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Analysis of emerging process of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20H03486
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 49050:Bacteriology-related
Research InstitutionKurume University

Principal Investigator

Yoshitoshi Ogura  久留米大学, 医学部, 教授 (40363585)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小林 郁雄  宮崎大学, 農学部, 准教授 (20576293)
梶谷 嶺  東京工業大学, 生命理工学院, 助教 (40756706)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥6,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,560,000)
Keywords腸管出血性大腸菌 / 志賀毒素 / 3型分泌装置 / 進化 / 原生生物 / ゲノム / 病原性
Outline of Research at the Start

腸管出血性大腸菌(EHEC)は、志賀毒素や3型分泌系など多数の病原因子を有する。これまでにウシの腸内において、本来は無毒のウシ常在大腸菌に病原因子が蓄積することでヒト病原菌であるEHECに進化していることを明らかにした。また、ウシ腸内では、大腸菌に病原因子を蓄積させる強い選択圧が存在していることが示唆された。本研究では、病原因子を有することがウシ腸内での生育に有利になることの検証、病原因子を蓄積させる選択圧の解明、既知病原因子と共に蓄積している遺伝子の同定と機能解析を行うことで、EHEC出現機構の全容を解明し、EHECの制御法開発に繋がる成果を目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) harbors various virulence factors such as Shiga toxin (Stx) and type 3 secretion system (T3SS). Cattle are the main carrier of the pathogen, and it is believed that the virulence factor accumulates and emerges under selective pressure in the bovine intestine. We hypothesize the selective pressure to be a bacteria-predatory protist. In this study, we isolated E. coli from cattle over time and analyzed the presence or absence of virulence factors, and obtained results suggesting that Stx helps colonize E. coli in cattle. We also clarified that E. coli and protozoa coexist in each gut of cattle. Furthermore, we comprehensively identified the gene clusters that Escherichia coli accumulated in the bovine intestine. This result is expected to lead to the elucidation of the emerging process of EHEC.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

EHEC感染症では、牛肉やウシ糞便で汚染された野菜などが主な感染源となるが、牛生レバーの提供禁止や食肉加工工程における汚染防止対策の徹底にも拘わらず、毎年3,000人程度の感染者が発生している。EHECの予防には、ウシからEHECを排除することが最も効果的であるが、EHECがウシにほぼ無害であること、ウシのEHEC陽性率が極めて高いことなどから、抗菌薬などによる除菌は現実的ではない。本研究では、ウシ腸内でEHECが出現する機構の解明につながる成果を得た。今後さらに研究を続ける必要はあるが、将来的にはウシ腸内でEHECの出現を抑える手法を開発し、安全な食肉を提供することが可能になると期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (14 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 14 results,  Open Access: 11 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Toulouse大学(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Toulouse(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Nationwide analysis of antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from diseased swine over 29 years in Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Kusumoto Masahiro、Tamamura-Andoh Yukino、Hikoda-Kogiku Yuna、Magome Asami、Okuhama Erina、Sato Keisuke、Mizuno Yoshino、Arai Nobuo、Watanabe-Yanai Ayako、Iwata Taketoshi、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Gotoh Yasuhiro、Nakamura Keiji、Hayashi Tetsuya、Akiba Masato
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Microbiology

      Volume: 14 Pages: 1107566-1107566

    • DOI

      10.3389/fmicb.2023.1107566

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Global population structure, genomic diversity and carbohydrate fermentation characteristics of clonal complex 119 (CC119), an understudied Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) lineage including O165:H25 and O172:H252023

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura Keiji、Seto Kazuko、Lee Kenichi、Ooka Tadasuke、Gotoh Yasuhiro、Taniguchi Itsuki、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Mainil Jacques Georges、Pi?rard Denis、Harada Tetsuya、Etoh Yoshiki、Ueda Saori、Hamasaki Mitsuhiro、Isobe Junko、Kimata Keiko、Narimatsu Hiroshi、Yatsuyanagi Jun、Ohnishi Makoto、Iyoda Sunao、Hayashi Tetsuya
    • Journal Title

      Microbial Genomics

      Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Pages: 000959-000959

    • DOI

      10.1099/mgen.0.000959

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Alteration of a Shiga toxin-encoding phage associated with a change in toxin production level and disease severity in Escherichia coli2023

    • Author(s)
      Miyata Tatsuya、Taniguchi Itsuki、Nakamura Keiji、Gotoh Yasuhiro、Yoshimura Dai、Itoh Takehiko、Hirai Shinichiro、Yokoyama Eiji、Ohnishi Makoto、Iyoda Sunao、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Hayashi Tetsuya
    • Journal Title

      Microbial Genomics

      Volume: 9 Issue: 2

    • DOI

      10.1099/mgen.0.000935

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Helicobacter kumamotonensis sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens2023

    • Author(s)
      Kawamura Yoshiaki、Fujimoto Yuko、Kutsuna Ryo、Tomida Junko、Yamamoto Kei-ichi、Miyoshi-Akiyama Tohru、Okuno Miki、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Matsuoka Masao、Kawaguchi Tatusya、Tsutsuki Hiroyasu、Sawa Tomohiro
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

      Volume: 73 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-7

    • DOI

      10.1099/ijsem.0.005732

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Genomic characterization of endemic diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Escherichia albertii from infants with diarrhea in Vietnam2023

    • Author(s)
      Iguchi Atsushi, Takemura Taichiro, Ogura Yoshitoshi.....Hanako Iwashita.....Yamashiro Tetsu.
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

      Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Pages: 11259-11259

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pntd.0011259

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A <i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serovar Oranienburg Clone Caused a Cluster of Bacteremia Cases in Persons With No Recognizable Underlying Diseases in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Ooka Tadasuke、Gotoh Yasuhiro、Hatanaka Shigeki、... Ogura Yoshitoshi、et al.
    • Journal Title

      Open Forum Infectious Diseases

      Volume: 10 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1093/ofid/ofac695

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Helicobacter cinaedi is a human-adapted lineage in the Helicobacter cinaedi/canicola/‘magdeburgensis’ complex2022

    • Author(s)
      Gotoh Yasuhiro、Atsuta Yuya、Taniguchi Takako、Nishida Ruriko、Nakamura Keiji、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Misawa Naoaki、Hayashi Tetsuya
    • Journal Title

      Microbial Genomics

      Volume: 8 Issue: 5

    • DOI

      10.1099/mgen.0.000830

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Persistence of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Belonging to the B2 Phylogroup in Municipal Wastewater under Aerobic Conditions2022

    • Author(s)
      Xie Hui、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Suzuki Yoshihiro
    • Journal Title

      Antibiotics

      Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Pages: 202-202

    • DOI

      10.3390/antibiotics11020202

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from dairy cows and their surrounding environment on a livestock farm practicing prudent antimicrobial use2022

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki Yoshihiro、Hiroki Hayate、Xie Hui、Nishiyama Masateru、Sakamoto Shinsuke H.、Uemura Ryoko、Nukazawa Kei、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Watanabe Toru、Kobayashi Ikuo
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

      Volume: 240 Pages: 113930-113930

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.113930

    • NAID

      120007190922

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The global population structure and evolutionary history of the acquisition of major virulence factor-encoding genetic elements in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121:H192021

    • Author(s)
      Nishida Ruriko、Nakamura Keiji、Taniguchi Itsuki、et al.
    • Journal Title

      Microbial Genomics

      Volume: 7 Issue: 12 Pages: 000716-000716

    • DOI

      10.1099/mgen.0.000716

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Diversification of Escherichia albertii H-Antigens and Development of H-Genotyping PCR2021

    • Author(s)
      Nakae Koji、Ooka Tadasuke、Murakami Koichi、Hara-Kudo Yukiko、Imuta Naoko、Gotoh Yasuhiro、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Hayashi Tetsuya、Okamoto Yasuhiro、Nishi Junichiro
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Microbiology

      Volume: 12 Pages: 737979-737979

    • DOI

      10.3389/fmicb.2021.737979

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Development of a homogeneous time-resolved FRET (HTRF) assay for the quantification of Shiga toxin 2 produced by <i>E. coli</i>2021

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura Keiji、Tokuda Chikashi、Arimitsu Hideyuki、Etoh Yoshiki、Hamasaki Mitsuhiro、Deguchi Yuichiro、Taniguchi Itsuki、Gotoh Yasuhiro、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Hayashi Tetsuya
    • Journal Title

      PeerJ

      Volume: 9 Pages: 11871-11871

    • DOI

      10.7717/peerj.11871

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Insights into the acquisition of the pks island and production of colibactin in the Escherichia coli population2021

    • Author(s)
      Auvray Frederic、Perrat Alexandre、Arimizu Yoko、Chagneau Camille V.、Bossuet-Greif Nadge、Massip Clmence、Brugre Hubert、Nougayrde Jean-Philippe、Hayashi Tetsuya、Branchu Priscilla、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Oswald Eric
    • Journal Title

      Microbial Genomics

      Volume: 7 Issue: 5 Pages: 000579-000579

    • DOI

      10.1099/mgen.0.000579

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Prophages integrating into prophages: A mechanism to accumulate type III secretion effector genes and duplicate Shiga toxin-encoding prophages in Escherichia coli2021

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura Keiji、Ogura Yoshitoshi、Gotoh Yasuhiro、Tetsuya Hayashi
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Pathogens

      Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Pages: 1009073-1009073

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.ppat.1009073

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Escherichia属細菌の動物適応がもたらすヒト病原性2023

    • Author(s)
      小椋義俊
    • Organizer
      第96回日本細菌学会総会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 感染制御基盤の構築を目指した病原性大腸菌の大規模比較ゲノム研究2021

    • Author(s)
      小椋義俊
    • Organizer
      感染症学会、化学療法学会合同学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 大腸菌の宿主適応と病原性進化2021

    • Author(s)
      小椋義俊
    • Organizer
      第94回日本細菌学会総会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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