Project description:In the two F8 advanced crosses of broiler by Leghorn and broiler by Fayoumi, birds at day 1 were challenged with Salmonella enteritidis (SE). Spleen were collected at day 7 and 8. SE bacterial load in spleen were measured. Based on the bacterial load, birds were divided into high and low SE load groups. Keywords: Salmonella enteritidis challenge
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in Salmonella enterica serova Enteritidis and Typhimurium under chlorine treatment
Project description:Salmonella enteritidis is suggested to translocate in the small intestine. Previously we identified that prebiotics, fermented in the colon, increased Salmonella translocation in rats, suggesting involvement of the colon in translocation. Effects of Salmonella on colonic gene expression in vivo are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to characterize time dependent Salmonella induced changes of colonic mucosal gene expression in rats using whole genome microarrays. Rats were orally infected with Salmonella enteritidis to mimic a foodbore infection and colonic gene expression was determined at day 1, 3 and 6 post-infection (n=8 per timepoint). Agilent rat whole genome microarray (G4131A Agilent Technologies) were used. Results indicate that colon is clearly a target tissue for Salmonella considering the abundant changes in mucosal gene expression observed. Keywords: Time point infection study, colon mucosa, Rat
Project description:Effect of mutation of rfaH on gene expression in Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis PT4 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium 4/74
Project description:White leghorn layers were infected with Salmonella Enteritidis. The cecum were collected at 7 days post infection for total RNA isolation. The significantly expressed microRNAs between infected and non-infected chickens were identified through Solexa sequencing technology.
Project description:We report our results of RNA-seq analysis on Salmonella Enteritidis biofilms and planktonic cells of the wild type and its cpxR mutant
Project description:Excisable Genomic Islands (EGIs) are horizontally acquired genetic elements that harbor an array of genes with diverse functions. ROD21 is an EGI found integrated in the chromosome of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (Salmonella ser. Enteritidis). While this island is known to be involved in the capacity of Salmonella ser. Enteritidis to cross the epithelial barrier and colonize sterile organs, the role for most of ROD21 genes remains unknown, and thus identification of their function is fundamental to understand the impact of this EGI on the bacterium pathogenicity. Therefore, in this work we used a bioinformatical approach to evaluate the function of ROD21-encoded genes and delve into the characterization of SEN1990, a gene encoding a putative DNA-binding protein. We characterized the predicted structure of SEN1990, finding that this protein contains a three-stranded winged helix-turn-helix (wHTH) DNA-binding domain. Additionally, we identified homologs of SEN1990 among other members of the EARL EGIs. Furthermore, we deleted SEN1990 in Salmonella ser. Enteritidis, finding no differences in the replication/maintenance of the excised ROD21, disconfirming the previous Refseq annotation of the protein. High-throughput RNA-sequencing was carried out to evaluate the effect of the SEN1990 absence on the bacterium global transcription. We found a downregulated expression of oafB, an SPI-17-encoded acetyltransferase involved in O-antigen modification, which was restored when the deletion of SEN1990 was complemented. Our findings suggests that SEN1990 encodes a wHTH domain-containing transcriptional activator that modulates the transcription of oafB from the SPI-17, suggesting a crosstalk between these pathogenicity islands and a possible new role of ROD21 in the pathogenesis of Salmonella ser. Enteritidis.