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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, rpoS gene was identified from Edwardsiella tarda EIB202 and its functional role was analyzed by using an in-frame deletion mutant rpoS and the complemental strain rpoS (+). Compared with the wild type and rpoS (+), rpoS was impaired in terms of the ability to survive under oxidative stress and nutrient starvation, as well as the resistance to 50% serum of Scophthalmus maximus in 3 h, demonstrating essential roles of RpoS in stress adaptation. The rpoS mutant also displayed markedly increased chondroitinase activity and biofilm formation. Real-time polymerase chain reaction revealed that the expression level of quorum sensing autoinducer synthetase genes luxS and edwI was increased by 3.7- and 2.5-fold in the rpoS mutant strain. Those results suggested that rpoS might be involved in the negative or positive regulation of chondroitinase and biofilm formation, or quorum sensing networks in E. tarda, respectively. Although there were no obvious differences between the wild-type and the rpoS mutant in adherence of epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC) cell and in the lethality on fish model, rpoS deletion leads to the drastically reduced capacity for E. tarda to internalize in EPC cells, indicating that RpoS was, while not the main, the factor required for the virulence network of E. tarda.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1432-0614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
151-60
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Bacterial Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Biofilms, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Blood Bactericidal Activity, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Chondroitinases and Chondroitin Lyases, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Edwardsiella tarda, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Enterobacteriaceae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Fish Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Flatfishes, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Microbial Viability, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Quorum Sensing, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Serum, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Sigma Factor, pubmed-meshheading:19283379-Virulence
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of Edwardsiella tarda rpoS: effect on serum resistance, chondroitinase activity, biofilm formation, and autoinducer synthetases expression.
pubmed:affiliation
State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't