A Chitinase from Aeromonas veronii CD3 with the Potential to Control Myxozoan Disease

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第一作者： Liu, Yuchun

作者： Liu, Yuchun;Zhou, Zhigang;Zhang, Yuting;Cao, Yanan;He, Suxu;Yao, Bin;Miao, Wei;Bai, Dongqing

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期刊名称：PLOS ONE （ 影响因子：3.24； 五年影响因子：3.788 ）

ISSN： 1932-6203

年卷期： 2011 年 6 卷 12 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Background: The class Myxosporea encompasses about 2,400 species, most of which are parasites of fish and cause serious damage in aquaculture. Due to the concerns about food safety issues and limited knowledge of Myxozoa life cycle and fish immune system, no chemicals, antibiotics or immune modulators are available to control myxozoa infection. Therefore, little can be done once Myxozoa establishment has occurred. Methodology/Principal Findings: In this paper we isolated Aeromonas veronii CD3 with significant myxospore shell valve-degrading ability from pond sediment. A 3,057-bp full-length chitinase gene was consequently cloned, and the corresponding mature, recombinant chitinase (ChiCD3) produced by Escherichia coli had substantial chitinase activity. The deduced sequence of ChiCD3 contained one catalytic domain, two chitin-binding domains, and one putative signal peptide. ChiCD3 had an optimal activity at 50u degrees C and pH 6.0, and retained more than 50% of its optimal activity under warm water aquaculture conditions (similar to 30 degrees C and pH similar to 7.0). After incubation with ChiCD3, 38.0 +/- 4.8% of the myxospores had damaged shell valves, whereas myxospores incubated with commercially available chitinases remained intact. Conclusion/Significance: This study reveals a new strategy to control myxozoan disease. ChiCD3 that has capacity to damage the shell valve of myxospores can be supplemented into fish feed and used to control Myxozoa-induced diseases specifically.

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