College of Life Science, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, China.
College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.
Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Feb 14;11(1):e0268622. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02686-22. Epub 2022 Dec 12.
Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic pathogen that continuously threatens animal husbandry and public health worldwide. Studies have shown that S. suis can cause persistent infection by forming biofilms. In this study, a model of S. suis biofilm-related infection was successfully constructed for the first time by simulating the natural infection of S. suis, and biofilm of S. suis was successfully observed in the lung tissue of infected pigs by a variety of detection methods. Subsequently, selective capture of transcribed sequences (SCOTS) was used to identify genes expressed by S. suis biofilms. Sixty-nine genes were captured in biofilms formed by S. suis for the first time by SCOTS; they were mainly involved in metabolism, cell replication, and division, transport, signal transduction, cell wall, etc. Genes related to S. suis biofilm formation were also identified by SCOTS and RNA sequencing. Approximately half of the genes captured by SCOTS in the and biofilms were found to be different. In summary, our study provides powerful clues for future exploration of the mechanisms of S. suis biofilm formation. Streptococcus suis is considered an important zoonotic pathogen, and persistent infection caused by biofilm is currently considered to be the reason why S. suis is difficult to control in swine. However, to date, a model of the biofilm of S. suis has not been successfully constructed. Here, we successfully detected biofilms of S. suis in lung tissues of piglets infected with S. suis. Selective capture of transcribed sequences and the transcriptome were used to obtain gene profiles of S. suis and biofilms, and the results showed large differences between them. Such data are of importance for future experimental studies exploring the mechanism of biofilm formation by S. suis .
猪链球菌是一种人畜共患病病原体,持续威胁着全球的畜牧业和公共卫生。研究表明,猪链球菌可以通过形成生物膜来导致持续性感染。在本研究中,我们首次通过模拟猪链球菌的自然感染成功构建了猪链球菌生物膜相关感染模型,并通过多种检测方法成功观察到感染猪肺组织中的猪链球菌生物膜。随后,我们使用选择性捕获转录序列(SCOTS)来鉴定猪链球菌生物膜中表达的基因。首次通过 SCOTS 从猪链球菌形成的生物膜中捕获了 69 个基因;它们主要涉及代谢、细胞复制和分裂、运输、信号转导、细胞壁等。通过 SCOTS 和 RNA 测序还鉴定了与猪链球菌生物膜形成相关的基因。大约一半的基因在 和 生物膜中被 SCOTS 捕获,其结果存在差异。总之,我们的研究为进一步探索猪链球菌生物膜形成机制提供了有力线索。猪链球菌被认为是一种重要的人畜共患病病原体,目前认为生物膜引起的持续性感染是猪链球菌难以控制的原因。然而,迄今为止,猪链球菌生物膜模型尚未成功构建。在这里,我们成功地在感染猪链球菌的仔猪肺组织中检测到了猪链球菌生物膜。我们使用选择性捕获转录序列和转录组来获得猪链球菌 和 生物膜的基因图谱,结果表明它们之间存在很大差异。这些数据对于未来探索猪链球菌生物膜形成机制的实验研究具有重要意义。