Comparative genetic analyses provide clues about capsule switching in Streptococcus suis 2 strains with different virulence levels and genetic backgrounds

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第一作者： Zhu, Yinchu

作者： Zhu, Yinchu;Zhu, Yinchu;Dong, Wenyang;Ma, Jiale;Zhang, Yue;Zhong, Xiaojun;Pan, Zihao;Liu, Guangjin;Wu, Zongfu;Yao, Huochun;Zhu, Yinchu;Dong, Wenyang;Ma, Jiale;Zhang, Yue;Zhong, Xiaojun;Pan, Zihao;Liu, Guangjin;Wu, Zongfu;Yao, Huochun;Zhu, Yinchu;Dong, Wenyang;Ma, Jiale;Zhang, Yue;Zhong, Xiaojun;Pan, Zihao;Liu, Guangjin;Wu, Zongfu;Yao, Huochun;Dong, Wenyang;Dong, Wenyang;Zhang, Yue

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关键词： Streptococcus suis serotype 2; MLST; Genetic analysis; Capsular switching

期刊名称：MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH （ 影响因子：5.415； 五年影响因子：6.038 ）

ISSN： 0944-5013

年卷期： 2021 年 250 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a major bacterial pathogen in the swine industry and an emerging zoonotic agent. S. suis produces an important extracellular component, capsular polysaccharide (CPS), based on which dozens of serotypes have been identified. Through virulence genotyping, we revealed the relatedness between subpopulations of S. suis serotype 2 (SS2), S. suis serotype 3 (SS3) and S. suis serotype 7 (SS7) strains despite their serotype differences. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was used to characterize the whole S. suis population and revealed capsule switching between S. suis strains. Importantly, capsule switching occurred in the SS2, SS3 and SS7 strains belonging to CC28 and CC29, which are phylogenetically distinct from the main CC1 SS2 lineage. To further explore capsule switching in S. suis, comparative genomic analyses were performed using available complete S. suis genomes. Phylogenetic analyses suggested that the SS2 strains could be divided into two clades (1 and 2), and those classified into clade 2 colocalized with SS3 and SS7 strains, in accordance with the above virulence genotyping and MLST analyses. Clade 2 SS2 strains presented high genetic similarity to SS3 and SS7 and shared common competence and defensive elements with them but were significantly different from Clade 1 SS2 strains. Notably, although the cps loci shared by Clade 1 and 2 SS2 strains were almost identical, a specific region of the cps locus of strain NSUI002 (Clade 2 SS2) could be found in the SS3 cps locus but not in the Clade 1 SS2 strain. These data indicated that the SS2 strains in CC28 and CC29 might have acquired the cps locus through capsule switching, which could explain the distinct genetic lineages within the SS2 population.

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