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Characterization and CRISPR-based genotyping of clinical trh-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a causative agent of gastroenteritis. Most of the clinical isolates carry either tdh and/or trh genes which are considered as the major virulence genes of this pathogen. In this study, the clinical isolates of V. parahaemolyticus carrying trh gene (n?=?73) obtained from 1886 to 2012 from various countries were investigated for the urease production, haemolytic activity, and biofilm formation. In addition, the potential of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genotyping among these isolates was investigated.

Results

In this study, no significant differences were observed in the urease production between tdh ⁺ trh1⁺ and tdh ⁺ trh2⁺ isolates (p?=?0.063) and between the tdh ^- trh1⁺ and tdh ^- trh2⁺ isolates (p?=?0.788). The isolates carrying only the trh gene showed variation in their haemolytic activity. The ratio of urease production and haemolytic activity between the trh1⁺ and trh2⁺ isolates and biofilm formation of trh ⁺ V. parahaemolyticus isolates were not significantly different. Sixteen of thirty-four tested isolates (47.0%) of trh ⁺ V. parahaemolyticus were positive for CRISPR detection. The discriminatory power index (DI) of CRISPR-virulence typing was higher than the DI obtained by CRISPR typing alone.

Conclusion

The tdh and trh genes were not involved in urease production in the trh ⁺ V. parahaemolyticus, and variation of haemolytic activity detected in V. parahaemolyticus carrying only the trh gene might be correlated to the sequence variation within trh1 and trh2 genes. Additionally, biofilm production of V. parahaemolyticus was not associated with harboring of virulence genes. For genotyping, CRISPR sequences combined with virulence genes can be used as genetic markers to differentiate trh ⁺ V. parahaemolyticus strains.

SUBMITTER: Kongrueng J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233571 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Characterization and CRISPR-based genotyping of clinical trh-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

Kongrueng Jetnapang J Srinitiwarawong Kanchana K Nishibuchi Mitsuaki M Mittraparp-Arthorn Pimonsri P Vuddhakul Varaporn V

Gut pathogens 20181113

<h4>Background</h4>Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a causative agent of gastroenteritis. Most of the clinical isolates carry either tdh and/or trh genes which are considered as the major virulence genes of this pathogen. In this study, the clinical isolates of V. parahaemolyticus carrying trh gene (n = 73) obtained from 1886 to 2012 from various countries were investigated for the urease production, haemolytic activity, and biofilm formation. In addition, the ...[more]

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Project description:We have demonstrated that possession of the gene for thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin (trh) coincides with the presence of the urease gene among clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains and that the location of the two genes are in close proximity on the chromosome. Here, we cloned and sequenced the 15,754-bp DNA region containing the trh gene and the gene cluster for urease production from the chromosome of clinical V. parahaemolyticus (TH3996). We found 16 open reading frames (ORFs) and a lower G+C content (41%) compared with the total genome of this bacterium (46 to 47%). The ure cluster consisted of eight genes, namely, ureDABCEFG and ureR. ureR was located 5.2 kb upstream of the other seven genes in the opposite direction. The genetic organization and sequences of the ure genes resembled those found in Proteus mirabilis. Between ureR and the other ure genes, there were five ORFs, which are homologous with the nickel transport operon (nik) of Escherichia coli. We disrupted each of the ureR, ureC, and nikD genes in TH3996 by homologous recombination and analyzed the phenotype of the mutants. In the presence of urea these mutant strains had dramatically less urease activity than the strain they were derived from. Disruption of ureR, nikD, or ureC, however, had no effect on TRH production. The DNA region containing the trh, nik, and ure genes was found in only trh-positive strains and not in Kanagawa phenomenon-positive and environmental V. parahaemolyticus strains. At the end of the region, an insertion sequence-like element existed. These results suggest that the DNA region was introduced into V. parahaemolyticus in the past through a mechanism mediated by insertion sequences. This is the first reported case that the genes for an ATP-binding cassette-type nickel transport system, which may play a role in nickel transport through bacterial cytoplasmic membrane, are located adjacent to the ure cluster on the genome of an organism.

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Characterization and CRISPR-based genotyping of clinical trh-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

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Characterization and CRISPR-based genotyping of clinical <i>trh</i>-positive <i>Vibrio parahaemolyticus</i>.

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