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Complete Lipopolysaccharide of Piscirickettsia salmonis Is Required for Full Virulence in the Intraperitoneally Challenged Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Model
Bacterial cell envelopes play a critical role in host-pathogen interactions. Macromolecular components of these structures have been closely linked to the virulence of pathogens. Piscirickettsia salmonis is a relevant salmonid pathogen with a worldwide distribution. This bacterium is the etiological...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8972169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35372121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.845661 |
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author | Herrera, Valeska Olavarría, Nicole Saavedra, José Yuivar, Yassef Bustos, Patricio Almarza, Oscar Mancilla, Marcos |
author_facet | Herrera, Valeska Olavarría, Nicole Saavedra, José Yuivar, Yassef Bustos, Patricio Almarza, Oscar Mancilla, Marcos |
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description | Bacterial cell envelopes play a critical role in host-pathogen interactions. Macromolecular components of these structures have been closely linked to the virulence of pathogens. Piscirickettsia salmonis is a relevant salmonid pathogen with a worldwide distribution. This bacterium is the etiological agent of piscirickettsiosis, a septicemic disease that causes a high economic burden, especially for the Chilean salmon farming industry. Although P. salmonis has been discovered long ago, its pathogenicity and virulence mechanisms are not completely understood. In this work, we present a genetic approach for producing in-frame deletion mutants on genes related to the biosynthesis of membrane-associated polysaccharides. We provide a detailed in vitro phenotype description of knock-out mutants on wzx and wcaJ genes, which encode predicted lipopolysaccharide (LPS) flippase and undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase enzymes, respectively. We exhibit evidence that the wzx mutant strain carries a defect in the probably most external LPS moiety, while the wcaJ mutant proved to be highly susceptible to the bactericidal action of serum but retained the ability of biofilm production. Beyond that, we demonstrate that the deletion of wzx, but not wcaJ, impairs the virulence of P. salmonis in an intraperitoneally infected Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, model of piscirickettsiosis. Our findings support a role for LPS in the virulence of P. salmonis during the onset of piscirickettsiosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-89721692022-04-02 Complete Lipopolysaccharide of Piscirickettsia salmonis Is Required for Full Virulence in the Intraperitoneally Challenged Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Model Herrera, Valeska Olavarría, Nicole Saavedra, José Yuivar, Yassef Bustos, Patricio Almarza, Oscar Mancilla, Marcos Front Cell Infect Microbiol Cellular and Infection Microbiology Bacterial cell envelopes play a critical role in host-pathogen interactions. Macromolecular components of these structures have been closely linked to the virulence of pathogens. Piscirickettsia salmonis is a relevant salmonid pathogen with a worldwide distribution. This bacterium is the etiological agent of piscirickettsiosis, a septicemic disease that causes a high economic burden, especially for the Chilean salmon farming industry. Although P. salmonis has been discovered long ago, its pathogenicity and virulence mechanisms are not completely understood. In this work, we present a genetic approach for producing in-frame deletion mutants on genes related to the biosynthesis of membrane-associated polysaccharides. We provide a detailed in vitro phenotype description of knock-out mutants on wzx and wcaJ genes, which encode predicted lipopolysaccharide (LPS) flippase and undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase enzymes, respectively. We exhibit evidence that the wzx mutant strain carries a defect in the probably most external LPS moiety, while the wcaJ mutant proved to be highly susceptible to the bactericidal action of serum but retained the ability of biofilm production. Beyond that, we demonstrate that the deletion of wzx, but not wcaJ, impairs the virulence of P. salmonis in an intraperitoneally infected Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, model of piscirickettsiosis. Our findings support a role for LPS in the virulence of P. salmonis during the onset of piscirickettsiosis. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8972169/ /pubmed/35372121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.845661 Text en Copyright © 2022 Herrera, Olavarría, Saavedra, Yuivar, Bustos, Almarza and Mancilla https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Cellular and Infection Microbiology Herrera, Valeska Olavarría, Nicole Saavedra, José Yuivar, Yassef Bustos, Patricio Almarza, Oscar Mancilla, Marcos Complete Lipopolysaccharide of Piscirickettsia salmonis Is Required for Full Virulence in the Intraperitoneally Challenged Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Model |
title | Complete Lipopolysaccharide of Piscirickettsia salmonis Is Required for Full Virulence in the Intraperitoneally Challenged Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Model |
title_full | Complete Lipopolysaccharide of Piscirickettsia salmonis Is Required for Full Virulence in the Intraperitoneally Challenged Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Model |
title_fullStr | Complete Lipopolysaccharide of Piscirickettsia salmonis Is Required for Full Virulence in the Intraperitoneally Challenged Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Model |
title_full_unstemmed | Complete Lipopolysaccharide of Piscirickettsia salmonis Is Required for Full Virulence in the Intraperitoneally Challenged Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Model |
title_short | Complete Lipopolysaccharide of Piscirickettsia salmonis Is Required for Full Virulence in the Intraperitoneally Challenged Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, Model |
title_sort | complete lipopolysaccharide of piscirickettsia salmonis is required for full virulence in the intraperitoneally challenged atlantic salmon, salmo salar, model |
topic | Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8972169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35372121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.845661 |
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