Structural and physiological determinants of resistance of Aeromonas salmonicida to reactive radicals

Rafael A. Garduño, Michael A. Kuzyk, William W. Kay

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Résumé

The facultative intracellular pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida survives and replicates in macrophages, a virulence trait presumed to be associated with its ability to resist reactive radicals. The mechanisms used by A. salmonicida to resist reactive radicals in vitro were shown to have both structural and physiological determinants. The sensitivity of A. salmonicida to exogenous H2O2 superoxide, and nitrogen radicals, as well as endogenous oxygen radicals, differed depending on growth conditions, cell surface structure, and preexposure to sublethal doses of radicals. Whereas sensitivities to exogenous oxygen radicals did not correlate with basal levels of catalase or Fe-superoxide dismutase, under similar culture conditions S-layer positive cells were more resistant to oxygen radicals than S-layer mutants. S-layer mutants recovered resistance when physically reconstituted with S-layer sheets. Hemin-coated S-layers, while protective against nitrogen radicals, sensitized A. salmonicida to H2O2. Sublethal concentrations of H2O2 or superoxide induced a highly protective response characterized by de novo synthesis of both catalase and Mn-superoxide dismutase. It is proposed that for A. salmonicida the constitutive S-layer provides a first line of defense and the inducible catalase and Mn-superoxide dismutase provide a powerful second line of defense against macrophage-mediated killing via reactive oxygen species.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)1044-1053
Nombre de pages10
JournalCanadian Journal of Microbiology
Volume43
Numéro de publication11
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - 1997

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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