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He H, Huang X, Wen C, Liu C, Jiang B, Huang Y, Su Y, Li W. A novel defensin-like peptide C-13326 possesses protective effect against multidrug-resistant Aeromonas schubertii in hybrid snakehead (Channa maculate ♀ × Channa argus ♂). JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2024; 47:e13922. [PMID: 38204197 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a defensin-like antimicrobial peptide (C-13326 peptide) identified in Hermetia illucens could possess protective effect against multidrug-resistant Aeromonas schubertii in hybrid snakehead (Channa maculate ♀ × Channa argus ♂). The cDNA of C-13326 peptide comprised 243 nucleotides encoding 80 amino acids, with six conserved cysteine residues and the classical CSαβ structure. The recombinant expression plasmid pPIC9K-C-13326 was constructed and transformed into GS115 Pichia pastoris, and the C-13326 peptide was expressed by induction with 1% methanol. The crude extract of C-13326 peptide was precipitated by ammonium sulfate, assayed by Braford method, detected by tricine-SDS-PAGE, evaluated by BandScan software and identified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The C-13326 peptide was shown to have inhibitory activity against the growth of multidrug-resistant A. schubertii DM210910 by using the minimum growth inhibitory concentration and Oxford cup method. In addition, scanning electron microscopy analysis suggested that C-13326 peptide inhibited the growth of A. schubertii DM210910 by damaging the bacterial cell membrane. To explore the role of peptide C-13326 in vivo, hybrid snakehead was fed with peptide C-13326 as feed additives for 7 days. The results revealed that C-13326 peptide could significantly down-regulate the expression levels of IL-1β, IL-8, IL-12 and TNF-α (p < .05), and significantly improved the survival rate of hybrid snakehead after challenging with A. schubertii DM210910. Therefore, the C-13326 peptide is a promising antimicrobial agent for A. schubertii treatment in aquaculture.
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- Huanrong He
- Innovative Institute of Animal Healthy Breeding, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Diseases and Waterfowl Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Innovative Institute of Animal Healthy Breeding, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Diseases and Waterfowl Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Innovative Institute of Animal Healthy Breeding, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Diseases and Waterfowl Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Innovative Institute of Animal Healthy Breeding, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Diseases and Waterfowl Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Innovative Institute of Animal Healthy Breeding, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Diseases and Waterfowl Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Innovative Institute of Animal Healthy Breeding, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Diseases and Waterfowl Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Innovative Institute of Animal Healthy Breeding, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Diseases and Waterfowl Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Innovative Institute of Animal Healthy Breeding, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Diseases and Waterfowl Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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Ballantyne R, Lee JW, Liu CH. First identification and histopathological analysis of Lactococcus garvieae infection in whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei cultured in low salinity water. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2023; 46:929-942. [PMID: 37309584 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The isolation and characterization of bacterial species Lactococcus garvieae, previously unreported in whiteleg shrimp, Penaeus vannamei, has now been identified in the species. The pathogen was recovered from an affected shrimp farm in southern Taiwan. Bacterial characterization first identified the isolate as Gram-positive cocci, and biochemical profiles demonstrated that the causative agent of mortality was 97% L. garvieae. The bacterial cell DNA resulted in amplification of 1522 bp with 99.6% confirmation by PCR analysis. The phylogenetic tree revealed 100% evolutionary similarity among previously isolated strains. Experimental infection further confirmed higher susceptibility of whiteleg shrimp to L. garvieae in waters of lower salinity, particularly 5 ppt, than in higher salinity. Histopathological analysis showed severely damaged hepatopancreas with necrotized, elongated, collapsed tubules, dislodged membranes and granuloma formation in infected shrimp. Transmission electron microscopy observation indicated a hyaluronic acid capsular layer surrounding bacterial cell which is a virulence factor of L. garvieae and likely responsible for immunosuppression and higher mortality of shrimp cultured in lower salinity. Collectively, these findings report the first isolation of L. garvieae from whiteleg shrimp and shed new light on the disease that threatens the highly valuable species and accentuates the need for finding a solution.
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- Rolissa Ballantyne
- Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Aquaculture, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Mursalim MF, Budiyansah H, Raharjo HM, Debnath PP, Sakulworakan R, Chokmangmeepisarn P, Yindee J, Piasomboon P, Elayaraja S, Rodkhum C. Diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Aeromonas spp. isolated from diseased freshwater fishes in Thailand. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2022; 45:1149-1163. [PMID: 35598068 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Motile Aeromonas septicemia (MAS), a disease caused by Aeromonas spp., is recognized as a major disease in freshwater aquaculture. This study aimed to investigate the distribution and diversity of Aeromonas spp. and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. A total of 86 isolates of Aeromonas spp. were recovered from diseased freshwater fishes from 13 farms in Thailand. All isolates were identified using biochemical characteristics, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), polymerase chain reaction assays, and the gyrB gene sequence analysis. The result of MALDI-TOF MS showed 100% (86 isolates) accuracy at genus-level identification, and 88.4% (76 isolates) accuracy at species-level identification. Six species of Aeromonas were confirmed through nucleotide sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the gyrB gene Aeromonas veronii (72.1%), Aeromonas jandaei (11.6%), Aeromonas schubertii (9.3%), Aeromonas diversa (3.5%), Aeromonas hydrophila (2.3%), and Aeromonas punctata (1.2%). Antimicrobial susceptibility tests for all isolates revealed resistance against amoxicillin (99%), ampicillin (98%), oxolinic acid (81.4%), oxytetracycline (77%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (24%), and enrofloxacin (21%). The multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) index varied between 0.14 and 0.86, with MAR values more than 0.2 in 99% of isolates. Furthermore, four diverse multidrug-resistant (MDR) patterns were found among Aeromonas isolates. Our finding show that A. veronii is the most abundant species in Thai cultured freshwater fish with the highest MDR patterns.
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- Muhammad Fadhlullah Mursalim
- Center of Excellence in Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (CE FID), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- The International Graduate Course of Veterinary Science and Technology (VST), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Veterinary Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Center of Excellence in Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (CE FID), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- The International Graduate Course of Veterinary Science and Technology (VST), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (CE FID), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- The International Graduate Course of Veterinary Science and Technology (VST), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (CE FID), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (CE FID), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- The International Graduate Course of Veterinary Science and Technology (VST), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (CE FID), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- The International Graduate Course of Veterinary Science and Technology (VST), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (CE FID), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fish Infectious Diseases Research Unit (CE FID), Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Metagenomic and Recombination Analyses of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes from Recreational Waters of Black Sea Coastal Areas and Other Marine Environments Unveil Extensive Evidence for Their both Intrageneric and Intergeneric Transmission across Genetically Very Diverse Microbial Communities. Mar Genomics 2021; 61:100916. [PMID: 34922301 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2021.100916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Microbial communities of marine coastal recreation waters have become large reservoirs of AMR genes (ARGs), contributing to the emergence and transmission of various zoonotic, foodborne and other infections that exhibit resistance to various antibiotics. Thus, it is highly imperative to determine ARGs assemblages as well as mechanisms and trajectories of their transmission across these microbial communities for our better understanding of the evolutionary trends of AMR (AMR). In this study, using metagenomics approaches, we screened for ARGs in recreation waters of the Black Sea coastal areas of the Batumi City (Georgia). Also, a large array of the recombination detection algorithms of the SplitsTree, RDP4, and GARD was applied to elucidate genetic recombination of ARGs and trajectories of their transmission across various marine microbial communities. The metagenomics analyses of sea water samples, obtained from across the above marine sites, could identify putative ARGs encoding for multidrug resistance efflux transporters mainly from the Major Facilitator and Resistance Nodulation Division superfamilies. The data, generated by SplitsTree (fit ≥95.619; bootstrap values ≥ 95; Phi p ≤ 0.0494), RDP4 (p ≤ 0.0490), and GARD, provided strong statistical evidence not only for intrageneric recombination of these ARGs, but also for their intergeneric recombination across fairly large and diverse microbial communities of marine environment. These bacteria included both human pathogenic and nonpathogenic species, exhibiting collectively the genera of Vibrio, Aeromonas, Synechococcus, Citromicrobium, Rhodobacteraceae, Pseudoalteromonas, Altererythrobacter, Erythrobacter, Altererythrobacter, Marivivens, Xuhuaishuia, and Loktanella. The above nonpathogenic bacteria are strongly suggested to contribute to ARGs transmission in marine ecosystems.
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