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Naturally occurring a loss of a giant plasmid from Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense makes it non-pathogenic.

ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (BU), a WHO-defined neglected tropical disease. All Japanese BU causative isolates have shown distinct differences from the prototype and are categorized as M. ulcerans subspecies shinshuense. During repeated sub-culture, we found that some M. shinshuense colonies were non-pigmented whereas others were pigmented. Whole genome sequence analysis revealed that non-pigmented colonies did not harbor a giant plasmid, which encodes elements needed for mycolactone toxin biosynthesis. Moreover, mycolactone was not detected in sterile filtrates of non-pigmented colonies. Mice inoculated with suspensions of pigmented colonies died within 5 weeks whereas those infected with suspensions of non-pigmented colonies had significantly prolonged survival (>8 weeks). This study suggests that mycolactone is a critical M. shinshuense virulence factor and that the lack of a mycolactone-producing giant plasmid makes the strain non-pathogenic. We made an avirulent mycolactone-deletion mutant strain directly from the virulent original.

SUBMITTER: Nakanaga K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5974349 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Naturally occurring a loss of a giant plasmid from Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense makes it non-pathogenic.

Nakanaga Kazue K Ogura Yoshitoshi Y Toyoda Atsushi A Yoshida Mitsunori M Fukano Hanako H Fujiwara Nagatoshi N Miyamoto Yuji Y Nakata Noboru N Kazumi Yuko Y Maeda Shinji S Ooka Tadasuke T Goto Masamichi M Tanigawa Kazunari K Mitarai Satoshi S Suzuki Koichi K Ishii Norihisa N Ato Manabu M Hayashi Tetsuya T Hoshino Yoshihiko Y

Scientific reports 20180529 1

Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (BU), a WHO-defined neglected tropical disease. All Japanese BU causative isolates have shown distinct differences from the prototype and are categorized as M. ulcerans subspecies shinshuense. During repeated sub-culture, we found that some M. shinshuense colonies were non-pigmented whereas others were pigmented. Whole genome sequence analysis revealed that non-pigmented colonies did not harbor a giant plasmid, which encodes elements ...[more]

PMID: 29844323

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Naturally occurring a loss of a giant plasmid from Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense makes it non-pathogenic.

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Naturally occurring a loss of a giant plasmid from Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense makes it non-pathogenic.

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