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- Title
Integration of Transcriptomic and Proteomic Approaches Reveals the Temperature-Dependent Virulence of <italic>Pseudomonas plecoglossicida</italic>.
- Authors
Huang, Lixing; Liu, Wenjia; Jiang, Qingling; Zuo, Yanfei; Su, Yongquan; Zhao, Lingmin; Qin, Yingxue; Yan, Qingpi
- Abstract
<italic>Pseudomonas plecoglossicida</italic> is a facultative pathogen that is associated with diseases of multiple fish, mainly at 15–20°C. Although fish disease caused by <italic>P. plecoglossicida</italic> has led to significant economic losses, the mechanisms of the temperature-dependent virulence are unclear. Here, we identify potential pathogenicity mechanisms and demonstrate the direct regulation of several virulence factors by temperature with transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), RNAi, pyoverdine (PVD) quantification, the chrome azurol S (CAS) assay, growth curve measurements, a biofilm assay, and artificial infection. The principal component analysis, the heat map generation and hierarchical clustering, together with the functional annotations of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) demonstrated that, under different growth temperatures, the animation and focus of <italic>P. plecoglossicida</italic> are quite different, which may be the key to pathogenicity. Genes involved in PVD synthesis and in the type VI secretion system (T6SS) are specifically upregulated at the virulent temperature of 18°C. Silencing of the PVD-synthesis-related genes reduces the iron acquisition, growth, biofilm formation, distribution in host organs and virulence of the bacteria. Silencing of the T6SS genes also leads to the reduction of biofilm formation, distribution in host organs and virulence. These findings reveal that temperature regulates multiple virulence mechanisms in <italic>P. plecoglossicida</italic>, especially through iron acquisition and T6SS secretion. Meanwhile, integration of transcriptomic and proteomic data provide us with a new perspective into the pathogenesis of <italic>P. plecoglossicida</italic>, which would not have been easy to catch at either the protein or mRNA differential analyses alone, thus illustrating the power of multi-omics analyses in microbiology.
- Subjects
PSEUDOMONAS; VIRULENCE of bacteria; GENE silencing; PROTEOMICS; PROTEIN analysis
- Publication
Frontiers in Cellular & Infection Microbiology, 2018, Vol 8, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2235-2988
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fcimb.2018.00207