ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (11): 2056-2062.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2015.11.019

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Construction and Characterization of a Haemophilus parasuis SC096 ΔlgtF Mutant Strain

ZENG Ze,HE Huan,YUE Hua,TANG Cheng,ZHANG Bin*   

  1. (College of Life Science and Technology,Southwest University for Nationalities,Chengdu 610041,China)
  • Received:2015-03-04 Online:2015-11-23 Published:2015-11-23

Abstract:

The lgtF encodes a glucosyltransferase responsible for adding a glucose to get heptose I in the synthesis of Lipooligosaccharide (LOS).The lgtF gene is an important virulence-associated gene in some Gram-negative bacteria.However,the function of lgtF gene in Haemophilus parasuis was still unknown.We constructed an ΔlgtF mutant (ΔlgtF) of H.parasuis SC096 using a natural transformation system.The LOS of H.parasuis SC096 strain,ΔlgtF mutant was extracted by the hot phenol-water method.The LOS was addressed by SDS-PAGE and sliver stain.The growth curve,Serum resistance activity,adhesion and invasion ability in porcine kidney epithelial cells (PK-15) and porcine umbilical vein endothelial cells (PUVEC) of wild type SC096 and ΔlgtF mutant were measured.Compared to the wild-type SC096 strain,the ΔlgtF mutant exhibited obvious truncation of LOS structure and slight growth defect.Furthermore,the mutant had a greater sensitivity to the bactericidal action of porcine and rabbit serum (P<0.05),and displayed a significantly reduced ability to adhere to and invade PK-15 and PUVEC (P<0.05).The above findings suggested that the lgtF gene is a virulence-associated gene of the H.parasuis SC096 strain.

CLC Number: