College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
J Basic Microbiol. 2010 Dec;50 Suppl 1:S120-3. doi: 10.1002/jobm.200900262.
SEF14 fimbriae are only found in some strains of serogroup-D Salmonella such as S. enteritidis, suggesting that SEF14 fimbriae may affect serovar-specific virulence traits. In this study, we found that prevalence of sefA, sefD and sefR genes in S. dublin and S. enteritidis was 100%. In 18 isolates of S. pullorum, the prevalence of sefA gene was 100%, while the prevalence of sefD and sefR genes was 38.9% (7/18), and 11 strains isolated after 1980s did not contain any gene sefD or sefR. Interestingly, among the 7 strains of S. pullorum before 1980s, the sefD sequence has a missing base pair at position 196 and caused open reading frame (ORF) shift, resulting in a stop codon (TAG) at position 71 amino acid residual (Leu of TTA at position 214-216 shift into stop codon of TAG at position 215-217). Unlike S. pullorum, all S. enteritidis and S. dublin tested could express SEF14 fimbriae in vitro.
SEF14 菌毛仅存在于某些血清型 D 的沙门氏菌菌株中,如肠炎沙门氏菌,表明 SEF14 菌毛可能影响血清型特异性毒力特性。在本研究中,我们发现都柏林沙门氏菌和肠炎沙门氏菌中 sefA、sefD 和 sefR 基因的流行率为 100%。在 18 株鸡白痢沙门氏菌中,sefA 基因的流行率为 100%,而 sefD 和 sefR 基因的流行率分别为 38.9%(7/18),并且 20 世纪 80 年代以后分离的 11 株菌不含有任何 sefD 或 sefR 基因。有趣的是,在 20 世纪 80 年代之前的 7 株鸡白痢沙门氏菌中,sefD 序列在位置 196 处缺少一个碱基对,导致开放阅读框(ORF)移位,从而在位置 71 氨基酸残基处产生终止密码子(TAG)(位置 214-216 的 Leu 变为位置 215-217 的终止密码子 TAG)。与鸡白痢沙门氏菌不同,所有测试的肠炎沙门氏菌和都柏林沙门氏菌均可在体外表达 SEF14 菌毛。