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Role of riboflavin biosynthesis gene duplication and transporter in <i>Aeromonas salmonicida</i> virulence in marine teleost fish
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WoS WOS:000946602300001
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85149651076
DOI 10.1080/21505594.2023.2187025
Año 2023
Tipo artículo de investigación

Citas Totales

Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

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Internacional

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Instituciones
Extranjeras


Abstract



Active flavins derived from riboflavin (vitamin B-2) are essential for life. Bacteria biosynthesize riboflavin or scavenge it through uptake systems, and both mechanisms may be present. Because of riboflavin's critical importance, the redundancy of riboflavin biosynthetic pathway (RBP) genes might be present. Aeromonas salmonicida, the aetiological agent of furunculosis, is a pathogen of freshwater and marine fish, and its riboflavin pathways have not been studied. This study characterized the A. salmonicida riboflavin provision pathways. Homology search and transcriptional orchestration analysis showed that A. salmonicida has a main riboflavin biosynthetic operon that includes ribD, ribE1, ribBA, and ribH genes. Outside the main operon, putative duplicated genes ribA, ribB and ribE, and a ribN riboflavin importer encoding gene, were found. Monocistronic mRNA ribA, ribB and ribE2 encode for their corresponding functional riboflavin biosynthetic enzyme. While the product of ribBA conserved the RibB function, it lacked the RibA function. Likewise, ribN encodes a functional riboflavin importer. Transcriptomics analysis indicated that external riboflavin affected the expression of a relatively small number of genes, including a few involved in iron metabolism. ribB was downregulated in response to external riboflavin, suggesting negative feedback. Deletion of ribA, ribB and ribE1 showed that these genes are required for A. salmonicida riboflavin biosynthesis and virulence in Atlantic lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus). A. salmonicida riboflavin auxotrophic attenuated mutants conferred low protection to lumpfish against virulent A. salmonicida. Overall, A. salmonicida has multiple riboflavin endowment forms, and duplicated riboflavin provision genes are critical for A. salmonicida infection.

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Revista ISSN
Virulence 2150-5594

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Infectious Diseases
Immunology
Microbiology
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Autores - Afiliación



Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Gnanagobal, Hajarooba - Mem Univ Newfoundland - Canadá
Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canadá
2 Cao, Trung Hombre Mem Univ Newfoundland - Canadá
Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canadá
3 Hossain, Ahmed Hombre Mem Univ Newfoundland - Canadá
Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canadá
4 Vasquez, Ignacio Hombre Mem Univ Newfoundland - Canadá
Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canadá
5 Chakraborty, Setu - Mem Univ Newfoundland - Canadá
Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canadá
6 Chukwu-Osazuwa, Joy - Mem Univ Newfoundland - Canadá
Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canadá
7 Boyce, Danny Hombre Mem Univ Newfoundland - Canadá
Ocean Sciences Centre - Canadá
Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canadá
8 ESPINOZA, MARCO Hombre Universidad de Chile - Chile
8 Espinoza, María Jesus Mujer Universidad de Chile - Chile
9 GARCIA-ANGULO, VICTOR ANTONIO Hombre Universidad de Chile - Chile
10 SANTANDER-MORALES, JAVIER ALONSO Hombre Mem Univ Newfoundland - Canadá
Memorial University of Newfoundland - Canadá

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Financiamiento



Fuente
FONDECYT-Regular
NSERC-Discovery
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Cold-Ocean Deep-Sea Research Facility
Ocean Frontier Institute - Vitamin-Funds
Ocean Frontier Institute - Canada First Research Excellence Fund

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Agradecimiento
This work was funded through a grant from MUN Seed, Bridge and Multidisciplinary Funds; NSERC-Discovery (RGPIN-2018-05942), Ocean Frontier Institute - Canada First Research Excellence Fund (Module J.3), Ocean Frontier Institute - Vitamin-Funds, and FONDECYT-Regular 1220433 from ANID Chile. The authors are thankful to Dr. Matthew Rise (Department of Ocean Sciences, MUN) for his valuable suggestions on the manuscript and the Dr. Joe Brown Aquatic Research Building (JBARB) staff and the Cold-Ocean Deep-Sea Research Facility (CDRF) staff for their assistance with the fish assays.

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