Hathroubi S, Hancock M A, Bossé J T, Langford P R, Tremblay Y D N, Labrie J, Jacques M
Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada.
McGill Surface Plasmon Resonance-Mass Spectrometry Facility, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Infect Immun. 2015 Oct 19;84(1):127-37. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00912-15. Print 2016 Jan.
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the Pasteurellaceae family and the causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, a highly contagious lung disease causing important economic losses. Surface polysaccharides, including lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and capsular polysaccharides (CPS), are implicated in the adhesion and virulence of A. pleuropneumoniae, but their role in biofilm formation is still unclear. In this study, we investigated the requirement for these surface polysaccharides in biofilm formation by A. pleuropneumoniae serotype 1. Well-characterized mutants were used: an O-antigen LPS mutant, a truncated core LPS mutant with an intact O antigen, a capsule mutant, and a poly-N-acetylglucosamine (PGA) mutant. We compared the amount of biofilm produced by the parental strain and the isogenic mutants using static and dynamic systems. Compared to the findings for the biofilm of the parental or other strains, the biofilm of the O antigen and the PGA mutants was dramatically reduced, and it had less cell-associated PGA. Real-time PCR analyses revealed a significant reduction in the level of pgaA, cpxR, and cpxA mRNA in the biofilm cells of the O-antigen mutant compared to that in the biofilm cells of the parental strain. Specific binding between PGA and LPS was consistently detected by surface plasmon resonance, but the lack of O antigen did not abolish these interactions. In conclusion, the absence of the O antigen reduces the ability of A. pleuropneumoniae to form a biofilm, and this is associated with the reduced expression and production of PGA.
胸膜肺炎放线杆菌是一种革兰氏阴性菌,属于巴斯德菌科,是猪胸膜肺炎的病原体,猪胸膜肺炎是一种具有高度传染性的肺部疾病,会造成重大经济损失。包括脂多糖(LPS)和荚膜多糖(CPS)在内的表面多糖与胸膜肺炎放线杆菌的黏附及毒力有关,但其在生物膜形成中的作用仍不清楚。在本研究中,我们调查了1型胸膜肺炎放线杆菌形成生物膜时对这些表面多糖的需求情况。使用了特征明确的突变体:一个O抗原LPS突变体、一个具有完整O抗原的截短核心LPS突变体、一个荚膜突变体和一个聚-N-乙酰葡糖胺(PGA)突变体。我们使用静态和动态系统比较了亲本菌株和同基因突变体产生的生物膜量。与亲本菌株或其他菌株生物膜的研究结果相比,O抗原和PGA突变体的生物膜显著减少,且细胞相关PGA较少。实时PCR分析显示,与亲本菌株生物膜细胞相比,O抗原突变体生物膜细胞中pgaA、cpxR和cpxA mRNA水平显著降低。通过表面等离子体共振持续检测到PGA与LPS之间的特异性结合,但缺乏O抗原并未消除这些相互作用。总之,O抗原的缺失降低了胸膜肺炎放线杆菌形成生物膜的能力,这与PGA表达和产生的减少有关。