Eugenol,citral, and hexanal,alone or in combination with heat,affect viability,biofilm formation,and swarming on Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains are pathogenic for humans and cause mild to severe illnesses. In this study, the antimicrobial effect of citral, eugenol, and hexanal in combination with heat shock (HS) was evaluated in terms of the growth, biofilm formation, swarming, and expression of virulence genes of STEC serotypes (O157:H7, O103, O111, and O26). Eugenol was the most effective compound against the growth of E. coli strains (MBC = 0.58 to 0.73 mg/mL), followed by citral (MBC = 0.86 to 1.26 mg/mL) and hexanal (MBC = 2.24 to 2.52 mg/mL). Biofilm formation and swarming motility have great variability between STEC strains. Natural compounds—alone or combined with HS—inhibited biofilm formation; however, swarming motility was induced by most treatments. The expression of the studied genes during biofilm formation and swarming under natural antimicrobials was affected but not in a uniform pattern. These treatments could be used to control contamination of STEC and inhibit biofilm formation.     

代谢工程改造大肠杆菌合成反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酸

通过比对筛选,从Micromonospora sp.CNB394中获得高活性的L-脯氨酸-4-羟基化酶,随后利用规律成簇的间隔短回文重复-associated protein 9基因编辑方法,通过强化L-脯氨酸合成途径和引入高活性的L-脯氨酸-4-羟基化酶,构建1株以葡萄糖为碳源合成反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酸的大肠杆菌基因工程菌HYP15。摇瓶发酵30 h,工程菌的反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酸产量达到13.6 g/L。5 L发酵罐分批补料发酵40 h,反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酸产量达到48.6 g/L,糖酸转化率和平均生产强度分别达到21.6%和1.22 g/(L h),具有良好的工业应用前景。     

产志贺毒素大肠杆菌O26多重双启动寡核苷酸引物-PCR检测方法的建立

为建立一种三重DPO-PCR方法用于食品样品中的产志贺毒素大肠杆菌O26的检测。以志贺毒素stx1和stx2、O抗原基因wzx O26特异性和实际检测效果,设计引物,构建三重DPO-PCR反应体系,进行特异性、灵敏度、模拟样品验证和实际样品验证。结果表明,三对DPO引物对退火温度不敏感,在49~69℃之间均能发生扩增,且引物之间干扰较小,具有较高的特异性,除目的基因外非目标细菌均无扩增条带出现,纯菌灵敏度检测表明,三重DPO-PCR方法对O26的最低检测限为3.8×10^3 cfu/g。在模拟样品和实际样品中具有良好的检测效果。本研究基于DPO引物构建的三重DPO-PCR方法具有效率高,特异性强,不受退火温度限制等优点,可用于食品样品中产志贺毒素大肠杆菌O26的快速准确检测提供一种高效的辅助检测方法。     

降糖肽Aglycin的高效表达及活性鉴定

基于自组装肽ELK16能在大肠杆菌细胞内自聚集的特性,本研究将Aglycin通过一个内含肽Mxe GyrA与自组装肽连接,构建能在体外自剪切的重组表达载体pET30a-Aglycin-Mxe-PT-ELK16。将重组质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)并进行蛋白表达条件的优化,得到目的蛋白聚集体,随后对聚集体进行DTT切割条件的优化,经过进一步纯化最终可得到纯度为98.15%、产量为5.53mg/g菌体湿重的Aglycin肽。采用基因工程手段重组表达Aglycin的产量比目前化学提取方法提高了近100倍。此外,经体外实验证明,Aglycin对α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制的IC50(36.48μmol/L)比阿卡波糖(991.33μmol/L)低,说明Aglycin比阿卡波糖有更强的α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制活性,这进一步证明Aglycin有开发为α-葡萄糖苷酶抑制剂的潜力。     

Molecular Epidemiology of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) Isolates of Hospitalized Children from Bolivia Reveal High Heterogeneity and Multidrug-Resistance

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an emerging pathogen frequently associated with acute diarrhea in children and travelers to endemic regions. EAEC was found the most prevalent bacterial diarrheal pathogen from hospitalized Bolivian children less than five years of age with acute diarrhea from 2007 to 2010. Here, we further characterized the epidemiology of EAEC infection, virulence genes, and antimicrobial susceptibility of EAEC isolated from 414 diarrheal and 74 non-diarrheal cases. EAEC isolates were collected and subjected to a PCR-based virulence gene screening of seven virulence genes and a phenotypic resistance test to nine different antimicrobials. Our results showed that atypical EAEC (a-EAEC, AggR-negative) was significantly associated with diarrhea (OR, 1.62, 95% CI, 1.25 to 2.09, p < 0.001) in contrast to typical EAEC (t-EAEC, AggR-positive). EAEC infection was most prevalent among children between 7–12 months of age. The number of cases exhibited a biannual cycle with a major peak during the transition from warm to cold (April–June). Both typical and a-EAEC infections were graded as equally severe; however, t-EAEC harbored more virulence genes. aap, irp2 and pic were the most prevalent genes. Surprisingly, we detected 60% and 52.6% of multidrug resistance (MDR) EAEC among diarrheal and non-diarrheal cases. Resistance to ampicillin, sulfonamides, and tetracyclines was most common, being the corresponding antibiotics, the ones that are frequently used in Bolivia. Our work is the first study that provides comprehensive information on the high heterogenicity of virulence genes in t-EAEC and a- EAEC and the large prevalence of MDR EAEC in Bolivia.     

Improvement of Aglycone π-Stacking Yields Nanomolar to Sub-nanomolar FimH Antagonists

Antimicrobial resistance has become a serious concern for the treatment of urinary tract infections. In this context, an anti-adhesive approach targeting FimH, a bacterial lectin enabling the attachment of E. coli to host cells, has attracted considerable interest. FimH can adopt a low/medium-affinity state in the absence and a high-affinity state in the presence of shear forces. Until recently, mostly the high-affinity state has been investigated, despite the fact that a therapeutic antagonist should bind predominantly to the low-affinity state. In this communication, we demonstrate that fluorination of biphenyl α-d -mannosides leads to compounds with perfect π–π stacking interactions with the tyrosine gate of FimH, yielding low nanomolar to sub-nanomolar K_D values for the low- and high-affinity states, respectively. The face-to-face alignment of the perfluorinated biphenyl group of FimH ligands and Tyr48 was confirmed by crystal structures as well as ¹H,¹⁵N-HSQC NMR analysis. Finally, fluorination improves pharmacokinetic parameters predictive for oral availability.     

改性石墨烯包覆光纤的马赫-曾德尔大肠杆菌传感器

针对日益严峻的食品安全问题,特别是食源性致病菌的快速检测,本文提出一种基于表面改性石墨烯粗锥型马赫-曾德尔干涉结构的光纤大肠杆菌传感器。首先,截取一根4 cm的实心光子晶体光纤,两端分别与两根单模光纤进行粗锥熔接,形成基于马赫-曾德尔干涉原理的传感结构;接着,制备一种表面改性石墨烯敏感材料,将它涂覆在实心光子晶体光纤的表面,使传感器对大肠杆菌溶液有较高的灵敏度;最后,将上述传感器置于水槽中,以此检测大肠杆菌溶液浓度。实验结果表明,在大肠杆菌溶液浓度为50~600 cfu/mL内,随着菌液的浓度增大,传感器的干涉光谱发生了明显的蓝移,灵敏度为3.43 pm/(cfu·mL^-1),菌液浓度与波长偏移的线性度为0.95649,检测限为67.18 cfu/mL,响应时间为15 s。该传感器成本低、体积小、响应时间快,适用于低浓度大肠杆菌浓度的快速检测。     

大肠杆菌乙酰辅酶A代谢调控及其应用研究进展

利用生物法合成生物基化学品具有高效、绿色、可持续发展等优势。乙酰辅酶A作为细胞内物质代谢的重要中间产物，是利用生物转化法合成许多生物基化学品的重要前体，在微生物碳代谢过程中发挥着枢纽作用。本文综述了大肠杆菌乙酰辅酶A的合成、代谢调控策略及其重要应用，重点总结了乙酰辅酶A的合成途径及近期发展的提高乙酰辅酶A胞内通量的代谢调控策略，包括乙酸途径的代谢调控、丙酮酸合成乙酰辅酶A途径的代谢调控、中心碳代谢途径的代谢调控、β氧化合成乙酰辅酶A途径的代谢调控和乙酰辅酶A合成新途径的发掘，进一步展望了提高乙酰辅酶A供给的策略，利用基因组编辑技术构建合成乙酰辅酶A为前体化学品细胞工厂的方法。     

具有保护肠上皮细胞HT-29免受大肠杆菌和H2O2损伤潜力的植物乳杆菌的筛选

益生菌可在肠道定植从而发挥抗炎或抗氧化活性，有利于宿主肠道健康。本实验研究了从新疆传统发酵乳制品中分离得到的8?株植物乳杆菌对大肠杆菌侵袭和过氧化氢刺激肠上皮细胞HT-29的保护作用。结果表明：在8?株植物乳杆菌中，植物乳杆菌35具有最高的黏附能力。植物乳杆菌35可通过取代、竞争、排阻的方式抑制大肠杆菌对HT-29细胞的黏附，抑制率分别为42.60%、59.17%、60.19%。植物乳杆菌35及其多糖可抑制大肠杆菌刺激HT-29细胞产生白细胞介素-8；同时保护HT-29细胞免受过氧化氢的损伤，增加超氧化物歧化酶、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活力水平并降低丙二醛含量。结论：植物乳杆菌35及其粗胞外多糖具有抑制大肠杆菌O157诱导的炎症性肠病的潜力。