012; 24:165-170. [PMID: 22897319 DOI: 10.1080/08997659.2012.675928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Streptococcus iniae is a major fish pathogen producing invasive infections that result in economic losses in aquaculture. Gentamicin protection assays were used to investigate the ability of different S. iniae strains to invade and adhere to fibroblastic-like fish cell line SAF-1. All strains tested were detected intracellularly using both techniques, with variable internalization degrees between strains. The experiments carried out at 4°C demonstrated that active cell metabolism is necessary for bacterial internalization. Intracellular bacteria were detected for up to 3 d with a round morphology and were stained with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), indicating that some bacterial cells may remain viable inside SAF-1 cells. Our in vitro findings indicate that S. iniae is capable of adhering, entering, and surviving within fibroblastic cells, which may be important for the persistence and establishment of a carrier state.
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- F El Aamri
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Las Palmas, Spain
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Cortez-San Martin M, González-Contreras A, Avendaño-Herrera R. Infectivity study of Streptococcus phocae to seven fish and mammalian cell lines by confocal microscopy. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2012; 35:431-436. [PMID: 22524521 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01361.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Streptococcus phocae is a beta-haemolytic bacterium that causes systemic infections in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., cultured in southern Chile and also in seals. In this study, the host-pathogen interaction between S. phocae and seven types of cell lines (fish and mammalian) was examined using an indirect fluorescent antibody and confocal microscopy (CM). Chinook salmon embryo (CHSE-214), epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC), salmon head kidney (SHK-1) and Atlantic salmon kidney were used as the fish cell lines, while human cervix epithelial adenocarcinoma (HeLa), African green monkey kidney fibroblast (Cos-7) and mouse leukaemic monocyte macrophage (Raw 264.7) were included as mammalian cell lines. Streptococcus phocae type strain ATCC 51973(T) and isolates LM-08-Sp and P23 were selected as representatives from the salmon and seal host, respectively. For the CM examination, monolayers seeded on round coverslips were studied at 2- and 20-h post-inoculation (pi). The results showed that there is no common infectivity pattern between the three S. phocae strains at 2-h pi and the cell lines tested, regardless of the source of isolation (seal or salmon). All S. phocae strains could internalize and were found inside the fish and mammalian cell cytoplasm after 20-h pi. Regardless of the cells studied (fish or mammal) and incubation (2 and 20 h), S. phocae was never observed inside the nuclei. Seal and salmon isolates showed the highest number of bacteria entering into the primate cell lines (HeLa and Cos-7) from 2-h pi, while ATCC 51973(T) was not found outside or inside the HeLa and Cos-7 cells.
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- M Cortez-San Martin
- Laboratorio de Virología, Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Zoonotic infections caused by Streptococcus spp. have been neglected in spite of the fact that frequency and severity of outbreaks increased dramatically in recent years. This may be due to non-identification since respective species are often not considered in human medical diagnostic procedures. On the other hand, an expanding human population concomitant with an increasing demand for food and the increased number of companion animals favour conditions for host species adaptation of animal streptococci. This review aims to give an overview on streptococcal zoonoses with focus on epidemiology and pathogenicity of four major zoonotic species, Streptococcus canis, Streptococcus equi sub. zooepidemicus, Streptococcus iniae and Streptococcus suis.
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Streptococcus iniae is an emerging zoonotic pathogen; such infections generally occur through injuries associated with preparing whole fresh fish for cooking. Those infected to date have been of Asian descent, are usually elderly (average age 68 years), and have had >/=1 underlying conditions that may predispose them to infection. Studies of the foundations of growth characteristics of S. iniae and its interactions with piscine host cells have recently been complemented by molecular studies. Advances in molecular biology have allowed research groups to identify numerous virulence factors and to explore their roles in the progression of S. iniae infection. Many of these virulence factors are homologous to those found in the major human pathogen S. pyogenes. An increased understanding of the properties of these factors and their effect on the success of infection is leading to novel approaches to control S. iniae infection; in particular, vaccination programs at fish farms have reduced the reservoir of infection for additional clinical cases.
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- Justice C F Baiano
- The University of Queensland, Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory, Centre for Marine Studies, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
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Chhour KL, Hinds LA, Jacques NA, Deane EM. An observational study of the microbiome of the maternal pouch and saliva of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii, and of the gastrointestinal tract of the pouch young. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 156:798-808. [PMID: 19833775 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.031997-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Marsupial mammals, born in an extremely atricial state with no functional immune system, offer a unique opportunity to investigate both the developing microbiome and its relationship to that of the mother and the potential influence of this microbiome upon the development of the immune system. In this study we used a well-established marsupial model animal, Macropus eugenii, the tammar wallaby, to document the microbiome of three related sites: the maternal pouch and saliva, and the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of the young animal. We used molecular-based methods, targeting the 16S rDNA gene to determine the bacterial diversity at these study sites. In the maternal pouch, 41 unique phylotypes, predominantly belonging to the phylum Actinobacteria, were detected, while in the saliva, 48 unique phylotypes were found that predominantly belonged to the phylum Proteobacteria. The GIT of the pouch young had a complex microbiome of 53 unique phylotypes, even though the pouch young were still permanently attached to the teat and had only been exposed to the external environment for a few minutes immediately after birth while making their way from the birth canal to the maternal pouch. Of these 53 phylotypes, only nine were detected at maternal sites. Overall, the majority of bacteria isolated were novel species (<97 % identity to known 16S rDNA sequences), and each study site (i.e. maternal pouch and saliva, and the GIT of the pouch young) possessed its own unique microbiome.
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- Kim-Ly Chhour
- Department of Biological Sciences, Division of Environmental and Life Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Institute of Dental Research, Westmead Millennium Institute and Westmead Centre for Oral Health, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- The Chancelry, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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Milani CJE, Aziz RK, Locke JB, Dahesh S, Nizet V, Buchanan JT. The novel polysaccharide deacetylase homologue Pdi contributes to virulence of the aquatic pathogen Streptococcus iniae. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 156:543-554. [PMID: 19762441 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.028365-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The aquatic zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus iniae represents a threat to the worldwide aquaculture industry and poses a risk to humans who handle raw fish. Because little is known about the mechanisms of S. iniae pathogenesis or virulence factors, we established a high-throughput system combining whole-genome pyrosequencing and transposon mutagenesis that allowed us to identify virulence proteins, including Pdi, the polysaccharide deacetylase of S. iniae, that we describe here. Using bioinformatics tools, we identified a highly conserved signature motif in Pdi that is also conserved in the peptidoglycan deacetylase PgdA protein family. A Deltapdi mutant was attenuated for virulence in the hybrid striped bass model and for survival in whole fish blood. Moreover, Pdi was found to promote bacterial resistance to lysozyme killing and the ability to adhere to and invade epithelial cells. On the other hand, there was no difference in the autolytic potential, resistance to oxidative killing or resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides between S. iniae wild-type and Deltapdi. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that pdi is involved in S. iniae adherence and invasion, lysozyme resistance and survival in fish blood, and have shown that pdi plays a role in the pathogenesis of S. iniae. Identification of Pdi and other S. iniae virulence proteins is a necessary initial step towards the development of appropriate preventive and therapeutic measures against diseases and economic losses caused by this pathogen.
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- Carlo J E Milani
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0687, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, 11562 Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0687, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0687, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0657, La Jolla, CA 92093-0657, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0687, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA
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- Aqua Bounty Technologies, 8395 Camino Santa Fe, Suite E, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0687, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA
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Locke JB, Aziz RK, Vicknair MR, Nizet V, Buchanan JT. Streptococcus iniae M-like protein contributes to virulence in fish and is a target for live attenuated vaccine development. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2824. [PMID: 18665241 PMCID: PMC2483786 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Streptococcus iniae is a significant pathogen in finfish aquaculture, though knowledge of virulence determinants is lacking. Through pyrosequencing of the S. iniae genome we have identified two gene homologues to classical surface-anchored streptococcal virulence factors: M-like protein (simA) and C5a peptidase (scpI). Methodology/Principal Findings S. iniae possesses a Mga-like locus containing simA and a divergently transcribed putative mga-like regulatory gene, mgx. In contrast to the Mga locus of group A Streptococcus (GAS, S. pyogenes), scpI is located distally in the chromosome. Comparative sequence analysis of the Mgx locus revealed only one significant variant, a strain with an insertion frameshift mutation in simA and a deletion mutation in a region downstream of mgx, generating an ORF which may encode a second putative mga-like gene, mgx2. Allelic exchange mutagenesis of simA and scpI was employed to investigate the potential role of these genes in S. iniae virulence. Our hybrid striped bass (HSB) and zebrafish models of infection revealed that M-like protein contributes significantly to S. iniae pathogenesis whereas C5a peptidase-like protein does not. Further, in vitro cell-based analyses indicate that SiMA, like other M family proteins, contributes to cellular adherence and invasion and provides resistance to phagocytic killing. Attenuation in our virulence models was also observed in the S. iniae isolate possessing a natural simA mutation. Vaccination of HSB with the ΔsimA mutant provided 100% protection against subsequent challenge with a lethal dose of wild-type (WT) S. iniae after 1,400 degree days, and shows promise as a target for live attenuated vaccine development. Conclusions/Significance Analysis of M-like protein and C5a peptidase through allelic replacement revealed that M-like protein plays a significant role in S. iniae virulence, and the Mga-like locus, which may regulate expression of this gene, has an unusual arrangement. The M-like protein mutant created in this research holds promise as live-attenuated vaccine.
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- Jeffrey B. Locke
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Center for Marine Biotechnology & Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Kent SeaTech Corporation, San Diego, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Center for Marine Biotechnology & Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Aqua Bounty Technologies, San Diego, California, United States of America
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