Aeromonas veronii and aerolysin are important for the pathogenesis of motile aeromonad septicemia in cyprinid fish

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第一作者： Ran, Chao

作者： Ran, Chao;Qin, Chubin;Xie, Mingxu;Zhang, Jinxiong;Li, Jie;Xie, Yadong;Wang, Yibing;Li, Shuning;Zhou, Zhigang;Liu, Lihui;Fu, Xiaozhe;Lin, Qiang;Li, Ningqiu;Liles, Mark R.

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期刊名称：ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY （ 影响因子：5.491； 五年影响因子：6.438 ）

ISSN： 1462-2912

年卷期： 2018 年 20 卷 9 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Aeromonas species are ubiquitous inhabitants of freshwater environments, and are responsible for fish motile aeromonad septicemia (MAS). A. hydrophila is implicated as the primary etiologic agent of MAS. Here, we analysed MAS epidemiological data for cyprinid fish in southern China, and found that A. veronii infections dominated. Consistent with this observation, A. veronii isolates were generally more virulent than A. hydrophila isolates when infecting germ-free zebrafish larvae via continuous immersion challenge. Through in vivo screening of the transposon library of the A. veronii strain Hm091, aerolysin was identified as the key virulence factor. Further results indicated that A. veronii Hm091 aerolysin disrupts the intestinal barrier of zebrafish, enabling systematic invasion by not only A. veronii Hm091 in a mono-infection, but also A. hydrophila NJ-1 in a mixed infection. Moreover, the differences in aerolysin expression and activity were the major contributor to the observed differences between the A. veronii and A. hydrophila strains regarding invasion efficacy via intestine. Together, our results provide new insights into the aetiology and pathogenesis of Aeromonas infections, and highlight the importance of A. veronii-targeted treatments in future efforts against MAS.

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