Vibrio parahaemolyticus CadC regulates acid tolerance response to enhance bacterial motility and cytotoxicity

© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Fish Diseases published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of fish diseases. - 1998. - 44(2021), 8 vom: 22. Aug., Seite 1155-1168
1. Verfasser: Gu, Dan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wang, Kangru, Lu, Tianyu, Li, Lingzhi, Jiao, Xinan
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of fish diseases
Schlagworte:Journal Article Vibrio parahaemolyticus Acid tolerance response CadC-CadBA RNA-seq Bacterial Proteins CadC protein, Bacteria Citric Acid 2968PHW8QP Hydrochloric Acid QTT17582CB
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Zusammenfassung:© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Fish Diseases published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Pathogens adapted to sub-lethal acidic conditions could increase the virulence and survival ability under lethal conditions. In the aquaculture industry, feed acidifiers have been used to increase the growth of aquatic animals. However, there is limited study on the effects of acidic condition on the virulence and survival of pathogens in aquaculture. In this study, we investigated the survival ability of Vibrio parahaemolyticus at lethal acidic pH (4.0) after adapted the bacteria to sub-lethal acidic pH (5.5) for 1 hr. Our results indicated that the adapted strain increased the survival ability at lethal acidic pH invoked by an inorganic (HCl) or organic (citric) acid. RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) results revealed that 321 genes were differentially expressed at the sub-lethal acidic pH including cadC, cadBA and groES/groEL relating to acid tolerance response (ATR), as well as genes relating to outer membrane, heat-shock proteins, phosphotransferase system and flagella system. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) confirmed that cadC and cadBA were upregulated under sub-lethal acidic conditions. The CadC protein could directly regulate the expression of cadBA to modulate the ATR in V. parahaemolyticus. RNA-seq data also indicated that 113 genes in the CadC-dependent way and 208 genes in the CadC-independent way were differentially expressed, which were related to the regulation of ATR. Finally, the motility and cytotoxicity of the sub-lethal acidic adapted wild type (WT) were significantly increased compared with the unadapted strain. Our results demonstrated that the dietary acidifiers may increase the virulence and survival of V. parahaemolyticus in aquaculture
Beschreibung:Date Completed 23.07.2021
Date Revised 18.08.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1365-2761
DOI:10.1111/jfd.13376