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The role of the Cj0440c gene in erythromycin-resistant (Eryr) Campylobacter jejuni

ABSTRACT: Cj0440c, a putative transcriptional regulator, was over-expressed in the high-level erythromycin-resistant (Eryr) Campylobacter jejuni strains. To determine the role of Cj0440c on the development and fitness of erythromycin resistance in C. jejuni, we knocked out Cj0440c in Eryr strain (R) to obtain the Cj0440c mutants (RM). Then we compared the transcriptome of the Cj0440c mutant with that of the parent strain using DNA microarray. These comparisons identified 9 genes that showed a M-bM-^IM-%2-fold change in expression in RM. The differentially expressed genes in RM are related to flagellar biosynthesis and unknown functions. What's more, katA, encoding catalase, down-regulated in RM. Cj0440c may progress flagellar genes expression, help to escape drug pressure and disseminate and colonize smoothly, and Cj0440c in Eryr Campylobacter may protect bacteria from harmful oxygen stress from the host immune system, other microorganism in host intestinal and its own products. These findings indicate that Cj0440c is essential for the fitness (growth) of resistant C. jejuni by controlling the expression of several genes involved in flagellar assembly and catalase, enhancing cell motility for colonization and invasion under the pressure of drug. This study widened our understanding on the molecular mechanism of resistance and provides scientific reference for drug research and application. An eight-chip study using total RNA recoverd from four separate resistant-type cultures of Erythrocin-resistant Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 111168 (R) and four separate cultures of a mutant strain, erythrocin-resistant Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168 delta- Cj0440c (RM), in which Cj0440c is deleted. Each chip measures the expression level of 1634 genes from Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168.

ORGANISM(S): Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni NCTC 11168 = ATCC 700819

SUBMITTER: Xia Fang

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-49255 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Project description:Campylobacter, a major foodborne pathogen, is increasingly resistant to macrolide antibibotics. Previous findings suggeted that development of macrolide resistance in campylobacter requires a multi-step process, but the molecular mechanisms involved in the process are not known. In our study, multiple series of macrolide-resistant C. jejuni mutants were selected in vitro by stepwise exposure of C. jejuni NCTC11168 to increasing concentrations of erythromycin and tylosin. A set of the selected resistance were subjected to microarray and the the global transcriptional profile was analyzed. In this sery, DNA microarray was used to compare the gene expression profiles of macrolide resistant strains (68E1, 68E8 and 68E64) with its parent wild-type strain NCTC11168. The assay identified a small number of genes that showed significant changes (q-value<0.1) in expression in the low-level macrolide resistant strain 68E1, while a large number of gene showing significant changes in intermedia-level resistant stran 68E8 and high-level resistant strain 68 E64. The up-regulated genes in the resistant strains are involved in miscellaneous periplasmic proteins, efflux protienand putative aminotransferase, while the majority of the down-regulated genes are involved in electron transport,lipoprotein, heat shock protein and unknown function proteins. These findings suggest that there is not much change in low-level macrolide resistant C. jejuni strain. The over-expression of efflux pump and periplasmic protein was involved in the development of resistance to macrolide in C. jejuni. Keywords: macrolide resistant C. jejuni selected from NCTC 11168 step-wise selection. The design utilized an available two color microarray slide for the entire transcriptome of Campylobacter jejuni. Four hybridizations were performed each with independently extracted samples of either macrolide susceptible C. jejuni NCTC11168 cDNA samples or macrolide resistant C.jejuni cDNA samples. A dye swap was utilized to help minimize dye dependent bias. Thus, there were four biological replicates of each sample.

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The role of the Cj0440c gene in erythromycin-resistant (Eryr) Campylobacter jejuni

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