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Identification and functional analysis of resistance factors for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli-specific defense mechanisms

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K07474
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 49050:Bacteriology-related
Research InstitutionChiba University

Principal Investigator

Shimizu Takeshi  千葉大学, 大学院医学研究院, 准教授 (70312840)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 濱端 崇  国立研究開発法人国立国際医療研究センター, その他部局等, 細菌感染研究室長 (40311427)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords腸管出血性大腸菌 / 生体防御機構抵抗因子 / NO抵抗性 / プラスミド / 病原性 / O157 / 一酸化窒素 / EHEC / 一酸化窒素(NO) / NO消去酵素 / NO還元酵素
Outline of Research at the Start

すでに我々は腸管出血性大腸菌(EHEC)の高病原性決定因子として腸管内の一酸化窒素(NO)を消去するNO還元酵素を報告しており、このことは腸管内のNO濃度の維持が生体防御に重要な役割を担っていることを示している。さらに、EHECのNO消去酵素の機能解析の過程で未知のEHEC特異的なNO消去酵素の存在を示唆する結果を得ている。そこで本研究では、そのEHEC特異的な生体防御機構抵抗因子を特定して、詳細な機能解析を行う。それによって、今まで明らかになっていなかったEHECの生体防御機構に対する抵抗戦略の新たな一面が明らかになり、EHEC感染症の治療薬や予防薬の開発に利用できる標的分子が特定できる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To identify EHEC-specific defense mechanism resistance factors, a plasmid library was constructed using EHEC genomic DNA, NO treatment was performed on the E. coli library, NO-resistant clones were enriched, and the insert DNAs of the plasmids retained by these clones were amplified by PCR, The nucleotide sequence was determined. The results revealed that the gene responsible for NO resistance is the RNA-binding rop gene harbored by pOSAK1, an O157-specific plasmid. rop protein may be involved in the enhancement of EHEC's small RNA-mediated biological defense resistance mechanism, but the details of its mechanism of action remain unclear. However, the details of the mechanism of action are not yet clear. In the future, we will elucidate the details of the mechanism by which Rop protein enhances the defense resistance of EHEC.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

今回の研究成果はEHECだけではなく、他の大腸菌にも当てはまる未知の宿主防御機構抵抗因子を同定したことに意義がある。特に、その抵抗因子の遺伝子はプラスミドにコードされていることから、大腸菌から大腸菌、あるいは他の細菌に水平伝達することによる、病原性増強機構であることが言える。従来、プラスミドの問題点として、薬剤耐性遺伝子の細菌間の水平伝達であったが、薬剤耐性だけではなく、宿主防御機構抵抗因子としての問題が明らかにできた。このことは今後の病原細菌の病原性増強機構を考える上で重要なことである。

Report

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

    (7 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Clarification of relationship between single-nucleotide polymorphism panels of Shiga toxin-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7/H- strains2022

    • Author(s)
      HIRAI Shinichiro、YOKOYAMA Eiji、SHIWA Yuh、ISHIGE Taichiro、ANDO Naoshi、SHIMIZU Takeshi、MURAKAMI Satoshi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

      Volume: 84 Issue: 10 Pages: 1399-1405

    • DOI

      10.1292/jvms.22-0242

    • ISSN
      0916-7250, 1347-7439
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Enhanced production of Shiga toxin 1 in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli by oxygen2021

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu Takeshi、Onuki Manami、Suzuki Shin、Hirai Shinichiro、Yokoyama Eiji、Matsumoto Akio、Hamabata Takashi
    • Journal Title

      Microbiology

      Volume: 167 Issue: 12 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.1099/mic.0.001122

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Effect of sub-MICs of macrolides on the sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to nitrosative stress: effectiveness against P. aeruginosa with and without multidrug resistance.2020

    • Author(s)
      Takeshi Shimizu, Tohru Miyoshi-Akiyama, Kohei Ogura, Shota Murata, Shota Ishige, Kiyohiro Kai, Konosuke Mitsutsuka, Haruyoshi Tomita, Koichi Tanimoto, and Akio Matsumoto
    • Journal Title

      Antimicrob. Agents Chemother.

      Volume: 64 Issue: 10

    • DOI

      10.1128/aac.01180-20

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Enhanced resistance of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli to bactericidal substances by plasmid factor2023

    • Author(s)
      Takeshi Shimizu, Shin Suzuki and Takashi Hamabata
    • Organizer
      第96回 日本細菌学会総会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 腸管出血性大腸菌のプラスミド因子による生体殺菌物質に対する抵抗性の増強2022

    • Author(s)
      清水 健、鈴木 眞、濱端 崇
    • Organizer
      第24回腸管出血性大腸菌感染症研究会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Enhanced production of Shiga toxin 2 in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli by oxygen2022

    • Author(s)
      Takeshi Shimizu, Manami Onuki, Shinichiro Hirai, Eiji Yokoyama, Akio Matsumoto and Takashi Hamabata
    • Organizer
      第95回 日本細菌学会総会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 腸管出血性大腸菌の志賀毒素産生における酸素の影響2021

    • Author(s)
      清水 健、大貫真奈美、松本明郎、濱端 崇
    • Organizer
      第94回 日本細菌学会総会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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

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