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dc.contributor.author | Noonin, C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jiravanichpaisal, P. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Söderhäll, Irene | - |
dc.contributor.author | Merino Montero, Susana | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tomàs Magaña, Juan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Söderhäll, Kenneth | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-03T14:52:17Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-03T14:52:17Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/42025 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Aeromonas hydrophila is the most common Aeromonas species causing infections in human and other animals such as amphibians, reptiles, fish and crustaceans. Pathogenesis of Aeromonas species have been reported to be associated with virulence factors such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS), bacterial toxins, bacterial secretion systems, flagella, and other surface molecules. Several mutant strains of A. hydrophila AH-3 were initially used to study their virulence in two animal species, Pacifastacus leniusculus (crayfish) and Tenebrio molitor larvae (mealworm). The AH-3 strains used in this study have mutations in genes involving the synthesis of flagella, LPS structures, secretion systems, and some other factors, which have been reported to be involved in A. hydrophila pathogenicity. Our study shows that the LPS (O-antigen and external core) is the most determinant A. hydrophila AH-3 virulence factor in both animals. Furthermore, we studied the immune responses of these hosts to infection of virulent or non-virulent strains of A. hydrophila AH-3. The AH-3 wild type (WT) containing the complete LPS core is highly virulent and this bacterium strongly stimulated the prophenoloxidase activating system resulting in melanization in both crayfish and mealworm. In contrast, the ΔwaaE mutant which has LPS without O-antigen and external core was non-virulent and lost ability to stimulate this system and melanization in these two animals. The high phenoloxidase activity found in WT infected crayfish appears to result from a low expression of pacifastin, a prophenoloxidase activating enzyme inhibitor, and this gene expression was not changed in the ΔwaaE mutant infected animal and consequently phenoloxidase activity was not altered as compared to non-infected animals. Therefore we show that the virulence factors of A. hydrophila are the same regardless whether an insect or a crustacean is infected and the O-antigen and external core is essential for activation of the proPO system and as virulence factors for this bacterium. | - |
dc.format.extent | 10 p. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) | - |
dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015728 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS One, 2010, vol. 5, num. 12, p. e15728-e15728 | - |
dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015728 | - |
dc.rights | cc-by (c) Noonin, C. et al., 2010 | - |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es | - |
dc.source | Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) | - |
dc.subject.classification | Genètica bacteriana | - |
dc.subject.classification | Bacteris patògens | - |
dc.subject.classification | Antígens | - |
dc.subject.other | Bacterial genetics | - |
dc.subject.other | Pathogenic bacteria | - |
dc.subject.other | Antigens | - |
dc.title | Melanization and pathogenicity in Tenebrio molitor and Pacifastacus leniusculus by Aeromonas hydrophila. | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | - |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | - |
dc.identifier.idgrec | 585207 | - |
dc.date.updated | 2013-05-03T14:52:17Z | - |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 21206752 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística) |
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