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New insights into virulence mechanisms of rice pathogen Acidovorax avenae subsp avenae strain RS-1 following exposure to beta-lactam antibiotics

文献类型: 外文期刊

作者: Li, Bin 1 ; Ge, Mengyu 1 ; Zhang, Yang 1 ; Wang, Li 1 ; Ibrahim, Muhammad 1 ; Wang, Yanli 3 ; Sun, Guochang 3 ; Chen, Gon 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Zhejiang Univ, Inst Biotechnol, State Key Lab Rice Biol, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

2.COMSATS Inst Informat Technol Sahiwal Campus, Dept Biosci, Sahiwal, Pakistan

3.Zhejiang Acad Agr Sci, State Key Lab Breeding Base Zhejiang Sustainable, Hangzhou 310021, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

4.Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Agr & Biol, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China

期刊名称:SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ( 影响因子:4.379; 五年影响因子:5.133 )

ISSN: 2045-2322

年卷期: 2016 年 6 卷

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: Recent research has shown that pathogen virulence can be altered by exposure to antibiotics, even when the growth rate is unaffected. Investigating this phenomenon provides new insights into understanding the virulence mechanisms of bacterial pathogens. This study investigates the phenotypic and transcriptomic responses of the rice pathogenic bacterium Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae (Aaa) strain RS-1 to beta-lactam antibiotics especially Ampicillin (Amp). Our results indicate that exposure to Amp does not influence bacterial growth and biofilm formation, but alters the virulence, colonization capacity, composition of extracellular polymeric substances and secretion of Type VI secretion system (T6SS) effector Hcp. This attenuation in virulence is linked to unique or differential expression of known virulence-associated genes based on genome-wide transcriptomic analysis. The reliability of expression data generated by RNA-Seq was verified with quantitative real-time PCR of 21 selected T6SS genes, where significant down-regulation in expression of hcp gene, corresponding to the reduction in secretion of Hcp, was observed under exposure to Amp. Hcp is highlighted as a potential target for Amp, with similar changes observed in virulence-associated phenotypes between exposure to Amp and mutation of hcp gene. In addition, Hcp secretion is reduced in knockout mutants of 4 differentially expressed T6SS genes.

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